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I just found out that my 9 month old grandson is allergic to dogs. Not a good thing since he lives with a dog and the sitter he goes to each weekday has two dogs. In fact, the room the kids spend most of their time in usually has the dogs in there with them ... at least as far as I know. Poor little guy ... he has been having wheezing attacks and been to the doctor numerous times, but they just took him to a pediatric allergist.

Babies are naturally curious. It's how they learn. They touch things, they taste things and they play with everything in sight.

Some babies seem to be more curious than others, taking a long time examining each and everything they can get their little hands on. I would have to say my third child was my most curious baby. Even though he was a very content baby, he was just into everything. To this day, he is the most adventurous of my children.

Keep your babies safe and watch what they get hold of, but by all means, let them explore the world around them.

I was just remembering back to when my first daughter was born. My oldest son, then 8 years old, swore that he was leaving home if we had a little girl. With two brothers already, he just couldn't fathom having a little girl in the family.

But when I came home from the hospital with a sweet little girl bundle, I found the most loving little note and drawing he had made attached to outside of her bedroom door.

I love baby names! Although when you are having a baby it sometimes seems like a difficult task to choose just the right name. My preference has always been for unusual names, not weird, but great names. Now, it seems, the world is catching up to that notion, even with the masses.

So, what would I name a new baby boy, if I was having one sometime soon? I love the names COOPER ... JACKSON ... DALLAS. They seem like such classic names and as an adult your child would have a very unique name.

All new parents are concerned about whether they are doing all the right things for their new baby, whether it is the first baby or not. But try to remember that no two babies are alike. Some parents have babies that rarely cry about anything or only to be fed. Other babies seem to cry all the time.

Do not compare babies and do not compare yourself to your friends. Remember that you are dealing with an entirely different little human being than they are. Plus, you might have one baby that was good as gold and your next may be the crier from H ...