As part of my ongoing initiation into parenthood, Tuesday night I was humbled by a 5-pound mound of plastic. It’s called the ExerSaucer, and it nearly undid Simon’s Auntie Jen and mother in the assembly. I expected the ExerSaucer Assembly to be annoying and confusing the same way build-it-yourself furniture is. I was wrong; it […]
Monthly Archive for March, 2007
According to the literature, most babies sleep swaddled until they are about three months old, then they let you know that they are ready to sleep free. Key word in this sentence: “most”. Not our guy. At three months he still needed to be swaddled to calm down from crying and to sleep more than […]
We’ve been waiting to hear about Ian and Christine’s new baby ever since Ian called us from the hospital 36 hours ago! When we hadn’t heard anything by midnight tonight, we figured that we would just hear about the birth in the morning. But for whatever reason Jessica couldn’t fall asleep tonight and just happened […]
Like most babies his age, Simon has decided that the best way to analyze any object is to put it into his mouth. Toys, blankets, his bib, his fists, my hair, my glasses. You name it: If he can grab onto it and get it into his mouth, into his mouth it goes. Funnily enough, […]
Parenting: It’s not a contest. Competitive parenting is unhealthy, illogical, and ridiculous. All children develop at their own rate, and comparing one to another simply adds stress to family life and potentially harms the child. This is especially true if your kid is behind, and so I stuck with this mantra one night last week. […]
Nursing Mother’s Tuchus?
Posted in Baby!, Jessica, Labor & Delivery on Mar 15th, 2007
You’ve heard of tennis elbow, right? Or of washerwoman’s knees? I have a new one to add to the canon of occupation-specific maladies: Nursing Mom’s Tuchus. Apparently I am not used to sitting so long in this particular posture. That or my poor-man’s Aeron downstairs is a better chair than I gave it credit for. […]
I’m beginning to have time panic again. When I say “time panic,” I refer to the experience of being acutely aware of the passing of time and therefore not fully enjoying the moment you are in. It’s the experience of starting post-vacation let-down when you are still on vacation or dreading the end of a […]
One may be the loneliest number*, and D minor may be the saddest of all keys**, but around our house “b” is clearly the crankiest consonant. As Simon continues to play with consonants, we’ve noticed some patterns emerging. One is that he says a lot of “m” sounds when I’m around, probably because Matt is […]
Now that Simon is getting a bit older, he’s quite fun to play with. I like to read to him, and I love playing silly little clapping and lap games. The thing is, my stack of favorite books is rather short, and my repertoire of fun games is equally limited. How many times can you […]
When I last posted about Simon’s favorite things, he was young enough that most of them had to do with getting him to stop crying or easing his reflux. Now that my little buddy is 20 weeks old, he’s got new favorites that are more about fun. Below is a list of some things that […]