Archive for October, 2008
Keeping a Lid On It
Earlier this week, when I was trying to give yet another new food to the baby, SFBaby made her milk sign. After another abortive attempt or two with the new-to-her egg yolks (verdict: DO NOT LIKE!), I decided that it was time to give up and transition to the milk bottle that my master previously [...]
Read More..>>Give Me a Sign
SFBaby is finally getting the hang of baby sign language! We’ve been trying to teach her a few ASL signs in order to speed up the communication process, and she started using her “milk” sign about a week and a half ago. She’s not consistently using it at the right time or always using it [...]
Read More..>>It’s All Relative
It so happens that SFBaby’s grandparents (from SFDad’s side) literally flew through town earlier this week. Our fantastic relatives were on their way to Hawai`i, but they had a stopover of a day or so in San Francisco in order to visit with SFBaby and the rest of her clan. (The SFGrandparents live on the [...]
Read More..>>This Bites!
Between Sunday night and Monday morning, we were gently woken up…oh, about four times during the middle of the night by our (former) perfect little sleeper. We weren’t quite sure of what was up, but when SFDad stuck his finger in the wee one’s mouth that morning, we discovered a tiny little razor edge on [...]
Read More..>>Science of Academies
Yesterday, SFBaby and SFDad paid their first visit to the new Academy of Sciences museum. We did some things right and some things wrong, so we also have some suggestions on how to optimize a trip for would-be Academy visitors: For starters, the entire family actually made an abortive attempt to visit on the first [...]
Read More..>>Learning to Drink (Try #3)
She is at it again. Undeterred by the fact that the bottle was empty, SFBaby gets bonus points for using the correct object and the correct orientation. We are still working on the “taking off the lid” part.
Read More..>>I Can’t Stand It Anymore
As you may have read, it was only a few days ago that B learned how to stand up. It quickly became the only thing she wanted to do. (“Even while nursing,” SFMom pointed out.) Whatever happened to crawling, anyway? The little one has been scooting around the house for a month, and she had [...]
Read More..>>The March Goes On
It seems like it was barely a month ago that SFBaby was learning how to sit up. Oh, that’s right—it was. So, imagine our surprise when girl wonder pushed herself up into a standing position on Friday! Shouldn’t she at least be putting the finishing touches on her crawling or something? SFDad thought that it [...]
Read More..>>Multitasking
Aside from taking care of the little one, SFDad has been keeping busy doing a bunch of volunteer work for a local nonprofit. This work involves making a lot of phone calls to people in business-type situations, as well as the occasional in-person meeting. This month, I’ve been on the phone for about 15 hours, [...]
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