Parenting: Baby Has to Eat

The Nola Nerd Baby loves food.  Well, as of this writing, she has only tried four vegetables but she loved them all. We received from her aunt, Geekella, a Baby Bullet for the baby shower. It’s a simple and easy to use device, but honestly any blender can do. The…

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Parenting: We Didn't Put Baby on a Schedule, But Here We Are

From the very beginning, we choose to be on demand parents.  We fed her when she was hungry and put her to bed when she was tired. We never tried to do a schedule, but she found one anyway. She developed her own schedule.  She wakes up, plays for about…

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Parenting: Hey Bear!

Ok, we will probably get some flack for this, but we don’t care. We including the baby, love Hey Bear! videos. I know people will say you shouldn’t have her have screen time for development reasons. She won’t be able to tell 2D images from 3D images apart was one…

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Parenting: How I Stopped Being Terrified of the Baby

Yeah, I was Scared of Fatherhood No one was more nervous about having a baby than I was.  I was terrified of everything. I wasn’t even sure how I would carry her up and down the stairs. Then the baby came. I wasn’t scared anymore. Didn’t Have Time to Be…

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Parenting: Thankful for a Happy Baby

We had told our parents about the pregnancy by July 4 of last year.  Mrs. Nola Nerd Couple’s mom lives in Florida.  The day we got home was the last day she felt well until the baby was delivered. Apparently there is an old wives’ tale, with some scientific backing,…

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Parenting: The Pay Your Age Build-A-Bear Experience

We admit it! We were intrigued by the Build-A-Bear pay your age sale. We thought it would be fun and since it was during the week we might be able to actually do it for our little one. When we got there at 9 am, the line wasn’t all that…

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