Month: June 2014
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Want New Parent Advice?
We recently took our first family trip to Northern California and survived the 5-hour drive both ways. In fact, that was actually the easiest part of the whole trip. It was great seeing our friends from college whom we don’t see enough and Isabel was relatively well-behaved (as much as a 9 month old can…
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8 Month Update
Why do I always write these updates during the week leading up to her next monthly birthday? I guess this is why. Anyway, during this month Isabel really started getting stronger. She learned how to fully sit-up from the ground all by her little self, which according to the experts is actually a developmental milestone,…
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Mama Speaks #7
If we were in a Facebook relationship, it would be ‘It’s Complicated’. Mrs. FWL said this to Isabel yesterday on Father’s Day, and it couldn’t be more true sometimes. We want them to nap, they want to play. We want them to eat food slightly chunky, they only eat pulverized puree. We want them to explore…
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Parental Rite of Passage: Baby Gates
We had been waiting for this day for a couple months now. We ordered the gates in anticipation that crawling was imminent. And I installed the rails over a month ago thinking Isabel was on the verge. And then we waited.
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“Technology” – Convos With My 2-Year-Old
That face you see above? The face of, “You just took away my screen!” I know it’s coming sooner than later, and I already fear it (along with the ensuing whining sure to follow).
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Mama Speaks #6
This game is so stupid. Mrs. FWL uttered this between breaths one evening when Isabel was crying and we were trying to calm her down for bed. I honestly can’t even describe the game because it isn’t a game, it was more of a sound, but is now one of our “go-to” games. It stopped her…
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“Big/Small” – Convos With My 2-Year-Old
I’m a big dude. Not WWE wrestler big, just tall. I know Isabel doesn’t appreciate the unique perspective she has whenever I hold her or we play circus, or how huge I must look when she looks up from the floor, but she should feel lucky. What other kid gets to scrape the ceiling or see…