Archive for June, 2009
The Best Dad Is…Your Mom?
SFDad was out of town for a while, and for a change, he left the rest of his family at home. Since SFMom was still working, her parents came over to look after the little one.
From all reports, the time with the grandparents was a smashing success. Not only did they feed, change and entertain [...]
If It Walks Like a Duck
A few weeks ago, SFDad and SFBaby took a trip to visit the Strybing Arboretum in Golden Gate Park. We had a good time walking around and smelling all of the flowers.
At one point, we encountered a gaggle of geese sitting around on the grass. We’ve been teaching SFBaby how to identify ducks (“quack”, she [...]
Guilt by Association
Just suppose that Pavlov had access to an MP3 player…
We wrote previously that parents have great power when it comes to teaching things to their kids: we mostly try to use this for good, but every so often, an opportunity presents itself that is too good to pass up (and we try not to feel [...]
Baby Security, Part II
The security industry tells us that we should keep ourselves safe by shredding important documents. This does not work very well with babies, unfortunately.
On the flip side, SFDad had a flash of inspiration earlier today and he “solved” the climbing-on-sofa problem mentioned in the previous post. We could not get SFBaby to obey using all [...]
Baby Security
Now that SFBaby is “extremely mobile” (for example, running around and climbing up and down stairs), we’ve had to rethink our approach to babyproofing. The sofas are no longer a challenge for her to ascend, so the first few times she tried walking on the sofa, we warned her to get off.
Of course, SFBaby thought [...]
In One Ear
As with any 14-month-old, SFBaby gets her fair share of gentle lecturing and being told not to do certain things.
On the other hand, she still has a 14-month-old brain. This is what we imagine SFBaby must be hearing when we ask her to do certain things…