I can’t quite make up my mind if it’s a happy day, or a sad day. My son went to sleep last night without being breastfed. This is the first time in 14.5 months. My husband surprised me with tickets to the Conan O’Brien show downtown. He brought home sushi for dinner, my auntie came [...]
Posts under ‘Development’
Wanna Know What Your Kid is Saying? Watch Ghosthunters.
Oscar walks around the house saying Ba. Everything is Ba (as opposed just a few weeks ago when everything was “Tiss”). When he points at something and says, “Ba”, I say, “Yes darling, a (insert random object here)”. Well, after his birthday and all the balloons, he totally got it. After a few days of [...]
Hot Hot Heat
Years ago I lived in the best neighbourhood in the world. If it wasn’t for the arsonist. When I first moved in, a neighbour had told me that there had been about 30 different fires over the previous few years, to carports, garages, etc. Then, just like *that*,they stopped. Fast forward almost two years and [...]
And he speaks!
Oscar said his first word last night! “Ma”. “MA!” He said Ma! I was hiding in my room preparing for a conference call this morning so my husband took over for a few hours. I could hear Oscar bombing around and babbling and laughing and tearing up the place (God, it’s SO HARD to stay away [...]
Mother of the Year
Wow, talk about a parenting fail. Earlier this month Oscar’s first tooth came through. He got the second one, just days later. And I precisely remember noting to myself as I cuddled him when he was having a hard time with it, “I’ll never forget what teething cries sound like.” Well, I forgot. For the past two [...]
Uh, can I see the menu please?
Today was the first day for Oscar to eat “big boy” food. He was SO excited to try. I had the bowl in front of him and was moving the spoonful of rice cereal towards him. He was SO excited! He reached out for the spoon and was practically shaking with anticipation. I don’t think [...]
Gong Show
My God, what a gong show. Oscar is just shy of 6 months and SO MUCH is going on with him! All in the past few days for crying out loud. On Monday afternoon he sat up! I put him there… but he stayed! He was holding onto his little plastic thing where I put [...]
To tv or not to tv.
Every day we’re hearing something new. It’s ok for your baby to see a bit of the television, then it’s not ok. Studies prove this, then studies prove that. Every expert has a different point of view. And so be it, that’s just the way of the world. One day, we’ll know for sure. Or [...]
Milestones
(originally posted June 23/09) Oscar figured out how to put the soother back in…. and the right way! I saw him do it a few days ago, but it looked like kind of an accident. Then I saw him do it later that day again. With intent! It’s just amazing to witness a little being [...]
