After thinking over her thesis on baby care – that it shouldn’t exist as a separate, time-consuming event, but should be integrated into the life and work of adults – I have to wonder if Jean Liedloff ever had children. A couple nights ago I returned from grocery shopping and started preparing dinner at 4:15. …
After drinking (especially if she was really hungry and crying before), she suddenly settles and monologues in a loud voice with her little lips sticking out. In the car before falling asleep she talks and announces things loudly, then suddenly crashes. Grabbing her colourful PJs from last night and laughing at them. Sucking her bath …
I realized tonight that there are a lot of things I understand or see a lot more clearly now that I have a baby. Including:-public bathrooms need change tables, or at least useful counter space. Do you really want someone to lay a baby down on a bathroom floor? -Babies bring joy, even when they …
Interesting book – the continuum referring to our evolutionary continuum and our adaptation to the norms of that evolution. From her perspective these include being worn or carried constantly until crawling; being at the centre of the action of adult life without being the focus of the action; learning by observation and direct experience; being …
I have a serious addiction. To The Gilmore Girls. I used to dislike the show. Didn’t watch it; wished I liked it because it would theoretically be fun to watch, but in practice I found it annoying, superficial, too fast and shallow. Also not deep. When I was in Switzerland a couple summers ago I …
We’re starting Alya on solids. So far she’s had banana and mango, and sucked on a carrot and watermelon radish (a must-try vegetable). We tried with a spoon – she didn’t like being fed so we’re planning to let her play with the food and get it into her mouth herself. In other words, we’re …
Life with baby is making me think more than usual about time. What is it, where does it go, and how do I choose to spend what I have. Getting the right relationship with time is really important to me now, as it affects the quality of my time with baby, my enjoyment of life, …
The other night baby was up for a snack and then I laid her down beside me to sleep again. She was still wriggly lovey and was reaching out grabbing my nose, hair, mouth and everything else. To calm her I caught her fingers between my lips held them still – calming for her, less …
As I rush through day after day, spending time with Alya and trying to get things done on the never-ending to-do list, I am realizing that life with baby will be as magical as I make it. And that magic is generally found in the moment, not in the planning or future. I have so …
Thursday will be 6 months with our sweet girl. Sometimes I look at her and cannot believe that she exists – that she wasn’t, and now she is. Other times I look at her, watching her personality emerge, and wonder who she is and who she will become. My mind can’t fully grasp a lifetime …