Archive > June 2006

When to start solids.

There are tons of opinions out there, but these factors seem to be pretty universal: • Baby has doubled his birth weight • Baby consumes 32 ounces or more of breastmilk or formula each day • Baby can sit up with little support and turn his head when he’s full • Baby can move thinned [...]

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A quote.

“The torment that so many young women know, bound hand and foot by love and motherhood, without having forgotten their former dreams.”  ~Simone de Beauvoir

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Something to consider this morning.

MelloCool sent me this list this morning, and it made me think of so many things.  I’m sharing it with you now: Your worst minute. Your scariest minute. Your most exciting minute. Your happiest minute. The minute that lasted a year. The minute you aged thirty years. The minute you lost while it was happening. [...]

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Nature kicks ass.

Seriously.

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It seemed like a good idea at the time.

I think I need to make him a poncho…he kept putting his hands in his mouth, and thusly the towel, too, so it was actually a bigger mess than had we just used a bib :(

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A question for all the moms.

At four months old, did your kid discover his/her voice and decide that screaming was fun? Is there anything I need to do when it happens? I don’t want to encourage him, because I’m afraid that he will continue to do it as he gets older, but I really don’t think he understands “no” yet.

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The baby after cereal.

In all his messy glory :)

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The baby being tickled…

and laughing appropriately :)

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