Archive for September, 2008
my amazing husband
One must give credit where credit is due.
Today this man (in no particular order):
Changed the light bulb in the bathroom; calmly held my hand while I panicked during the turbulent parts of our flight; juggled and stacked and wheeled around three large pieces of luggage plus the pack ‘n’ play, a big box (the jumperoo), […]
Posted by calm mama on Monday, September 29th, 2008 at 9:59 pm in just me | 2 Comments »
falling behind as the boy advances
He’s made leaps and bounds this week while I have been backsliding on the blogging. Not an ideal combination.
But not surprising since developmental leaps are usually accompanied by a breaking-up of baby’s sleep patterns, right?
That’s what we drone to each other as he wakes up and cries throughout the night lo these last several days: […]
Posted by calm mama on Sunday, September 28th, 2008 at 7:46 pm in milestones, baby baby baby, recommendations | comments »
nosherai
Dear readers,
Remember when Jonah was new, and I was just learning how to breastfeed, and he cried all the time, and it turned out he was starving? Re-live the glory of that post at Blog Nosh, a fantastic new online magazine that features (dare I include myself) best-of posts from the archives of fabulous bloggers […]
Posted by calm mama on Wednesday, September 24th, 2008 at 8:00 am in bloggy love | comments »
it’s coo-coo cool
I’ve always loved to sing. Whether I am actually any good at it is debatable.
I did get in to the chorus in grammar school, but when I tried to audition for one of the soprano sections (mezzo?), I kind of made a fool of myself, missing the notes. The problem was that alto, the section […]
Posted by calm mama on Monday, September 22nd, 2008 at 9:39 pm in baby pics, baby baby baby | 8 Comments »
sitting and talking
Today, when we walked into the nursery to greet Jonah from his morning nap, he was sitting up in his crib to receive us, smiling.
This is extraordinary because he’s never gone from lying down to sitting up on his own, ever.
We don’t know how he got there. Mother In Law thinks maybe he pulled […]