tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28681166250675187372024-03-12T17:46:02.233-07:00Baby ClarkCameron Clark | baby business bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15338396824120214363noreply@blogger.comBlogger130125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2868116625067518737.post-53288810712120958822012-07-23T13:27:00.003-07:002012-07-23T13:27:32.103-07:00How to get your baby to sleep, my Sleep Coaching BusinessI have finally gotten my website and Facebook page going for my new sleep coaching business. I am certified as a Gentle Sleep Coach by Kim West, The Sleep Lady. I did about 60 hours of coursework to receive my certificate and continue to be supervised by West and other qualified Gentle Sleep Coaches. If you are having troubles with your child age 0-5 years and sleep, I now offer Cameron Clark | baby business bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15338396824120214363noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2868116625067518737.post-17367762475609097662012-03-07T09:37:00.004-07:002012-03-07T09:59:39.500-07:00Newborn Sleep Tips that workThis post comes from my sister, Kate, who just had her first baby about 8 weeks ago. She has cared for my children during the last four winters when her seasonal job ended. So she has recent infant experience. As a new Mother, I think it helped her out a lot plus we see eye to eye on child rearing for the most part. Little Rory is a mellow and happy baby who was born at 42 weeks at home. I'll Cameron Clark | baby business bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15338396824120214363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2868116625067518737.post-38596982154511866122011-08-16T12:26:00.013-07:002011-08-16T21:37:31.866-07:00TV shows for toddlers from a parent who doesn't like TVI'm not a big fan of TV in general. It's fair to say I greatly dislike most television programs especially reality TV. I get frustrated with commercials, especially during children's shows, and I believe America watches too much TV (and video games), which contribues to our obese population among other things... In our house we watch 20-30 minutes of shows per day, TOPS and most days there is no Cameron Clark | baby business bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15338396824120214363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2868116625067518737.post-21236053103758069652011-08-13T16:39:00.009-07:002011-08-14T13:55:38.347-07:00Potty Training on the early sideOwen was gradually potty trained from 2-3 years old. He took early to pooping on the potty and so we just basically let him go all day with underpants. But oh boy did he pee in his pants--for 6 months. He finally initiated his own peeing on the potty around 30 months -- aka "I have to go pee" but I'd say it wasn't fully realized until 36 months. Meaning, we still had to ask and remind him a Cameron Clark | baby business bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15338396824120214363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2868116625067518737.post-41647531926110827502011-06-09T23:37:00.002-07:002011-06-10T00:06:06.850-07:00this and that*GASP*That is me finally coming up for air. Harper is 19 months and Owen is 3 years old and some change and I will finally get back to this blog. Admittedly my new iMac keyboard and new iMac are also making me feel the blogging love tonight at 11:41PM .Guess what people? I've got two kids and they sleep through the night. Let the angels rejoice. I can stay up late and not have to pay the price,Cameron Clark | baby business bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15338396824120214363noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2868116625067518737.post-76223991112631642802011-04-07T13:09:00.008-07:002011-04-07T13:59:31.996-07:00Having a full-time photography business and being a full time MomI get a lot of comments about how I manage my life. The answer is: day by day. I find that parenting requires an extreme amount of two things I don't have a lot of:1) patience2) organizationI still manage...somehow. I think it's because I have an amazing husband and my amazing sister/nanny lives in town.Here are my top tips to manage having your own business and being a full time Mom {I have a Cameron Clark | baby business bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15338396824120214363noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2868116625067518737.post-31122327469087952062011-01-30T20:33:00.006-07:002011-01-30T21:25:26.889-07:00Final shakedown: Cloth Diapers, how to, why and well, just do it...It's been almost 3 years and two kids in cloth diapers so can I consider myself a veteran? Yes, yes, I can. Do I still love them? Yes, I do. I've certainly had my moments, especially when both kids were in diapers for 6-8 months -- lots of diaper laundry but with one kid... PIECE OF CAKE! Here are my tips for cloth diapers. I will take a photo of my set-up and add it.Supplies you need:1) a Cameron Clark | baby business bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15338396824120214363noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2868116625067518737.post-80791002620713796282011-01-30T20:21:00.004-07:002011-01-30T21:29:19.105-07:00My yearly family albumIn my professional photography business, I make albums for people using companies that only work with photographers, blah blah, but in my personal world I make albums for myself and my family using Blurb.com -- They even