Archive for September, 2008
Extremes of the Stay at Home Life
One of the joys of being a stay-at-home dad is figuring out what to do with all of your time. Sort of. At least this applies on those days where you have a choice in the matter, but this was a week of extremes: Today, for example, B had a gorgeous 2½ hour nap, leaving [...]
Read More..>>Learning to Drink (Try #2)
SFBaby’s first attempt at drinking from a bottle on her own wasn’t too bad, but since she always likes a challenge, she spontaneously tried upgrading to the adult-sized Klean Kanteen. We were surprised that she was even able to lift it up (given that it was full of water at the time). Although the canteen [...]
Read More..>>Playing With Pee and Poo
Earlier this week, our good friends M and T stopped by with a little gift for SFBaby. We had mentioned earlier that we were entering the solid food era, so B’s bodily functions are starting to…pick up a bit. Enter the appropriately-named Pee and Poo dolls. They are plush, cuddly, adorable, fun to play with, [...]
Read More..>>Learning how to drink from the bottle
Sometimes, pictures speak for themselves. The devil is in the details.
Read More..>>Solids
Continuing with our “milestones” trend, SFBaby graduated to small amounts of solid foods as of last week. Thus far, bananas and rice cereal are all winners. She seems to want to try to feed herself, but after a trial run, we decided that this was a bad idea overall…
Read More..>>Riding the Wave
Look ma, no hands! SFBaby continues to blaze through milestones at a breakneck pace this week: As seen to the right, SFBaby has (sort of) conquered the art of sitting without using her hands. She is still a little wobbly, but she seems to enjoy the new challenge! As you might imagine, she has also [...]
Read More..>>A Milestone a Day
It’s a week of big milestones here at the SFBaby household! In addition to her newfound habit of scurrying around the room (which the in-laws refer to as the “military crawl”), she has also begun to get into the whole “sitting” thing. Last week’s headline was that she was able to remain sitting without falling [...]
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