Archive for November, 2008
Bedtime Rituals
iTunes exposes the method to our madness.A month or two ago, we decided to establish a consistent bedtime ritual for SFBaby. She generally only goes to sleep while nursing, so in an attempt to get her to associate sleep with other things, we started playing a special set of lullaby songs every time we put [...]
Read More..>>A Little Bit of Gynocentrism
Run away! Run away!Yesterday, I received a long-awaited package of baby supplies: some fast-flow nipples and a new bottle brush. This is exciting stuff indeed at the SFBaby household. The UPS person dropped it off while we were doing our grocery shopping, so it was waiting for us when we got back…but someone else on [...]
Read More..>>Babyzilla
With her recent forays into standing, jumping and cruising, SFBaby is now at a point where shoes are more than just decorative accessories. It seems like it wasn’t so long ago that SFBaby got her pair of pink cooler-than-thou shoes…but alas, as SFDad noticed when trying to cram her feet into her shoes a few [...]
Read More..>>Strollerphobic
Earlier today, SFDad went out for a stroll with his friend N and her twintastic baby daughters S and C. The timing of our outing was going to overlap with SFBaby’s morning nap, so this was one of the very few times that SFDad actually bothered to set up the stroller and drop the baby [...]
Read More..>>Hallowe’en Surprise
Eleven days later, I bet you thought you were done with the barrage of friends’ kids in Hallowe’en costumes. Surprise!
Read More..>>Things SFBaby Has Tried to Eat (But Shouldn’t Have)
In the course of her usual babying around the house, SFBaby will occasionally try to eat something that is not normally considered a food product. Here is a nonexhaustive list of some of her more recent “snacks”: one of SFDad’s business cards her foam pad in the living room SFDad’s nose SFDad’s nipple (?!?) the [...]
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