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In case you haven't noticed, I'm not going to update this site very often. The place you want to go is my Flickr page. I'm uploading a jillion pictures of the baby -- make sure to click the "Next" link... ... (continued)

This was in the Washington Post Health section today. The Seattle team surveyed more than 1,000 families in February 2006 and found that infants between 8 and 16 months who regularly watched Baby Einstein and Brainy Baby videos knew substantially... ... (continued)

Lately the baby's favorite thing to do is crawl around, picking up and throwing down toys. He'll take one toy (his ball, a cup) all over the house this way. But today I noticed he was drawn to pairs of... ... (continued)

I looked at my calendar the other day and saw the note "B - 40 weeks." Meaning that soon he will have lived outside of the womb longer than he was in it. That gives me a little twinge of... ... (continued)

Sorry for the silence. Things have been a little crazy here: E away; me and baby B all day, every day; trying to chip away at the packing before we move (July 31); getting utilities, phone, etc., set up at... ... (continued)

Baby sleeps with a little stuffed bunny rabbit (technically it's Rabbit from Pooh). Sometimes he falls asleep clutching an ear, sometimes it's wedged under his armpit, sometimes it is tossed across the crib carelessly in the middle of the... ... (continued)

... waking up to your baby farting in his crib across the room. Who needs the aroma of brewing coffee when you have that smell? Unhappiness, on the other hand, is a rectal temperature-taking station in your bedroom. I'm not... ... (continued)

I've fallen behind on all my electronic communications lately. If you know me, then you know this means things are totally out of control! My email is backed up in my inbox (sorry if I haven't replied to you), I... ... (continued)

I was browsing Toys R Us online and thinking about what kind of things the baby would like. Then I found My First Gym: And I thought, Perfect! Because when I'm hanging out on the floor playing with baby, I... ... (continued)

Saturday we went to our friends' house for "babies and brunch," which was, well, pretty much what it sounds like. The hosts loaned us their Bumbo, which, in case you don't have a baby, is a little foam seat for... ... (continued)

Whoops, I just posted without writing about the baby. Friday morning I looked in his mouth for the first time in a long time and there are two teeth coming in on the bottom! No wonder he's been kind of... ... (continued)

On Friday we went to the Jasper Johns exhibit at the National Gallery of Art. I have no particular love for Johns -- though I enjoyed looking at his paintings when I was studying contemporary art in college -- but... ... (continued)

10:00 p.m.: Using diapers one size larger really does seem to stop the nighttime leakage, and keep the baby from waking all wet and unhappy! 3:00 a.m.: If you fasten them tightly enough. 4:30 a.m.: But not too tightly.... ... (continued)

I didn't realize until a couple days later. Friday the 13th brought us super good luck: the baby slept 10 hours in a row! He went down at 7:00 pm and woke up at 5:00 am. Even better, he went... ... (continued)

I hate looking for hair salons/stylists and I stick with the same person forever if I like him (or her). When I first moved back to DC in 1996 I started seeing a guy named Billy at a place called... ... (continued)

People were pointing at the stroller and laughing as we walked home this evening. I wonder why.... ... (continued)

I got six hours of sleep in a row last night. And eight and a half hours total. I can't remember the last time I got that much sleep. Oh wait, yes I can: November 27, 2006.... ... (continued)

I've mentioned the Rookie Moms before -- one of the projects they suggest is photographing a day in the life of your baby. I did it today, the first day of spring, and it was fun. You can see the... ... (continued)

To prevent SIDs, pediatricians recommend that babies put down to sleep on their backs, and only their backs -- no more side-sleeping, you people with babies just a few years older than mine! And heaven forbid, no sleeping on the... ... (continued)

The baby's paternal grandparents -- i.e., E's parents -- are in town this weekend. This is their first time seeing the baby and at 3 1/2 months he's quite charming, smiling and cooing and babbling. The grandparents like to eat... ... (continued)

I'm dressed casually, in jeans and a light shirt, hair in a ponytail. I lean into the stroller to push it up the hill. At the top, I stop, bend down to replace the pacifier in the baby's mouth, and... ... (continued)

Other parents love to ask us: is the baby sleeping through the night yet? This is a loaded question that parents of older children especially love to ask parents of young infants, because they can gloat on two counts: first... ... (continued)

Someone told me not to try to make a happy baby happier. Deep thought, eh? I interpret this to mean that a person blissfully staring into space does not need her mother to shake a rattle in her face. Brilliant... ... (continued)

He wouldn't do his trick for Grandma and Grandpa yesterday, but here is video proof that baby can roll onto his side: [If the video doesn't work for you try going to this page on YouTube and watching it there.]... ... (continued)

There's been a lot going on in the sleep arena chez nous. ... (continued)

One of the best gifts we received before the baby came was the Happiest Baby on the Block DVD and two fleece swaddling blankets. On the DVD, Dr. Harvey Karp teaches "secrets of the world's top baby calmers*": how to... ... (continued)

The nights are not that bad, I swear. I don't mind getting up two or three times a night to feed him; we are up for 30 minutes, quiet and calm, and we go right back to sleep. It's the... ... (continued)

E is traveling, so I have been a single mom for 13 days. Not that I'm counting. Seriously, how do people do this? Raise children on their own, not for 13 days bu for weeks and months and years? It... ... (continued)

Arm extended, he stares at his fist. He wants to suck on it, but he doesn't bend his elbow. He wills it toward his mouth with all the intensity of Luke Skywalker levitating his X-wing fighter out of the swamp.... ... (continued)

So anyone who has a baby, or knows someone who has a baby, knows that parents are obsessed with the behavior of their little ones: their wet diapers, poopy diapers, their naps and bottles and nursing habits. For instance, when... ... (continued)

I should have known better than to be all smug about how well everything is going (at the end of last post). Basically, as soon as I hit "save" on that last entry, things started going downhill. Over the weekend... ... (continued)

I took the baby to the pediatrician yesterday. It was the first time doing it by myself -- E helped out with all the previous visits, except once, when my dad came instead. I wasn't nervous though. For one thing,... ... (continued)