I took E to the doctor’s office today, just to be on the safe side, since he’s apparently not “over” whatever this is. The nurse practitioner, who was great, was very reassuring without belittling the new-parent worries. It was true, as she pointed out, he didn’t look very sick. (He’d just been flirting outrageously with…
Tag: parenting
Kudos to you, single parents.
Baby is sick today. There’s been copious evidence coming out both his ends, starting at pre-dawn… sheets changed, baby’s clothes changed, mama’s clothes changed, plenty of other laundry, an extra bath… several short naps, some eating, some dozy awake time, some serious (but highly successful!) potty time, and even some periods where he seemed totally…
Baby Bits XI
I wonder if this is a common problem. Apparently, I’ve got a baby with too many plans. As I write this, I feel quite sure this is a common problem. Tracy Hogg (the Baby Whisperer) even said so, and what a relief to see it in print: at this age, you just need to “ride…
Little Potty Adventures, a.k.a. Elimination Communication
For those of you wondering what we are doing putting our 7-month-old on the potty, allow me to explain. (I don’t really talk about this a lot with people because they invariably start out thinking it’s freakish: “You’re toilet training already??” But once you explain, it makes a lot of sense.) Raise your hand if…
Survey Question I – Please Weigh In!
Talking with my friend recently – this is a friend with a baby son only a month younger than mine – we realized something. Moms (and, it must be supposed, dads as well) do gross things in the name of parenthood. We were talking about when babies get congested, which led to the topic of…
Solid Sunday
We did it! A special trip out was made from my parents’ house, specifically to purchase baby rice cereal. (Apparently Heinz has bought the Pablum name, because this box of deliciousness affiliated itself with both.) I know I said avocado, but I guess I’m just more comfortable with tradition – almost everyone says to start…
The Solids Odyssey
He must be ready – all the signs are there. He watches the journey from fork/bowl/fingers/spoon to mouth, he reaches for it and grabs if he can. Everything he grabs, he directs straight for his mouth. He is even distracted from breastfeeding by this. The other day he suddenly stuck his hand right in my…
Well, shoot.
Now I’m all grumpy. I just logged in to find that the post I spent a long time writing yesterday I somehow neglected to publish… and then when I went to get it, less than half of it was there. Now I don’t feel like writing the rest of it again – that post has…
Whew!
Bit of a tough day today. I guess no first-time parents get everything right. We love our children to pieces and want them to be happy, so I believe almost everything we do with them is well-intentioned. But then, sometimes what the Baby Whisperer would call “Accidental Parenting” comes into play. E is five months…
Dilovely's Little List of Goals
I’m enjoying this. I enjoy that I don’t need preamble or continuity to write in my Bloggy Blog. No constraints on length or level of awesomeness. (When my sister started her blog and left for Europe, I discovered that my baby son gives big smiles when you say “Blogblogblogblogblog.”) What was my topic again? Oh…