It was nap time, but I'd successfully riled her up with my cheek-to-cheek kisses.
("MMMMMMM-wah!" I say while kissing one side and then the other. "Uuuuhh-huuuh," she responds, her version of a laugh, then squeals through her toothless smile.)
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Flipping pages
It was nap time, but I'd successfully riled her up with my cheek-to-cheek kisses.
("MMMMMMM-wah!" I say while kissing one side and then the other. "Uuuuhh-huuuh," she responds, her version of a laugh, then squeals through her toothless smile.)
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Wait for it...
Does it make us bad parents that Steve and I fall out of our seats laughing every time we watch this clip (and that we watch it over and over when Aida's asleep)?
Aida starting pulling the lower lip pucker at about two months old. It's devastating. And also kind of hilarious.
Video taken Jan. 20, 2011, age 2 1/2 mo.
Aida starting pulling the lower lip pucker at about two months old. It's devastating. And also kind of hilarious.
Video taken Jan. 20, 2011, age 2 1/2 mo.
Monday, February 14, 2011
Desperate times call for desperate measures
Aida likes to eat. This is not a problem.
Aida does not like to eat from a bottle. Problem.
I return to work two weeks from today. And unless Aida learns some flexibility, she will be coming with me.
Today, my mom had a genious idea.
Breast milk by spoon.
Here's how it went:
Aida does not like to eat from a bottle. Problem.
I return to work two weeks from today. And unless Aida learns some flexibility, she will be coming with me.
Today, my mom had a genious idea.
Breast milk by spoon.
Here's how it went:
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
I didn't know
Hours after Aida was born, I rose from my hospital bed, put two feet on the ground and then felt the entire contents of my bladder empty onto the hard floor below.
I had no idea this could happen. None. But when I mentioned the experience to other mothers, no one seemed surprised.
"It happens!" a nurse and mother of two told me later.
Really??? It does??? You stop being able to go to the bathroom like a normal person???
It wasn't the only time I've been completely floored by what I didn't know would happen after giving birth.
In truth, what has surprised me the most about motherhood is how much I didn't know -- especially considering how many millions of women since the beginning of time have gone through the same thing. Couldn't someone have mentioned these things?
I had no idea this could happen. None. But when I mentioned the experience to other mothers, no one seemed surprised.
"It happens!" a nurse and mother of two told me later.
Really??? It does??? You stop being able to go to the bathroom like a normal person???
It wasn't the only time I've been completely floored by what I didn't know would happen after giving birth.
In truth, what has surprised me the most about motherhood is how much I didn't know -- especially considering how many millions of women since the beginning of time have gone through the same thing. Couldn't someone have mentioned these things?
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
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