He pooped in the potty! He pooped in the potty! Stop the presses: he pooped in the potty! Think this is a weird thing to get excited about? Then you have obviously never raised a toddler. This is a situation of location, location, location. A fresh steaming pile of excremement smeared around in a diaper? Quotidian. A fresh, [...]
Archive for the ‘Body Fluids’ Category
Pooptastic!
Posted in Body Fluids, tagged Baby Bjorn, parenting, Potty training, richard scarry, toddler on September 2, 2011 | 2 Comments »
I’m a Little Behind
Posted in Body Fluids, Family, Food, Learning, Outings, Unabashed Cuteness, tagged laundry, parenting, Potty training, toddler, train travel on July 30, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Yeah, so I haven’t been on the blog too much. Here are some recent photos, in no particular order, with no particular theme. My apologies — more entries soon!
The Baby Advice You Didn’t Ask For
Posted in Body Fluids, Breastfeeding, Family, Sleep, Worry, tagged advice, baby, breast feeding, Harvey Karp, imperfection, pacifiers, parenting, pregnancy, sleep, sleep training on June 30, 2011 | 8 Comments »
Let me be clear: pregnant women do not want your advice. If they want it, they will ask for it. And if they ask for it and then realize they disagree with what you are saying, they will probably go vacant-eyed and fantasize about ice cream until you stop talking. For the most part, pregnant women or their [...]
Potty Animal
Posted in Body Fluids, Learning, tagged kids, parenting, Potty training, toddler on June 28, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Miles got his first potty seats today — one to go on the big toilet and one that sits on the floor. He was thrilled, and we spent some time rehearsing what goes where. Barry Bear, a stuffed companion who has been with me since the first week of my life, was extremely patient.
First
Posted in Body Fluids, Family, Movement, Sleep, Speech, Unabashed Cuteness, Worry on October 11, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Happy Birthday, Miles. Now you are 1. This is officially your second October 11 on this earth. One year ago yesterday, I got up from bed to pee and my water broke. Perching on the toilet and realizing that no one, particularly not a pregnant woman with a bladder the size of a walnut, could [...]
Ch-ch-changes…
Posted in Body Fluids, Movement, Unabashed Cuteness on August 6, 2010 | 6 Comments »
When you’re an expectant parent, people like to warn you about the diapers. They groan with horror and glee, predicting the years of stinky suffering you’ll endure. Poop is not glamorous, I admit. It smells. It has surprising textures. It gets everywhere. Yet I was pleased to find that, barring a putrid blowout or a [...]
Roseola!
Posted in Body Fluids, Breastfeeding, Pediatrician on July 27, 2010 | 1 Comment »
So, Miles got his first fever Sunday night and has been cooking ever since. The doctor says it’s Roseola — a virus that usually gives a high fever for three days (or as many as seven!), followed by a ghastly whole-body rash when the fever breaks. Our poor little guy has been pitiful. He grips [...]
An Overflow of Cute … And of Something Less Awesome
Posted in Body Fluids, Food, Movement, Sleep, Unabashed Cuteness, tagged baby, Poop, Teething on July 22, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Miles is so cute I can hardly keep up with posting cute photos these days. Well, actually, he is so everything that I can hardly keep up. Unrolling the toilet paper, splashing my bracelet in the toilet, chasing balls, demanding that I hold his hands and walk him those three steps from the desk to [...]
She’s the Fun One
Posted in Body Fluids, Family, Movement on July 20, 2010 | 7 Comments »
So lately, Miles is really, really, really into Robin. She is clearly the fun parent, the parent who elicits squeals of enthusiasm, the parent he can’t possibly, not-for-one-minute live without. Is it hard to feel myself slipping in the rankings? Well, sure. These days, I suspect that Miles Top 5 list goes something like this: [...]
Leavin’ on a Jet Plane
Posted in Body Fluids, Breastfeeding, Outings, Worry on May 22, 2010 | 2 Comments »
”Just give him a bottle or nurse him during take-off and landing,” people say, “and his ears won’t bother him at all.” That’s all very true. But you try telling a hyper-active, curious, 7-month-old baby when to be hungry. I will stand by and laugh an evil, maniacal laugh, MWAH HA HA HA HA! Okay, let me [...]
