Baby 2.0

Hi, everyone!

Just wanted to take a moment to share our good news: we will be welcoming a new baby into our family in late June/early July. We're very excited and think that having less then 2 years between our kiddos will work out quite nicely.

You'll be hearing more about Baby 2.0 on three of my blogs.

~At Breakfast at Tiffany's, I'll be talking about time management and goal management and how those are impacted by a growing family.

~At How to Have a Baby, I'll be dishing the details of this particular pregnancy and some of the health bumps along the way.

~At Zero to Mom, I'll be talking about potty training, preparing for a new baby, preparing a toddler to be a big sister, and sibling rivalry.

Over the next few weeks, you'll also see some major revamping done on our food blog (Worth a Damn Recipes) and some major updates to my book blog (Read and Release). Major remodeling on my freelance and fiction writing web site is almost finished, as well.

So stay tuned with me for the next few months...it'll be a fun ride!

Hugs!

(cross-posted to B@T, HTHAB, and 0TM.)

Toddler Self-Mutilation

Here's a problem I never thought I'd be exploring as the mom of a young toddler: self-mutilation!

And I'm hoping I'm not the only mommy who is/has dealt with this!

Picture the scene: a happy little girl is playing on the floor with her favorite toy...when she suddenly lifts it off the floor and starts banging it against her head.  Next clip, a cranky little girl is sitting in a room and starts banging her head against the wall or the floor out of either anger or frustration.

What. The. Heck!?

To be honest, the concept of a baby hurting themselves purposefully is just more than my mind can fathom.

After consulting Dr. Google, I'm seeing information about rhythmic banging, or banging against something relatively harmless like crib rails.

So I'll put it out to you, readers.  Have you experienced this?  Have any explanations, or, better yet, solutions???

I can't wait to hear your ideas!

New Year, New Milestones

Even after 15 miraculous months of watching Spoiled Baby grow and learn, it never ceases to amaze me how many milestones there are in the life of a child, and how often they occur!

As I blog my way into 2010, highlighting those milestones and talking about other parenting joys and challenges will be some of the main topics you'll see here, as I work to get back to posting more regularly.  2009 was a challenging year to post regularly; between an extended time off for maternity leave, and job and family drama later in the year, balance was hard to achieve.  This year, I'm super hopeful in having learned from those lessons and having made smarter goals to become a better blogger.

I look forward to sharing that journey with you as the year progresses!

To 2010!