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 ‘Milestones’
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 [...]
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 [...]
Milestones
Oscar sat up! Ok, so he didn’t sit up from a lying position. And he didn’t sit up for long. But he totally sat! I had him in front of me on his bum and I let go to see what would happen (not that I wanted to see him do a face plant, but [...]
