Month: April 2014
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“Bum Crack” – Convos With My 2-Year-Old
Another episode of Convos With My 2 Year Old has landed! Mrs. FWL wanted to be a teacher her whole life and now she actually teaches at our old high school, so I know she will literally melt into a puddle of happy tears the day Isabel wants to play “school.” I can see her now,…
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The Day She Became My Forever
I recently read that with kids, things eventually just click. Whether it’s crawling, walking, reading, or riding a bike, the seemingly eternal waiting game of watching them learn a new skill just vanishes in one instant and they are soon running a marathon, writing a book, or riding in the Tour de France. But what…
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Don’t Try Reasoning With Babies
Babies communicate…just not in any way we can really understand. Sure they make their sounds and we start associating them with wants/needs/something – but having a conversation with a baby is basically having a conversation with yourself. You ask a question and then answer your own question, rinse and repeat. But, I wonder what these…
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6 Month Update
The first few months of parenting are not boring, but they aren’t exactly exciting. Your baby isn’t very responsive, they can’t do much, and so you spend a lot of time just looking at them, listening to the occasional babble, and figuring out ways to make them laugh. I would argue that it isn’t until…
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Babies and Lemons are Awesome
Food. It’s still amazing to witness Isabel’s “firsts” because it’s so hard to fathom doing certain things for the first time. Can you imagine laughing for the first time? Feeling water on your skin for the first time? Eating certain foods for the first time? We’ve just started Isabel on solid foods, so watching her reaction thus far has…
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