Simon is now fourteen weeks old, and I have not been away from him for longer than a single feeding, a maximum of around 2 1/2 hours, since we brought him home on October 20. For many mothers, especially those who bottle-fed babies or went back to work right away, this schedule appears to be […]
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There’s a scene in the Princess Bride in which Vizzini (Wallace Shawn) declares something that has happened “inconceivable”, and Inigo Montoya (Mandy Patinkin) replies: “You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.” It’s a funny line from a funny movie. And I feel this way myself now […]
Most nights, sometime between around 7:30 or so and about 11:00, Simon flips out. His face turns bright red or purple, a vein on his skull sticks out, he balls up his fists, and he screams bloody murder. We call this “fighting mad”, and the hour (or two or three) during which it occurs is […]
Tonight Simon laughed for the first time… I think. I was over at Mom’s while Matt’s band practiced, and sometime between dinner and dessert mom leaned over his Papasan seat (he was our centerpiece at the table) and made a funny face at him. Simon went wild. His eyes opened wide, and his dimples deepened. […]
I have a troubled history with television. I’m perfectly happy to go without owning a TV (as I did for most of my college years), but once I have access, addictive viewing usually isn’t far behind. Some people with TVs can be content to watch a few good shows, some sports, and a little PBS. […]
Man! Taking care of Simon is such hard work. Really — it is! It’s not all sleeping and snuggling, no matter what the photographic evidence seems to indicate. I mean, I was up from 3:00 – 4:00 AM this morning dancing and bouncing and singing song after song after song trying to get a totally […]
Simon hit twelve weeks old today, and in celebration of that fact (as well as the realization that we had taken no pictures of him in 2007 yet) Mom went a bit crazy with the digital camera. First there’s a series of glamor shots taken on the day bed in our guest bedroom (a.k.a. Mom’s […]
Most Sundays Matt’s band practices from 5-8 p.m. in our basement. Since Simon came along, that leaves me looking for a place to grab dinner and hang out for the evening, as the downstairs is too loud for Simon when the band is going strong. So the routine is that I head over to my […]
I’ll be 37 in about 2 1/2 hours, and for the first time in a long while I feel truly different on a birthday. The last time this happened was when I hit 30. It doesn’t seem that long ago, and yet I’m now closer to 40 than that earlier benchmark. When I was 30 […]
Just look at that baby in the cute sweater. Or is that the cute baby in the sweater? For sure, the turtleneck is not the most flattering look for those with short necks, double chins, and huge heads, but I still think Simon is doing a great job modeling his cool monogram cable sweater and […]