September 2010
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If nothing else, sitting in the Bumbo chair has helped him discover his feet. He spent several contented sessions in the chair today, trying valiantly to pull off his toes.
Hmm, what is this thing down here?
Maybe if I just pull on it a little more…
Hmm, maybe I should try yanking on it…
Distracted for a moment by the wind outside
Wait, where was I? Oh yes,...
Hmmm…something about writing that schedule out earlier today has made things click. I’ve actually gotten so cleaning done *and* the boy has taken two naps so far. Oh, happy day!
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Thanks so much to everyone who posted or wrote me to say nice things the last two days. I started feeling the sting of that person’s email again in the evening, so reading your encouraging messages acted as a salve. I went back and re-read some of my old posts, and I still don’t really understand what I ever said that would inspire any kind of vitriol. I think it’s pretty obvious...
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Wow. You guys, I feel like I’ve officially arrived on the internet (just in time for a Tumblr Tuesday). I got my first mean anonymous email from someone out there in the ether who wanted me to know that they are criticizing my parenting skills.
In a nutshell, this person (going to just go ahead and assume it’s a woman, cuz only we ladies would bother to hate on each other like this)...
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Despite the gloomy, rainy day today, this weekend was sunny and warm. We’re trying to take advantage of these last summery days, so we made sure to spend lots of time outside this weekend although Milo’s big event - first time swimming - actually took place inside.
My friend Berdan celebrated his 30th birthday (and 6 months of sobriety!) this weekend. He met Milo for the first time on...
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Fight This Generation (non-baby post)
Last night, I went with Matt and some friends to see one of the Pavement reunion shows. I saw Pavement several times in the 1990s before they broke up in 1999. (Man, just writing that makes me feel old.) They announced last year that they were going to play some reunion shows, so we got tickets as soon as they went on sale, knowing they would sell out quickly. Last week, I told Matt he could bring...
WatchOnce again, I act like a dork (this time with a bad French accent!) to make my kid laugh.
I put the kid down for a nap about 45 minutes ago (we’re working through Elizabeth Pantley’s No-Cry Sleep Solution in a rather desperate attempt to convince the boy that 10pm is not an acceptable bed time for a 4 month old). I popped my head into check on him about twenty minutes ago, and it turned out he was awake and just laying there quietly, talking to himself. I had heard rumors...
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Birthin' stuff →
Milo is turning four months old this week. I’ve been thinking about how our lives have changed so much in such a short period and how he’s changed too. I was reading this post today and it brought back so many memories of Milo’s birth.
georgiahruby:
So one of the best things I have ever done for myself and my family was an at home birth with Baby G. Some people think I’m crazy...
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The past few days were outstanding. We went shopping to buy me some new clothes that fit my new mama body (actually, that part wasn’t so outstanding. That part was more of a bum out.) on Thursday, took the stroller out for the second time on Saturday afternoon and took a long walk to Carroll Gardens and back, I got to see my all-time most favoritest band ever, Superchunk, and drove up to...
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Now that Matt has been back for a few days, I feel like my equilibrium has been restored. That extra hour of sleep I get each morning when he’s here to scoop up the boy and occupy and change him makes all the difference in my temperament. By Friday, I was back to my old self and had an especially big I Love Milo day. It’s not that I ever have I Don’t Love Milo days, but man, by...
Bluuurgh. I am so tired. I am so ready for Matt to come home tomorrow night. Even though I was only alone with the kid for 4 out of the 7 days, and even though he’s a fairly easy, happy, mellow baby, I’m exhausted. Single parents of the world, I salute you.
It didn’t help that when I leaned over this morning to kiss his little sweet-smelling head and face, I was met with a...
WatchIgnore my weird Justin Bieber-esque hair and pajama top, just listen to those baby chortles. We made this so Matt could watch it in Toronto when he misses the little guy.
When you fall in love, the last thing on your mind is wondering if your new beloved’s parents would make good in-laws. When you do finally meet the family, you’re just kind of hoping that they’ll be relatively friendly and can get through a family dinner without hurling invectives or crockery at each other. (And, you know, bonus points if no one gives their baby diet Dr. Pepper...
Matt went to Toronto today for work. He’ll be there for a week, which means I’m on 24 hour baby duty until then. Of course, I’m always on call, so to speak, for nursing and cuddles, but Matt usually takes over diaper changes and assists in baby amusement in the early mornings and evenings after he gets home. I am not ashamed to admit that despite the 50 bucks I recently shelled...
We couldn’t have asked for a better official end-to-summer weekend.
The kid and I spent Friday afternoon with an old friend I’d recently reconnected with after hearing that she’d had a baby this spring too. Milo and I rode the bus over to Red Hook and had lunch with Haelim and her daughter May. May is about five and half months old, and it was cool to watch her and realize what...
If your child wakes up with a coin size, slightly raised red bump on his tush, and you google image “diaper rash” to try to figure out if that’s what the problem is, be prepared to be super grossed out. Yowza.
Excuse me while I go scrub my mind with bleach.
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From The Onion today comes this: 8.4 Million New Yorkers Suddenly Realize New York City A Horrible Place To Live
My favorite part:
“When fleeing New Yorkers were asked if they would miss the city’s iconic landmarks, most responded that Central Park is just a pathetic excuse for experiencing actual nature, that the Brooklyn Bridge is great but it’s just a fucking bridge,...
I just woke up from a nap with Milo and realized that I’d been dreaming about sitting in front of the computer reading the internet. Sigh. Need to get out more. Heatwave, please be gone.
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I didn’t intend for this to be a poop blog, but I know it’s a frequent topic (as a friend recently noted via IM “You sure talk about the sit down kind a lot”). Before the kid came along, I can probably count on one hand the times I’d publicly discussed poop or even said the word fart out loud (so coarse! so vulgar!). Now I can’t stop talking about it. When the...
