When Ray goes to pee, he makes a big production out of it. Not for me … most of the time. For Holden. He goes: “Dada gonna pee pee in the POTTY!” and acts like it’s the most exciting thing he’s ever done. Holden, of course, takes the bait with great gusto and follows Ray into the bathroom and watches him do his business. Ray bids his urine a ceremonious farewell by saying, “BYE BYE,…
Remember the time my child’s Cars toy was possessed by a demon? from Lindsey Turner on Vimeo.
This dog. This fucking dog. I’m convinced that there are no babies or toddlers living at this moment who have not come into contact with this dog. This dog can feel the slightest wind of your passing nearby as you silently pad over toward the light switch after your young child has started to doze off, and this dog will plead, “PATTY CAKE, PATTY CAKE, BAKER’S MAN!” This dog can feel your presence if you…
Holden technically took his first steps back in early March but he pretty much decided that that business was for chumps and he’d rather scoot and crawl around for travel purposes. We’d try to encourage him to walk but he would crumple into a ball every dang time, for about a month and a half. One day Ray was brushing his teeth and Holden was in the bathroom watching, clinging to his legs, when he…
Yesterday I was up early with Holden (he hasn’t slept past 7 since I’ve been off) and when he went down for his nap, so did I. The sun was out after lunch so we went to Long Hunter in the early evening for a walk, and found that the lake had flooded most of the walking trail. So Ray sprinted back and forth on the accessible part of the path and Holden and I…
Last January, I did one of these so I could remember how it was taking care of a newborn while on maternity leave. I figured I’d do one again while I am a Working Mother of a Toddler, so that in a year or two when my life has changed yet again (spoiler alert: it just keeps changing!), I can look back and try to remember what this life was like. So here is a…
Ray bought Holden this cute little guitar that plays a few tunes, and it has three real strings and a whammy bar that make cool sounds. It plays four awesome songs — “Love Shack,” “Wild Thing,” “Message in a Bottle,” and “Crazy Little Thing Called Love.” It also plays “All Star.” By Smash Mouth. Guess which song is the most powerful earworm of the bunch.
Holden: You are pure energy! This month was all about exploration and expression. You are scooting and crawling and cruising all over the house, including up the stairs. Your curiosity is growing and you don’t like being steered away from something that has piqued your interest. You even walked a little bit for a few days! I realize that is probably no big whoop to parents of your contemporaries, who have had walkers for months…
ARIES Your upper lip will find itself in a fight with a puffs tin, and you will be suckerpunched by gravity and surprised by the floor when it rises to greet your face. The good news: The other babies will not f*ck with you because you will look like a boxer. Lucky numbers: None TAURUS Jupiter is in retrograde, even though Mommy said it was way up there in the sky. How could Mommy lie…
My Buds: We made it! We survived that mythical and all-important first year! And I think we did a bang-up job. Look how far you’ve come: Can you believe it? It is surreal to think that a year ago, you came into this world and I got my first good look at you, and you were so new and unfamiliar to me. I had to learn how you looked; you were a wonderful combination of…
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