My wife and I went to see “The Importance of Being Earnest” at Centerstage last Thursday. We stressed all week searching for a babysitter, then rushed like crazy to get to the theater on time. Brenda fell asleep at the beginning of the second act, and, by the 10 pm bows, I was struggling to […]

I think every parent in America—especially those of us with very young children—has been wrestling with the question of whether or not to get our kids vaccinated for the H1N1 virus. The virus—thankfully, no longer referred to as “swine flu,” in deference to piggies everywhere—has been responsible for the deaths of 10 people in the […]

Yesterday, I took Jack (seen here, catching up on his back issues) to the pediatrician for his 3-year check-up. All went smoothly, Jack was cooperative with everything, even though it was his first time taking eye chart and hearing tests, being weighed on the real scale, and using a real blood-pressure cuff.
Almost in passing, […]

It’s been almost a week since I found out I won “Best Local Blog” on Nickelodeon’s Parents Connect website, and the victory celebrations are just winding down.
In the meantime, I’ve been looking at some of the other Parents Connect winners. I listed them all below…
Best Art Class: Young Rembrandts - I’ve never heard of this, […]

Nickelodeon’ Parents Connect just announced that we are the best local blog in Baltimore!
Thanks to everyone who voted for Learning to Crawl! Hooray!

This afternoon, I appeared on WYPR’s Midday with Dan Rodricks (with fill-in host Karen Hosler) to discuss parenting blogs. You can check out a stream here.
The other guests were Kate Shatzkin of The Sun’s Charm City Moms blog and Kayris Wall of Great Walls of Baltimore. It was fun and, I hope, informative. Listening to […]

Since moving back to Baltimore last year, one of my biggest pleasures has been attending the seemingly endless calendar of festivals in the city. With music, food, games, and, often, kid-friendly attractions, they’re a goldmine for parents looking for weekend activities that are fun for everybody. Among many others, we’ve hit the Fells Point Festival, […]

Learning to Crawl has been nominated by Nickelodeon’s Parent Connect as “Best Local Blog” for Baltimore!
The voting has been going on for over a month and is VERY close! Today is the last day to vote, so please click on the logo here or the link below and VOTE for Learning to Crawl! You can […]

After a long and demoralizing monsoon season, the summer is finally hitting its stride. This past weekend was glorious and sunny and we took the opportunity to explore some FREE corners of kid-centric Baltimore.
On Saturday, we went to the annual Toddler Fair at the Montessori School on Falls Rd. I had never been to the […]

As is painfully clear from posts like this and this and this, the Serpick family is hopelessly obsessed with Elmo. This week, we made our second annual pilgrimage to Sesame Place, the theme park 30 miles north of Philadelphia where Elmo and all the other Sesame Street characters live.
As with last year, we had a […]