Long weekend. So great, so fast. With our girl’s increasing vocabulary recognition, tonight I found myself having to SPELL A WORD so she wouldn’t tune in to what I was saying. She loves the picture of the little girl on the dishsoap bottle and I didn’t want her to play with it, so I spelled …
Today I had a lovely, relaxed 45 min. to myself. My husband took my daughter for a walk after breakfast and I sat in front of my laptop at my writing desk (how great that I have a writing desk now! Though the area can get cluttered, I love it and all the things I’m …
Patience is one of the keys to my inner peace. Sometimes I have it, sometimes I don’t. Baby’s eating habits are testing my patience lately. She’s become quite expert at eating, but when she doesn’t want a certain food, she sends it flying. This morning after the pear made its way over the edge of …
Today she ate two pickles. Two. Pickles. I have no idea how she chewed them up to swallow, but she did. We were eating lunch and she signed “eat” and pointed to my plate. I offered her the biryani, which she sternly rejected. “Eat!” I offered her the pickle, half as a joke. She grabbed …
Well, tonight we decided that I would go off the elimination diet. Why? I really don’t know. But I was hungry, and tired of being hungry. We went out for pizza for dinner. Baby thoroughly enjoyed herself. So did we. And after dinner … my stomach didn’t feel so great! This is the longest stretch …
Tonight I kind of felt like writing about appearance. Specifically, how I wish I could be okay with the way I look, dress, etc., instead of being disappointed on a regular basis for not taking care of my appearance. On the other hand, I could write about things that are a lot more important. Global …
Tonight was another long, unpredictable saga. I don’t know if I want to repeat it. I went to yoga after work and actually enjoyed it. I found myself thinking how important it is to have balance and to take one hour a week for my body. The stretching etc. felt good and I felt more …
I’m feeling some peace today. Not quite sure why, but it’s good. I’m quite exhausted – early mornings with no nap – but feel okay about it. Girlie is sick (a cold) but we’re dealing with it. The drive to/from work, while still not really fun, has a lot more moments of calm lately as …
Out to dinner tonight, our girl gave us a good example of how to get the most out of life. Out to a restaurant with husband’s relatives, she was signing for a while that she wanted to eat. We tried pretty much everything we’d brought: steamed yam, beans, broccoli, rice cake, fried zucchini, plum. Nope. …
Over the past week our baby’s ability to communicate her needs to us – and our ability to read her signals – has increased dramatically. I started signing with her a couple of months ago, but very sporadically. I usually remembered to do the “potty” signal when she was on the potty, but aside from …