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Fourth Trimester and Optimal Age for Human Baby and Puppy Cuteness Optimization Are the Same
With two new baby grandsons, the difficulty of the new parent experience is relived. This Grandma equates it to being a hamster on a...
Jun 20, 20184 min read


New Baby Clothing Made With Magnet Closures Make Middle of the Night Changes A Breeze
Onesie footies are always the key for newborn and baby dress, although this grandma does love the gowns. Our daughter in law and son,...
Jun 6, 20182 min read


Unique Modern Art Gifts For Baby and Older Grandchildren
We grandmas are always looking for unique gifts for our grandchildren and unique decor for their rooms. I have written about books on...
Mar 30, 20183 min read


Most Popular Baby Names For 2017 Include Surprises
Each year, this Grandma loves learning the most popular baby names. It is that time again for 2017. This year, I have a greater interest...
Dec 22, 20174 min read


The Best New Baby Gear Recommendations From Parents Who Just Had Their Third Baby in less Than Five Years
Sometimes the best advice grandma can give on research as to what gear is needed for a new baby is to recommend that the parents-to-be...
Oct 3, 20175 min read


Baby Signals are Grandchildren’s Signals Forever and Not Just About Feeding A Hungry Baby
When I read the New York Times article on June 19, 2017, “Cranky Baby? Feeding Isn’t the Only Answer,” by Dr. Perri Klass, that...
Jul 7, 20177 min read


When GOOP hits a home run on Baby Superfoods, Baby Supplies and More We Grandmas Have a Great Resource To Share With Or Use To Do For the Parents of Our Grandchildren
When Gwyneth Paltrow appeared on every talk show about her new venture, GOOP, and it was advertised everywhere, a long while ago, out of...
May 12, 20172 min read


Janie and Jack is Still At The Top of Quality Baby and Young Children Clothing
When I opened my April 24, 2017 People Magazine to the “All in The Family” page, there were the cutest children and baby. The baby was...
May 2, 20174 min read


I Wish Groovaroo Was Around When The Parents Of Our Grandchildren Were Babies
When this Grandma was a new mother, I loved to dance with my babies. . . in the privacy of my home. It enabled me to be silly and funny...
Mar 21, 20173 min read


Entering the Unknown World of Retirement and the New Busy as a Baby Boomer Grandma
This Grandma is beginning a new adventure, the unknown world of retirement. It seems that as a Baby Boomer, at every stage of this...
Jan 5, 20174 min read


What Grandmas Know About Babies Sleeping Through The Night Predates the Studies and Shows The Value
There is no better teacher than experience when it comes to babies and sleeping through the night. Grandmas have the edge over the...
Oct 27, 20166 min read


Old is New Again with Baby Names and Go Beyond the Past of Loving Grandparents to Gender Neutrality
A long (we never say old) dear grandfather friend recently told me that his newest grandson was born and named for a grandfather of the...
Aug 30, 20165 min read


The Right Way to Bribe Kids to Read” Is Wrong
One of this Grandma’s mantras is that each family is unique and there is no right way or one way to raise kids. The grandchildren will...
Jul 28, 20165 min read


Prepping For Baby Number Two As The Hollywood Stars Do
It seems that many Hollywood stars are in the baby way for the second time. In the Sun Sentinel, April 27, 2016, it was reported that...
May 13, 20164 min read


Postscript and More Ideas After Documenting Baby’s Growth Month By Month During the First Year With Onesies, Belly Stickers and Huge Stuffed Animals
A dear long (we never say old) grandma friend just celebrated her youngest granddaughter’s first birthday. During the baby’s first year,...
Apr 5, 20162 min read


The Number of the First Baby Boomers Turning 70 in 2016 is Mindboggling and So Are The Changes We Faced and Face Today
So many of my Boomer grandma friends refuse to read the AARP Bulletin. I find it fascinating and the information helpful to my life....
Feb 2, 20164 min read


Baby Carrots Are the Best Junk Food For Grandchildren and Not What We Think They Are
This Grandma has to admit that she believed that perfectly good large carrots out of the ground were whittled down to make the tiny baby...
Jan 27, 20164 min read


BabyCenter Top Baby Names For 2015 Impacted By Instagram Filters But Parents to Be Still Into Empir
BabyCenter.com has released its survey of the top 2015 baby names from data from more than 340,000 parents in the world. It says its...
Dec 23, 20156 min read


Next Generation “of Baby Monitors is NOT a Grandma Must Buy And Sticking With Video Baby Monitors is Still the Best
Time Magazine, November 30-December 7, 2015, listed the 25 best inventions of 2015. One of the 25 best was listed as “the next-gen baby...
Dec 21, 20155 min read


The Pressure to Breast Feed and New Breast Feeding Studies Give Mixed Messages Which We Grandmas Can Clarify For the Parents of our Grandchildren
When this Grandma was pregnant over four decades ago, it seems like the Middle Ages with regard to information about pregnancy, delivery,...
Nov 10, 20159 min read
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