Category: milestones

he said “cow”

He woke up this morning, did a little nursing, looked me in the eye and said, “Cow.” Not accusing me of being one, just letting me know he knows the word. He said it several more times. Announcements, “Cow… cow.”…

he said “da”

Today, while I was feeding the boy his dinner in the high chair in the kitchen, I called Scott on speakerphone, to check and see how close he was to home. That’s pretty much a nightly ritual. One or the…

sleep is the word

Last night he cried for 20 minutes, and slept straight through till 6:30 a.m. Color us amazed. Scott had so much energy today — he thought it was nerves and then realized it was just that he hasn’t had enough…

the new joys of jumping and chatting

File under: oops. This morning, as Jonah was squirming, fighting, crying while I tried to put him in his jumperoo — just so I wouldn’t have to follow him up the stairs over and over for the next 20 minutes,…

“We” are family

Bridezillas, John Edwards’ Crossing Over, and me. I hinted at this a little while back, and now, here it is… My new mommy blogging gig went live today at WeTV.com: http://www.wetv.com/blogs/mama-drama/index.html http://www.wetv.com/moms/index.html I’ll still be here, most days. Twice a…

panic parenting

So, I’m reading more about this peaceful parenting thing — and you know how things sometimes get mixed up in your head in a really Freudian way? I keep calling it perfection parenting which isn’t exactly helpful as far as…

drool me a river

Man, this fluid is… flu-id! The boy’s top two teeth, center, have poked through, the two flanking are sliding into position, and his shirts are soaked through. I decided a long time ago to pretend it’s my saliva anyway, and…

farm, stairs, no-ooo-oo

Overdue report from the Hoes Down Festival: There were fiddling kids: Old timey blacksmiths: Cows: And best of all, the petting zoo: * * * Milestone report: Over the last three days, Jonah has begun climbing stairs. And so I’ve…