I’m a great mom.
So what, I haven’t taught him how to blow a kiss or give a high-five… I’m still a great mom (even though I didn’t feel like a great mom when his uncle was trying to get him to blow a kiss and high-five last night….).
I love him unconditionally. I’m there when he [...]
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Playground politics.
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 nights, he’s had [...]
Zzzzzzzz…
My frustration with O eating solid food is SO yesterday. Now we’re on to something totally new.
He’s waking during the night.
Oscar has slept through the night since he was nine weeks old. We had a few weeks of wake ups in the beginning as he was learning to fall back to sleep by himself. But he [...]
Grrrrrr.
In the short 6.5 months since Oscar has been here, I’ve only been frustrated once.
And that was in the early months when I didn’t understand his cries. Not that I understand them all now, but I digress.
Fast forward to introducing solids.
Grrrrrr.
I’m having a hard time with the fact that he only eats MAYBE a teaspoon at each [...]
Hot Hot Heat
I’m in British Columbia and we are experiencing the hottest heat for the longest period since 1880.
SINCE EIGHTEEN EIGHTY!
What does that mean for an almost-six month old?
More eating.
If you have an exclusively breastfed baby, breastfeed him more often during hot spells (if so hot that you’re worried about dehydration). This is what I was told [...]
