Sometimes the answer to a problem is right in front of you, but you just can’t see it. Fortunately for me, my path has crossed with someone who has a complementary problem to mine and better vision into a solution. My problem is that I worry Simon needs more socialization than he’s getting. I’ve made […]
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Simon has uttered what sounded like sentences in past, but I could never tell. Today, however, clear as day he took one look at his new toy (pictured) and carefully enunciated: “That’s the bus.” Yup, it sure is. Looks like mama picked a winner. Best of all, it’s a maple bus made in Vermont by […]
Fourteen and a half months ago, I gulped hard and spent a small fortune on 15 medium-sized Fuzzi Bunz, a diaper sprayer, and 15 micro-terry diaper inserts. These replaced the previous lot of 15 size small Fuzzi Bunz Simon had just outgrown–diapers that never had to accommodate the digestive tract of a baby eating solid […]
As I write this, the ghost of Red Auerbach has lit up his victory cigar with over two minutes left on the clock in the NBA finals. Actually, who am I kidding? The ghost of Red Auerbach lit up with two minutes left in the first half. Here in Louisville, my little family celebrated tonight […]
Simon is taking off. What a beautiful sight! After Sunday night’s performance, I was cautiously optimistic that Simon would continue to improve and would be walking soon. But I didn’t want to put a time-line to it because Simon’s progress to date has been so slow. Two days later, however, I’m seeing things differently. We’re […]
No kidding. When I woke up this morning, I thought the day’s miracle would be Boston closing out the Lakers in Game 5 of the NBA finals. Right now the score is Lakers 37- Celtics 22 at the end of the first quarter, so I’m thinking a Celtics win might require more of a miracle […]
Within a day or so of my purchasing Happy Baby Things That Go, I snapped some pics of Simon reading it. Then I got a new Elizabeth George novel and started consulting with landscape architects about my back yard (my back yard needs a landscape magician, I’ve decided), and never got around to taking said […]
The Walking Thing
Posted in Baby!, First Steps, Jessica on Jun 12th, 2008
Simon has now been in the First Steps program for nearly three weeks, and we are seeing some progress on the walking front. It is, however, s-l-o-w progress, and I’m beginning to wonder if he’ll qualify for preschool when it begins this August 14. On the plus side, he spends much of his day standing, […]
If Simon could write a book report, his for Happy Baby Things That Go might read something like this: “Bus. This the bus. The bus? Yeah, the bus. Whas zis? Bu-pu? Ooooh. The bus.” There’s more going on here than this report may demonstrate. Owing to his emerging fascination with all things wheeled, I picked […]
It would be too much to say that we are seeing an explosion of language, but we are certainly noticing a distinct increase in what Simon understands and how he can communicate with us in recent weeks. The only real new words he says are baby, bunny, Bubbie, and bus. Added to the old repertoire […]