Archive for March, 2009
i should have my blogging license revoked
Seriously need to get back to updating the blog more often. Darn it all to heck.
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Walking down the street yesterday with a couple and their 8-month-old, me pushing Jonah in the stroller. Husband of couple says dam* as part of an exclamation in a story. “Darn,” I correct him. “Really?” he asks. “You [...]
Posted by calm mama on Monday, March 30th, 2009 at 10:34 pm in baby baby baby, baby pics, ec, milestones, sleep | 3 Comments »
daddy and jonah’s fine day
On Tuesday, Scott took Jonah for the whole day while I worked. Now that we’re on a reduced breastfeeding schedule, this is much easier to pull off.
In the morning, they went to Crosstown Community Center for “Campfire Songs” — a guy playing solo with guitar or fiddle as it suits the tune. Parents and kids [...]
Posted by calm mama on Thursday, March 26th, 2009 at 12:08 pm in baby baby baby, baby pics, recommendations | 2 Comments »
it is so quiet, except in my head
The weaning seems to be continuing. I’m okay with it. Kind of.
When my sister was in town recently, she said, “I wish you could be confident in the decisions you make as a mom.” She meant it in the nicest way. She thinks I make good decisions. She’d rather I not torture myself by waffling, [...]
Posted by calm mama on Monday, March 23rd, 2009 at 8:22 pm in feeding, milestones, sleep | 5 Comments »
dance, he said
Jonah loves music (“Mee-you-gick!” he says). He now knows that Mee-you-gick comes out of our computers and so he points and demands it when the mood strikes him. We have a few kid CDs loaded into our laptops. Tonight, we played They Might Be Giants, “Here Come the 123s” while I fed Jonah dinner, or [...]
Posted by calm mama on Sunday, March 22nd, 2009 at 9:13 pm in feeding, recommendations | 1 Comment »
oakland kindergym and three-syllable words
Today is mostly a lovely day. The weather is Bay-Area gorgeous, sunny, blue skied, and just a touch on the cold side of warm. We went to the Kindergym toddler playtime at Temple Beth Abraham.Jonah messed a bit with the toys at the water table (Cup! Dolphin!) and then took a spin around the room [...]