have bookmaking software, which I did end up using for this album. It took me HOURS to do this... as in 30 hours or something -- it's sure was a labor of love!Clark Family 2010 Cameron Clark | baby business bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15338396824120214363noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2868116625067518737.post-18145173013793398392010-08-15T15:15:00.004-07:002010-09-05T10:29:01.080-07:00Potty Training Sucess!Owen is a big boy! He is potty trained. I am so happy! About every six weeks I'd try for the morning to take off his diaper and either let him run around naked or just put on underpants. He would pee in them all. 16 pairs one morning. So I knew he wasn't ready. It was frustrating because the child has pooped in the potty since 20 months. Finally this last two weeks he seemed to stay dry Cameron Clark | baby business bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15338396824120214363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2868116625067518737.post-73015594080235458592010-07-26T09:19:00.003-07:002010-07-26T09:42:30.335-07:00Harper 8.5 months Owen 28 months - notesSo I thought I'd just do a quick stream of conscientiousness post about where the kids are with all their "stuff"Harper is 8.5 months and is crawling, pulling up to stand and sleeping fairly well. She gets up usually only once in the middle of the night, nurses and goes right back to sleep. Occasionally she'll get up one other time and then sometimes get into a bad habit of waking 2-3 times. Cameron Clark | baby business bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15338396824120214363noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2868116625067518737.post-56864743216684792372010-07-07T21:40:00.005-07:002010-07-07T22:05:52.619-07:00Summer Smiles, Dicipline and 2 year oldsOkay so I've been neglecting this blog. Can you blame me? I'm pretty busy these days. Having my own business and two kids under two (okay now he's over two) but you get the idea...I couldn't resist posting these photos of Owen with the garden hose.As Owen approached age two, it became obvious that this kid was going to give us a run for our money. He whined, he cried, repeat. He does things Cameron Clark | baby business bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15338396824120214363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2868116625067518737.post-57735475430200363962010-04-18T16:50:00.005-07:002010-04-18T16:59:25.149-07:00Owen gets a haircut and Harper likes a bath!It's hard to cut your boy's hair. At least for me. I just loved it long and shaggy but it was getting TOO long and I kept meaning to make an appointment at the real hair salon to get some cute "California surfer" cut for Owen. Alas, the 10 minute Barber shop walk-in was too easy. He is crinkling his nose because some little hairs were getting in his face. He kept wanting to bring his hand to Cameron Clark | baby business bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15338396824120214363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2868116625067518737.post-18773377920265744172010-02-28T16:06:00.003-07:002010-02-28T16:10:11.538-07:00Owen's 2nd birthdayI can hardly believe my boy is two years old. I hate to say that it goes fast, because to me each day seems slow but two years have passed since I delivered our boy and that does seem incredible. This birthday was a bit of a whirlwind. We decided to have a little pot-luck party over at our house and it was really hard to be a hostess. Harper seemed just a tad fussier and more needy during the Cameron Clark | baby business bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15338396824120214363noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2868116625067518737.post-44495945006897485782010-02-13T10:23:00.014-07:002010-02-28T20:32:13.751-07:00Potty Training | how to tackle with a toddler under 2 yearsHA HA. Like I know the answer to the title of this post. But seriously, I should give you the update on cloth diapers past the age of 18 months. Um, it gets a little old dealing with "adult" size, shape and yes you guessed it smelling poop on a daily basis. I kept wondering, "When does this potty training stuff begin?" because,I'm READY!!!So, being the cheap, I mean *green* mother that I am (Cameron Clark | baby business bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15338396824120214363noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2868116625067518737.post-81277153929765654642009-11-14T13:26:00.011-07:002009-11-18T10:30:22.029-07:00Harper Jo Clark's home birth story 11/09/09I better write this down before the details become soft and out of focus. If you like to read birth stories, this is a good one because it's an encouraging swift delivery... the kind we all want to have. I feel lucky to have experienced two perfect home birth deliveries. It will be very sad to ever leave this house since both my babies were born here. Stand and Deliver Nov. 9, 2009 | Harper JoCameron Clark | baby business bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15338396824120214363noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2868116625067518737.post-40335122895591395472009-11-04T20:35:00.002-07:002009-11-14T20:39:00.542-07:0039 weeks pregnant photo39 weeks pregnant. Photo ©2009 John RunningI am lucky to count Running as one of my friends and he really wanted to make some photos of me pregnant. I elected to do it LATE in the pregnancy so I'd be REALLY big. There are some other