When Captain Fussybuckets was about six months old, I borrowed the “Baby Signing Time” DVD from our library.  He loved to sit and watch the videos and listen to the songs, and I loved learning signs that I could use with him.  He actually didn’t start signing until he was almost a year old, but when he “got it,” he took off and learned many signs!  He said his first word at 10 months, so I don’t know if that had any impact, but learning how to talk and sign simultaneously definitely helped, in my opinion.  We got him [...]

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Have you ever thought about cooking with coconut oil?  I had heard of using coconut oil as a moisturizer (see yesterday’s review of Basa Body lotion!), a cloth diaper safe moisturizer and diaper rash prevention, and also a facial cleanser.  It seems obvious though – coconut oil to cook with.  Why hadn’t I thought of that? Coconut is very similar to olive oil, but they obviously have different tastes.  I was sent a jar of Kelapo coconut oil to try out.  The first thing that I [...]

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