A disclaimer: If you are squeamish or easily grossed out, you might want to skip this post. Oh holy mother of all that stinks! We just had our first experience with a real solid-food poopy diaper and it exceeded our expectations. By a long ways. To paraphrase a friend, it was hell in microfleece. You […]
Monthly Archive for April, 2007
When Simon was about three weeks old, an old friend called to check in on us. He and his wife were considering having a baby themselves, and the question arose, “Now that you have him, can you imagine your life without him?” At the time my friend asked, Simon was just a few weeks old, […]
I have two quick and happy updates to share tonight: First, and most importantly, baby Sam has been discharged from the hospital after his most recent heart surgery. He needs to regain some weight, but I’m sure that’s nothing for this little fighter. Amazingly, Jen and Dave report that he laughed for the first time […]
Today Simon went in for his routine 6-month well baby check up. The relevant numbers follow: Weight: 16 pounds, 6 1/2 ounces (35th percentile) Length: 26 1/4 inches (50th percentile) Head circumference: 17 7/8 inches (90th percentile) Yup. Our guy is of average height. He’s a bit on the slender side. And has an ENORMOUS […]
Hallmarks of the well planned wardrobe include the following: good quality basics such as jackets, pants, and foundation tees a few fun shirts or accessories thrown in that coordinate with the basics items that are are based around one or two key colors, making mixing and matching easy pieces that easily layer for transition from […]
… Count your blessings and quit your whining. Not as catchy as “If You’re Happy and You Know It”, but more apt. You see, last week was long and hard for my little family–or so it seemed at the time–as we were beset by many little annoyances that were compounded by their happening all at […]
We’ve been duped, plain and simple. For months now, I’ve been told about the wonders of rice cereal. According to folk wisdom, it has the power to solve two of my new-mom challenges: fatigue and messiness. Tired from nursing twice each night? Try some rice cereal. Baby will sleep through the night. Tired from constantly […]
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I don’t have much news, but I just heard from a good friend that a former colleague of ours, Chanda, had a baby girl last Thursday, April 5. Maylee came via an emergency C-section, but she weighed in at a healthy 7 pounds, 1 ounce, and mom and baby are reportedly just fine. In fact, […]
Ma nishtanah halaila hazeh? “How is this night different from all other nights?” It’s a song and a series of Four Questions that the youngest at the seder table asks as part of the Passover service. When you are a kid, reciting the Ma Nishtana and searching for the afikomen (a piece of matzah) is […]