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Jun. 5th, 2006
Oh, before I forget...
Jun. 5th, 2006 01:28 am
The baby was here (Jenn promises to start scanning in pictures again so you can see more of her. I want an icon for me with the baby in it, and one for Jenn with both, and I'm pre-emptively declaring this so) earlier. I babysat while Jenn cleaned. We didn't go to Seth's rather belated Christening because we had no idea where it was. Sorry.
Before Jenn left, I said good-bye to them, and asked Evangeline - "Clap, baby!"
And she paused, blinked - and clapped.
Okay. She does like to clap, that could be a coincidence. So after she stopped, we sprung it on her again - "Clap!"
And she did, grinning to beat the band.
Did this once more, clapping on cue.
Gotta say, even if it's entirely a coincidence, she is one smart little baby.
(She also played with a paper bag, pouncing on it. Yea, verily, babies are like unto cats.)
Before Jenn left, I said good-bye to them, and asked Evangeline - "Clap, baby!"
And she paused, blinked - and clapped.
Okay. She does like to clap, that could be a coincidence. So after she stopped, we sprung it on her again - "Clap!"
And she did, grinning to beat the band.
Did this once more, clapping on cue.
Gotta say, even if it's entirely a coincidence, she is one smart little baby.
(She also played with a paper bag, pouncing on it. Yea, verily, babies are like unto cats.)
Today, I was bored.
Jun. 5th, 2006 10:17 pmWell... mostly. There *was* that dead mouse I had to deal with... ( Cutted for grossness )
But otherwise, yes, I was bored. So I decided to look in Jenn's remaining parenting advice book for information on What The Baby Should Be Doing. (She's seven months, you know!)
Where I was told that at seven months she should be "probably" out of the "bassinet by her mom's bed and in her own room" (she sleeps in her mom's bed, and there's no room for her to have her own room, or even to share with Ana), and "certainly out of the front carrier into the stroller". Why? Because, the implication was, doing otherwise interferes with her independence.
Yes. We're going to chuck her and her sister out any day now and make them earn their keep. Judging from Ana's example, I don't think that I need to start lugging heavy-ass strollers everywhere just to enforce some dubious notions of independence on the child who can't even walk yet.
Stupid book.
The following links describe your average seven-month-old child:
http://parenting.lifestyle.excite.com/newbaby/newbaby_babydev/dev_sevenmonth.html
http://www.babycenter.com/refcap/baby/babydevelopment/724.html
( Read more... )
Here's where Evangeline should be in another month or so.
But otherwise, yes, I was bored. So I decided to look in Jenn's remaining parenting advice book for information on What The Baby Should Be Doing. (She's seven months, you know!)
Where I was told that at seven months she should be "probably" out of the "bassinet by her mom's bed and in her own room" (she sleeps in her mom's bed, and there's no room for her to have her own room, or even to share with Ana), and "certainly out of the front carrier into the stroller". Why? Because, the implication was, doing otherwise interferes with her independence.
Yes. We're going to chuck her and her sister out any day now and make them earn their keep. Judging from Ana's example, I don't think that I need to start lugging heavy-ass strollers everywhere just to enforce some dubious notions of independence on the child who can't even walk yet.
Stupid book.
The following links describe your average seven-month-old child:
http://parenting.lifestyle.excite.com/newbaby/newbaby_babydev/dev_sevenmonth.html
http://www.babycenter.com/refcap/baby/babydevelopment/724.html
( Read more... )
Here's where Evangeline should be in another month or so.