great artistic photos but they reveal more than I'm comfortable with for the internet and this blog (I love them, though).Cameron Clark | baby business bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15338396824120214363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2868116625067518737.post-61444841452010002292009-11-01T08:56:00.007-07:002009-11-01T11:00:40.827-07:00Owen's developmental psychology at 20 monthsI thought I'd take some notes on Owen's behavior at this age, now 20 months today because I know I'll forget. This is really for myself so that later with the second child we'll find ourselves saying, "when did Owen do that?" Also I think the grandparents like to read stuff like this. All of his behaviors are perfectly normal and age appropriate according to what I've read online. We think Cameron Clark | baby business bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15338396824120214363noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2868116625067518737.post-52696398989814890422009-10-31T15:40:00.003-07:002009-11-01T15:44:07.620-07:00Owen photos and HalloweenCameron Clark | baby business bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15338396824120214363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2868116625067518737.post-34096207416195336572009-10-24T21:08:00.005-07:002009-10-24T21:16:16.069-07:00Owen photos 19 monthsSome recent photos of Owen. The yellow leaves shots are from today 10/24/09, the backyard shots are from Sept. 30. All 19 months (He turned 19 months on Oct. 1). I am 37 weeks, due very soon.\Cameron Clark | baby business bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15338396824120214363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2868116625067518737.post-56086195980025312872009-10-11T03:59:00.004-07:002009-10-11T04:58:48.709-07:00Sleep schedule 19 months and having a sitter put the baby downSo I created this category "sleep problems" and updated it from time to time with the issues I was having with Owen early on. I didn't realize HOW difficult newborn/infant/toddler sleep can be for MOST parents. Matt and I had a really hard time for the first 6-9 months and then it seemed to improve from there. I'm hoping I can help shape the sleep of my new baby (I'm 35 weeks now) faster but Cameron Clark | baby business bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15338396824120214363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2868116625067518737.post-46456928282170844762009-09-30T09:45:00.000-07:002009-09-30T09:46:55.484-07:0019 months tomorrow!Happy Fall everyone! Owen is 19 months tomorrow. Cameron Clark | baby business bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15338396824120214363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2868116625067518737.post-90298341446084669602009-09-19T13:58:00.005-07:002009-09-19T14:32:48.398-07:00Poop: 18-24 months, Joys of a Diaper Sprayer and Fuzzi BunzPoop. It happens.Yes, I've been elbow deep in baby poop now for 18 months. Technically I also pick up dog poop everyday as well, just for the record. Most recently the baby poop has started to change enough (READ: sticking to diaper) to begin to disgust me and think of new strategies...1) a diaper sprayer for the toilet ??2) researching the dreaded potty training ??3) disposables? (HA HA, asCameron Clark | baby business bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15338396824120214363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2868116625067518737.post-25603368245167156892009-08-23T10:56:00.005-07:002009-08-23T11:43:29.463-07:00Buy a plane seat for your toddler, really, you want one.Traveling. Ah the joys with a toddler. Owen was 16.5 months on this trip. Since we live in Arizona and Matt's whole family lives in the Southeast, we took a trip back there this summer for 10 days because lord knows we won't be traveling with two babies for awhile. Believe me one is enough. So we got the GO GO KIDZ travel mate because I knew we'd be traveling by car from Charlotte, NC to Cameron Clark | baby business bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15338396824120214363noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2868116625067518737.post-31289285087385598442009-08-21T13:51:00.005-07:002009-08-21T14:04:06.552-07:007 months pregnantphoto taken July 11, 2009Somehow I'm seven months pregnant next week. ?????If this pregnancy is any indicator, I won't be paying any attention to this new child.People ask me, "how are you feeling?" me: why are they asking me how I'm feeling?, oh oh yeah, I'm huge and pregnantTo answer that for all you blog-readers (ah hem, my devoted mother-in-law), I feel great, and haven't thought twice aboutCameron Clark | baby business bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15338396824120214363noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2868116625067518737.post-52489540200299477872009-07-15T21:38:00.003-07:002009-07-15T21:56:54.891-07:00Words, speach and my favorite age: HINT NOT NEWBORNSSo, admittedly, I'm not a "newborn" type of gal. "What?" Yup, you got it. I really don't like newborns. Not even my own. We'll see about #2, s/he could surprise me and be some angel baby who sleeps and doesn't cry and takes a bottle and likes his/her car seat, and can be toted to restaurants and grocery stores-- BUT even still... NEWBORNS. EEEKS! Let's just put it this way, I wasn't one of Cameron Clark | baby business bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15338396824120214363noreply@blogger.com1