On the move

Ladybug took her time getting around to walking. She seemed on the cusp for months, but she didn’t take her first independent steps until she was 13 months old.  And those steps didn’t quite take.  Crawling was so much faster that walking hardly seemed a better option.  Now at 15 months, she’s finally walking more [...]

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Almost 10 months

At nearly ten months old, Ladybug has:

Had her first cold
Started school
Been to Chicago again
Eaten “circle oat cereal”
Had pinkeye and a double ear infection.

That last one is today.  Poor little one is having a rough day.  She’s a real trooper though!

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Kids are like….

Mom has been kinda camping on the ol’ baby blog, so this is Pops. (My narratives tend toward being more meandering and story-time-ish than Mom’s. Bear with me.  ;~)   )
Miss Bug is almost 6 months old now. She hasn’t started crawling yet, but she scoots around on her stomach, pushing with her legs and hands. [...]

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Walka-walka-walka

Walkers aren’t really “in” these days, and I admit I was skeptical about it when this was passed on to us.  But it turns out that Ladybug loves her walker. 

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A busy week

Last week was a big week for our family.  It all started Tuesday night when Ladybug’s Papa got very very sick with the flu.  The worst flu he’d ever had.  I won’t go into detail, but the point is that Wednesday he was way too weak to take care of a baby.  So Ladybug came [...]

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What being a parent taught me

I held my breath as the piercer held the gun to my little girl’s ears yesterday.  And when she cried, I felt beyond guilty into whatever is worse than guilt.  I was certain I’d never regretted anything more profoundly in my life than causing my daughter pain for such a vain reason.
Within five minutes, she’d [...]

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The demise of the pacifier

Barely two weeks into parenthood, we made our first big compromise.  The pacifier.  I never wanted to use one.  It seemed—in my idealistic days before becoming a parent—the lazy choice.  Just comfort the baby, I thought.  Don’t use a prop when all they want is your attention.  That was before I had a baby who [...]

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Twelve Weeks Old

Well, we’ve just about made it through our first week apart.  I’m back at work as of this week, and Ladybug is at home with her dad. It’s tough to miss out on her days, but we try to make the most of our evenings for nursing and cuddling.  Meanwhile, I am pumping four times [...]

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2 months old

Ladybug is exactly two months old today.  She is currently sleeping in my arm up against my chest.  We’re taking it easy today after her immunizations, which she did not enjoy. 
She has grown quite a bit in the last two months.  Ladybug is now 9 lbs 10 oz and 21 1/2 inches long.  That’s on [...]

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Nursing

Everything I read about nursing had me prepared for it to be difficult.  But I have to admit, I didn’t really give it much thought.  When Ladybug was born our first nursing session, an hour or so after she was born, went amazing.  She latched on and started sucking right away.   The nurse who was [...]

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