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—...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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-...
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...
Someday, my 2 1/2-year-old son Jack will be a man. And when is, he'll probably surf the Internets and find that his dear old dad posted this picture. Hopefully he'll forgive me without inflicting...
