Yesterday, E and I, along with Auntie Em and three mom friends of mine and their little ones, went to the pool! It was E’s first time playing in water other than his bath – I know, we’re a bit slow off the mark with this one. Lots of babies E’s age have been to…
Tag: new experiences
Baby Bits XV
We’ve got a few new and newly honed skills for Baby Bits! What E is doing these days: waving bye-bye like a pro – he can do the open-and-close wave or the arm-shake wave, at appropriate times; extending this skill by combining the arm-wave with his expert finger-point – it ends up looking like he’s…
Ten Months Old
Dear E, Today you are ten months old! You weigh 19.4 pounds and you are 29 inches long. You have eight teeth, that we know of. You are also the VERY BEST BABY that we know of. This has been an exciting month: you are so proficient at your army crawl that you have no…
Baby Bits XIV
I fear I have created a monster. We’ve only been giving E Cheerios for a few weeks, but already he gets all antsy and whiny if he hasn’t had a hit in a while. You give him some and he just wants more. He now recognizes the Oscar the Grouch container we’ve been keeping them…
BANG Book Review – A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore
Our latest GGG book club pick, A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore, was pretty much a unanimous “not recommended”. Overall, the gals were disappointed. Before getting into that, I will say that although I didn’t love the book, I did enjoy it. I did not find it boring or hard to get through,…
First Official Post in the NEW BLOG!!
That totally called for two exclamation points, don’t try to tell me different. Here we are! It’s dilovely, isn’t it? ????? I’d like to introduce you to my new blog. It’s running on an installation of WordPress, so that a non-web-savvy “Normal Gal” like me can still function within it. It’s hosted by Host Papa,…
Taking the Elephant by the Tusks Before it's in the Room
Hello, dear readers, I apologize for my absence the last few days. I am in the process of a sea-blog-change. As the end of my maternity leave creeps closer, I am wishing more and more fervently that I could only go back to work part-time (or, since I’m wishing, how about not at all?). I…
Baby Bits X
Perhaps y’all are tiring of Baby Bits… but too bad. You’re getting them anyway. 1. Cool trick I figured out today, all by my brilliant self: Baby is being stubborn, not opening mouth to receive peachy breakfast. Baby is given baby spoon to play with. (Baby is so smart he knows which is mouth end…
Baby Bits VIII
What a lucky mama I am! My baby: is generous – he now offers me his soother in between his own soothing needs, and seems genuinely delighted if I accept – so delighted that he’ll do this many times in a row; is talented – he can be holding and sucking on his duck (sounds…
Baby Bits IV
What a day today! E had: Long, awesome naps (like yesterday’s – exactly coinciding with the increased calories… hmmm). LOTS of rolling – especially after he was supposed to be asleep but was too excited – he would roll to the edge of the couch and his auntie would patiently scootch him back, like a…