I can honestly say - I came this close to giving up. I was SO ready to dump the idea of leaving my kid in the care center and for SO many good reasons. Where shall I begin…
In the 6 weeks he’s been going to the center, we were all sick with the bugs he [...]

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1. It took Bubba 2 weeks to adjust to his current school, he loves it there. But there are times when it seems like we are back at square one. His teacher when on vacation over the July 4th weekend and so he was home Fri-Mon and boy did it take another 2 weeks for him to re-adjust and he’s been at the school for a year now.

   Comment by LaToya — August 2, 2009 @ 1:05 am

2. Oh, thanks so much for telling me LaToya, the same thing happens to Eric. I didn’t know what to think!

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To tell you the truth, for a while this toy was a source of frustration for me. But that’s just because of me, being a clueless, silly, first time mom.

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1. Bubba got this for his first Christmas and I LOVE it!!!! Chubba is starting to throw the shapes in now too. I did notice like you mention that the top comes off too easy. When Bubba first started putting the shapes in if he got frustrated he’d just pull the top off and throw them in.

   Comment by LaToya — July 27, 2009 @ 10:48 am

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3. Glad to know I’m not the only one who worried about why my child didn’t know how to use it!

   Comment by Isha — July 28, 2009 @ 12:07 pm

4. @Isha Are you kidding, I was so worried I couldn’t think of anything else :) At about 12 months of age Eric started to occasionally fit shapes into the right holes, at 18 months he was doing it really well.

   Comment by Emma — July 28, 2009 @ 9:34 pm

5. It was one of the first toys we bought her specifically ourselves. I remember seeing the age suggestion and being excited about getting her something she could use right then! I didn’t worry a lot at first, but then it just seemed like it took soooo long for her to use it the “right” way. What eased my mind was seeing other babies playing similarly.

   Comment by Isha — July 29, 2009 @ 6:06 am

6. I bought Fisher-Price Brilliant Basics Baby’s First Blocks a few weeks before christmas as my own present from http://www.dealsshoppie.com/product/search.php?ID=B000LSZVKA&product=Fisher-Price+Brilliant+Basics+Baby’s+First+Blocks! I love this thing and someone will probably have to pry it from my cold dead hands some day. There were 65 reviews with an average rating of 4.0. I found this information to be very helpful and give the product a thumbs up.

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My sweet, sweet friends sent me these toys when my baby was born and I will remain forever grateful. My kid enjoyed them so much and for such a long time that I just had to tell the world about it, couldn’t keep it to myself.
Meet my son’s three little friends:

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1. This is a nice gift suggestion. I know baby Sophia will like this because she’s being fascinated by sounds lately.

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If you’re thinking about a book for your newborn, then you’re a much more experienced parent than I was when Eric came into this world.
But now, 20 months later, I have learned a thing or two about newborns, infants, babies and so on and nothing stops me form putting in my 2 cents worth. [...]

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1. Awesome post Emma, love the pictures!

   Comment by Missy — July 8, 2009 @ 6:54 am

2. I bought this one for my baby girl and she loves it, so I second your recomendation. And what a great description of the book, not a single detial left out.

   Comment by Laila — July 8, 2009 @ 6:58 am

3. I LOVE books like this. I have a bunch of the soft books from when Bubba was little. And being washable is important with little ones.

   Oh and I don’t know if you noticed but I moved my blog over to blogger.

   Comment by LaToya — July 8, 2009 @ 12:02 pm

4. Aw, cute photos. I don’t have a little one yet, but I fantasize about it :-) This is good to know for the future - thanks!

   Comment by Kristin — July 10, 2009 @ 2:32 pm
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