Myrtle Beach Mom Blogger Hatton Gravely blogs about life as a working mom, Myrtle Beach and preppy things!
These are my favorite books - a collection of children's books & books for mom!
All of these books are Thomas’s favorites: Good Night, Gorilla: this gigantic board book is our second copy of this book. The other one, with real paper instead of cardboard, did not remain in one piece. Lull-a-bye Little One: We’ve read this one so many times, Thomas repeats a lot of it with me! Goodnight Moon:… read more »
Where’s Spot? BUY: Amazon Price: $7.99 This book has lots of animals “hidden” under little flaps on each page, and we “look” for Spot. It’s very interactive and cute! I’ve been posting about our favorite children’s books the past few weeks – Thomas (age 2) has really gotten into reading!! Writing these… read more »
Are You My Mother? recently was added to the favorite books pile. We have had to whittle down this pile to 6 or 7 books because every visible book has to also go in his crib at night… which was a little ridiculous when we had a stack of 20. I am almost certain every parent… read more »
My sweet BFF sent me the book Why I Love My Mommy with a note that said her mom gave this book to her when she was having a tough time adjusting to being away from her little girl as a working mom, and she loved it. And I love her (obviously? Why would I be… read more »
Yesterday, I spoke at the Women in Philanthropy & Leadership Conference* in Myrtle Beach with my mom and Hollee Temple, author of Good Enough Is the New Perfect: Finding Happiness and Success in Modern Motherhood. The topic was “Can we have it all? Generational Perspectives on Work & Motherhood.” Hollee is the expert – my mom… read more »
This book caught my eye in Barnes & Noble yesterday and I HAD to have it. It’s pretty enough to sit out on my coffee table- and Thomas likes it because each page is a different object (lion, bear, etc.) It’s a great way to teach colors! You can purchase or preview Pantone: Colors on Amazon >
Baby Einstein Alphabooks proved today that Thomas is indeed a baby Einstein. These books are great – each one has a letter on the front with words in it that begin with that letter. He looked at B and said B. I am NOT EVEN JOKING! And then, jut to be sure, later I asked… read more »
Ok, the reading thing is progressing along nicely. He’s pretty much torn apart the eggs, rhino & elephant ears in Heads, but he will sit still on my lap and help me flip the pages. These are his other favorite books – he smiles when I bring one out, and sits on my lap, without… read more »
Among the many things for new moms to obsess about, we’re told that reading to our babies will increase their IQ: Studies have shown that language skills — and even intelligence — are related to how many words an infant hears each day. In one study, babies whose parents spoke to them a lot (an… read more »
I love cooking for Thomas – and he definitely has some favorites. Using the Beaba Babycook Baby Food Maker makes it really simple, and the Baby Love cookbook has great info and recipe ideas. Here are some things he loves: apples apples + carrots butternut squash bananas (which, according to my new Christmas gift and… read more »
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