Month 5

Nuala,
Of course you’ve been blowing past milestones every month so far, but in the last few weeks, it seems like you’re speeding ahead faster than ever.  This has been tremendously exciting for us, especially since some of those milestones have to do with how you interact with us.  The giggles and squeals, my God.  We [...]

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Forward, back, sideways

Under advice of our pediatrician, we started Nuala out on rice cereal for a few days, then switched to oatmeal, expecting to move on to vegetables in another week. The rice has been a big hit, I think because it’s pretty mild, so it’s basically like eating solid breastmilk.  The oatmeal has been less of [...]

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Ahh, so that’s why we had a kid

She’s playing happily in the ExerSaucer, sticking her thumb in her mouth and gabbing about who knows what, and then she gets quiet.  I look up from my laptop (gotta work when I can), and she’s just staring at me, smiling like I’m the best thing she’s seen all day.  How am I not supposed [...]

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Seat-of-the-pants parenting

The American Academy of Pediatrics, as well as most breastfeeding-friendly experts, say to breastfeed exclusively for six months.  Nuala’s pediatrician, as well as the ubiquitous advice of Dr. Sears, says to introduce solids when the baby’s ready, sometime between 4 and 6 months.  How to know when she’s ready?  Besides the physical signs (good head [...]

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Fourth time’s a charm

I don’t know whether her difficulty falling asleep tonight and last night is due to the tooth, the interrupted sleep schedule she had this weekend, or the fact that she’s gotten used to sleeping with at least one of us in the same bed again something like five out of the last seven or eight [...]

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First weekend away with baby: check.

Left on Friday, back today, with lots of goodness in between.  I am very happy to report that it was a success.
First off, Nuala slept the whole way up there, a big bonus because we were unable to find a sitter for the rehearsal/dinner night and I was anxious about her missing sleep.  The hotel [...]

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Mark it 10/14/2009

Today shall henceforth be known as The Day Nuala Learned the Joys of Peekaboo.  Big belly laughs tonight before her bath (the giggliest time of the day by far) as I inadvertently dropped the blanket over her face and suddenly pulled it back with a “Gol-LEE!” look on my face.  She’s been laughing on purpose [...]

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Ta-da!

As good as she is at grasping, gumming, and squealing, she cannot work technological miracles.  ’Tis a pity, because our internet stopped working sometime when I was working on campus on Saturday, and hasn’t resurrected itself yet.  The AT&T man is supposed to come tomorrow and sort it out, but who knows.
Also, I got a [...]

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Hello, feet. Have you met mouth?

Naked Baby Time/Diaper Time is getting more difficult, but certainly more adorable every day.

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Ruthless

The wasteland surrounding her demesne is littered with the carcasses of the dead.

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