Archive for May, 2009
cheetah vs. leopard, and painting
There are many things I am going to learn because I am a parent. Some will be related to parenting. Some will give me insight into myself as a person. Some will force me to grow.
Some will be things I’d never even thought about before. And things that had crossed my mind, but I hadn’t [...]
Posted by calm mama on Thursday, May 28th, 2009 at 10:23 pm in baby baby baby, milestones, sleep | 5 Comments »
happy 18 months, boo!
Dear Jonah,
As I type this, you are sitting on my lap, even though I vowed to minimize your exposure to video screens until age 3. No matter. You aren’t interested in the screen. You’re playing with a tiny hand-painted matchbook shrine I brought back from New Mexico before you were born. It has a butterfly [...]
Posted by calm mama on Tuesday, May 26th, 2009 at 4:43 pm in baby baby baby | 1 Comment »
wonderful guitar
Am aghast at how long it’s been since last posting. As amends, another video. Some explanations: I’m pretty sure his hair is just wet and not actually scraggly. When he says “Goodbye Guitar” he is referring to the song we sing at the end of Music Together class. Note his awesome new I-can-walk sandals.
Posted by calm mama on Monday, May 25th, 2009 at 9:37 am in baby baby baby | comments »
improvements
Just a note to check in and let anyone who is still following our sleep travails know that the latest technique change is working.
At the end of our newly refined routine, he’s down to about 45 seconds of Mommy Mommy before he gets quiet and goes to sleep; the first few nights it was 10 [...]
Posted by calm mama on Tuesday, May 19th, 2009 at 10:43 pm in baby baby baby, sleep | 8 Comments »
crying
Add crying to our bedtime routine.
Here we are, yet again.
As of last night, daddy does bath, potty, teeth, books and bottles, and another potty. Then at 6:30-ish Jonah gets into the crib. “Lay DOW-UNN,” he says — no longer interested in being rocked while sung to. I take over. I inform him that I will [...]