We had another first today: Simon pulled himself up to a stand. Yay, Simon! Lately, we’ve been playing a 1-2-3-stand game. We both sit on the floor, I hold Simon’s hands in mine, we count aloud, and I pull him to standing on 3. After a while, he started doing some of the lifting himself, […]
Monthly Archive for August, 2007
Who sold me out? My sister-in-law warned me about this: you get pregnant and the next thing you know a bunch of stuff arrives at your door. Catalog stuff. Formula sample stuff. Babies R Us coupons. Just mounds and mounds of stuff-mostly stuff I was not interested in. The information had to come from the […]
A little late in the game, I joined the Jewish Community Center two weeks ago. Pool season is nearly over, but when it’s 103 degrees out, it’s about the only thing to do. Plus, I can start working out there and take advantage of the drop-in babysitting, J-Play, which charges a mere $2 for the […]
Simon has hit a few interesting milestones in the past several weeks. And after a lot of same ole’ same ole’ around here, they seem to have all happened at once. He’s a busy, busy baby. “Mama!” Yup, Simon knows I’m his mama and he now calls for me. At first he said “mama” indiscriminately, […]
Today my family buried my dad’s sister-in-law, Aunt Marcia.* This was the first time I’ve been around for the loss of an active matriarch. When my Bubbie died, she had been at a nursing home for many years, and my mom had already taken over that role. My Aunt Marcia, on the other hand, hosted […]
Matt and I have many silly songs for Simon. Some, like “Surf Champ”, are based on his clothing. Others, like “My Very Own Amazing Baby”, come from lines in books. But a few are from daily life, including “Simon Is a Baby Who Likes to Swing”. It goes like this: Who is a baby that […]
As I mentioned once before, Matt and I have a disagreement over the nature of the image Simon admires when he sees his reflection in glass-particularly in the kitchen window every morning when he’s eating his breakfast. Matt thinks it’s Ghost Baby, who choked on oatmeal years ago and is now trying to relive his […]
About two weeks ago, Simon picked up a brand new disgusting habit just in time to take him to fancy restaurants in Las Vegas. I first noticed it at dinner one night, when Simon opened wide for his first bite, scraped the food off the spoon, and then promptly shoved his left index finger in […]
Simon is now in the thrall of himself and enjoys his own reflection whenever he sees it. For a long time I assumed he had no idea that he was looking at himself, but now I’m beginning to suspect otherwise. He loves all babies and small children, but he seems to have an especially soft […]
Las Vegas is not my kind of town. I’ve been there at least once a year for business since 2001, and while I’ve more or less made my peace with it, I’m always relieved to get back home. The smoke, noise, and crowds on the strip and in the casinos take a physical toll on […]