Addie has always been allowed to watch TV that I select for her in moderation. She doesn’t have free reign of the remote nor have I ever parked her in front of a show simply because it was marketed towards kids. Just because something is animated doesn’t mean that kids should be watching it.
So there’s a few growing pains going on around these parts. If my blog were a car it would be my old 1994 Nissan Altima. Still works, kinda. Should probably be overhauled and upgraded to a much newer model…but it’s just not that broken yet. Maybe an unlicensed 15 year old will run a red light and total my blog just like one totaled my Altima six years ago.
RIP Altima.
The biggest change is that I’ve added in links to my posts from over at babble. I sure do like writing over there. Keeps me busy. Keeps my brain occupied…which is doing wonders for my outlook on life. Just a couple of days I ago I started writing for another (I KNOW) babble blog…this one is about raising kids 4-8 years old. If you’re into math like Addie is (“SWEET! THERE’S ANOTHER MATH PROBLEM!” was overheard during homework this evening.) That’s just over 40 posts monthly between the two. Plus what I do here. And anywhere else I do stuff.
Speaking of doing stuff.
I take a lot of pictures of my baby.
And then when she goes to sleep?
I stare at all the pictures of my baby.
Oh my how I love these babies of mine.
I have my first of four appointments to have my pregnancy face lasered off with frickin’ laser beams (hopefully not attached to sharks) today. It should be interesting. And hopefully not too painful. And yield glorious and amazing results. No pressure though. I’m all about reality.
Babies get a pretty bad rap. Especially newborns. “Oh they’re so much work! You’ll never sleep again!” Liars. You will sleep again, and aside from the soul-sucking attention needs of a regular newborn? They’re pretty easy. They’re portable, self-contained, immobile and pretty much incapable of embarrassing you. I realize some newborns and babies are slightly…
I heard you gasp. “BUT HOW CAN YOU SAY ONE IS BETTER THAN THE OTHER!?” Because I can. And that’s exactly what I did when I wrote how babies are better than big kids. Some of the main bullet points were that big kids can be smelly, loud, emotionally volatile and dangerous. But they can…
This baby right here?
SHE NAPS.
As in you feed her, burp her, change her, snuggle her, lay her down in her bed, walk away AND SHE FALLS ASLEEP ON HER OWN.
TWICE A DAY.
Officially the highlight of the week.
I would say rolling over was a pretty big highlight but she needs to knock it off with this developmental stuff. STAY LITTLE BABY!
Somebody asked me if this photo was staged.
Nope.
This photo is what happens almost every day when Addie gets home from school. Vivi scoots as close to Addie as she can and stays there until Addie is done reading to her.
My heart is very full of very happy stuff.
My brain is behaving very well.
Which in turn makes my eyes a little misty with some wet stuff.
Just over a month ago I made the big switch to cloth diapers. There has certainly been a learning curve and a few unseen snafus, but for the most part? I’m really happy with them. I’ve been using BumGenius 4.0 (pocket) diapers with the microfiber inserts and just started using Flip diapers last week, alternating…
Yes. Yes I am. For a few months now I have had the privilege of writing for babble over at Baby’s First Year about my baby Vivi’s first year (we’re almost to 5 months and she’s still happy about being born!) I sort of stopped talking about my older daughter, Addie, on my personal blog…
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