According to all the guidebooks, you are supposed to baby-proof your house by the time your child is nine months old. This includes but is not necessarily limited to the following: installing cabinet locks, covering electrical outlets, installing baby gates by stairs, and lowering the crib mattress. I dutifully complied with the first three instructions, […]
Monthly Archive for January, 2008
A hearty Happy Birthday to Thomas, son of friends Tony and Katherine. Thomas started the Great Baby Boom of 2006 and was the first baby born to our San Francisco circle of friends. Unbelievably, he’s two today. Wow! Happy Birthday, little boy!
Back in early December, I was really looking forward to the holidays: Specifically, I was looking forward to having a lot of uninterrupted time with Simon. I had vacation and personal days to use up before the end of the year, and I just assumed that I would pass most of them with happy Mom […]
Poor baby! Simon is currently recovering from his first bout with diaper rash. I suppose Matt and I should be grateful that we made it 15+ months without having to deal with diaper rash, but frankly we’re still finding the whole situation miserable. But not as miserable as Simon. Poor baby! It all started Friday […]
Uh oh! It’s been a goal of mine since Simon was born to ensure that he develops solid eating habits. For the first six months, I ate quality food and he exclusively nursed. For the next six months, I fed him mostly vegetarian, exclusively organic homemade baby food and nursed him. I felt good about […]
Simon has made some significant leaps in cognition lately that are thrilling to witness. A while back, we delighted at his use of the word “light” and were puzzled by some other utterances like “ba” and “yagi.” In the past week or so he’s set to work on his pronunciation, and as a result we […]
No, nothing magical happened overnight; kiddo still ain’t walking. However, as Simon’s Robeez have very thin soles, and as it will be 9 (brrrr) degrees tomorrow, I decided it was time to get a pair of pre-walker or first-walker shoes for him to guard against the cold if nothing else. And who knows, maybe a […]
Simon was 15 months old Wednesday, and we celebrated today by getting poked, prodded, and stuck at the pediatrician’s office. Cake would have probably been more fun… Our little guy has had a growth spurt these last three months, one I had suspected due to the fact that his 6-12 month pajamas and pants quit […]
Sometime last summer, my assistant began to send out emails with “singing out” in the subject line. It was just a simple typo; she was letting everyone know she was signing out for the day when no one was around to see her leave. My boss thought this typo was pretty funny, and I also […]
At last we are are feeling pretty normal over here at 1642 Cowling. No one has thrown up in nearly 72 hours, everyone is peeing OK, I’m feeling bullish. I also have three new theories as to the cause of our recent domestic distress. Theory 1 covers Tristan: As a Whitworth male (when we flew […]