The Baby & Maternity Issue 2012
How Moms Juggle Jobs; New Father’s First Thoughts; When to Dial the Doc; Tales From a Two-Mom Family
What were you thinking when your child was born?
Dileep Netrabile Williston, Research and development engineer at IBM Child: son, William, 4 months The main thing I was thinking when I first saw the head coming out was, Wow! That kid’s got a lot of hair. The next thing was, My God, how did that fit in there? That was my very first impression.…
Simple Sliders
Kids get a kick out of miniature food, from doughnut holes and cake pops to mini-bagels and bite-size pizza snacks. One of the more healthful mini-food options is the slider, a scaled-down sandwich that can be made with any combination of ingredients. The possibilities, whether vegetarian or meaty, are limited only by one’s imagination. You…
Book Review: I Want … Teaching Your Baby to Sign
Librarian: Tina Achilles, children’s librarian at the Cobleigh Public Library in Lyndonville Book: I Want … Teaching Your Baby to Sign by Lora Heller and others from the Baby Fingers series. Age range: Infant Achilles’ summary: Curious to know what your baby is thinking? It’s easy to find out with Lora Heller’s board- book series…
The Art Of… Drama in Three Hours
Three young boys zoom around the empty stage at Very Merry Theatre on a recent Saturday morning. One wields a prop — a sign that reads “Burger Palace” — as if it were a sword and charges up to a balcony to face his opponent. Another clambers on hands and feet around a painted foam…
Baby Showers
I’ve had my share of baby showers and loved them all. For the first of my three pregnancies, I was treated to four — yes, four: the family shower, the girlie shower, the work shower and the coed shower. With our second baby, I enjoyed a Sunday brunch with a small group of friends and…
Stained-Glass Vases
April showers bring May flowers — and Mother’s Day on May 13 could bring some of those blooms right to your table. Crafty youngsters can contribute these découpage DIY vases, which use strips of tissue paper to create a surprising stained-glass effect … with surprisingly little effort. It’s as simple as breaking out the Mod…
The Because Project
“A summer camp counselor told me I had potential – words that encouraged me to dream.”
Pushing It
Pregnancy is anticipation that leads to labor’s intense physical challenge and the joy, awe and relief of birth. It’s like Christmas, a Tough Mudder marathon and religious ecstasy all rolled into one wrinkly, squalling newborn. Then the real work begins. And if you work outside the home, you need to figure out how to fit…
Seeing STARS
The grade on children’s programs in Colchester, Essex, Jericho, Milton, Underhill and Winooski
Pumping Pampers
It’s not a good sign when your workout makes other people laugh. But as Lexie launches into a series of side lunges at Essex Junction’s HammerFit gym, she doesn’t seem to mind when the person next to her erupts in giggles. That’s because it’s her 7-month-old daughter, Jane, watching her mom from an infant car…
