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Anna is a very strange baby. So far, she has tolerated avocado and sweet potato, turned up her nose at rice cereal (who wouldn’t?) and oatmeal, and outright hated applesauce. She likes butternut squash. And she loves puffed brown rice cereal (she can feed herself this, but prefers it when I stick the pieces in [...]
Yesterday was the parent/teacher conference for preschool. And one of the main points the teachers wanted to get across was that Carrie is a really good reader. Well, of course, I knew that. But no, reading – and understanding – chapter books at four is not just early reader material, it’s way more than that. [...]
Dear Carolyn, Today you are four-and-a-quarter. You wanted to know if that was almost like four-and-a-half, but it’s not. You should still tell people you’re four. Really, you only get to be four once, please try to enjoy it! So, sleep. We talked about this last month. I thought maybe we’d found a solution with [...]
I dropped Carrie off at school today and then went out for coffee and hit Target for some necessities. Except for driving Carrie to her swimming lesson yesterday – after which we went straight home because I was so exhausted – this is the first time I’ve left the house since Anna’s appointment on the [...]
Um, honey, I totally owe you a birthday gift. And a cake. And, well, any celebration at all for your birthday. Sorry. But, um, Happy Birthday!
OK, I no longer have a raging fever. But I still don’t have much of an appetite (the new diet plan: get the flu and continue nursing while subsisting solely on water, gingerale, and the occasional string cheese) and I’ve been getting wicked sinus headaches. If I get a sinus infection on top of this [...]
I got home from Anna’s appointment yesterday, and while it was cold outside I didn’t think I should quite be feeling so violently cold. Yeah. My temperature yesterday was 101.5. This morning it was 102.9. I can’t even really control it with ibuprofen or tylenol, so I went to the doctor to get a strep [...]
Dear Anna, Today you are six months old. Half a year! Which means we’re halfway to needing to throw a fabulous first birthday party! Let’s see. In the past month you’ve become quite proficient in the rolling over department. You can roll over both ways, over and over, to get wherever you’d like to go. [...]
Vital stats: 6 months old exactly! 16 lbs, 6.5 oz 26.25 inches Anna is now in the 60th percentile for height and weight, which explains why all of her 3-6 month clothes are starting to not fit! Luckily, her lungs sounded clear, but they’re having us finish the course of antibiotics anyway (as they should, [...]
I took Anna in for a quick check this morning, figuring that since she’s had a cold for several days and started running a low grade temperature on Monday she might have an ear infection. Uh, no, actually she apparently has a mild case of pneumonia?!? She hasn’t even been coughing, so I’m not sure [...]