Month: August 2006

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Kids/Parenting Ryan/Married Life

“My baby’s amazing!”

For about a week, every night at his last diaper change before bath & bed, Hayden peed on me. Okay, okay, once on Ryan, twice in the tub, but the rest were all me.

I know that I have a little boy and this is allegedly one of the infamous hazards of little boys, but it seemed like a bit much. He really doesn’t do that very often.

But after the ninth or tenth night of being peed on, I knew I had to take action. So I did. Last Wednesday, instead of undressing Hayden in his room before his bath, I took him straight into the bathroom. I held him over the potty in an “EC’ing” position and . . . he peed in the potty (and a few other places). Six months old. Peeing in the potty.

Ryan walked in as Hayden was peeing in the potty. He was pretty much astounded. He exclaimed, “My baby’s amazing!” Of course, we already knew that.

Note: since then, he has peed in the potty 2 or 3 more nights. Pretty impressive, huh?

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Kids/Parenting

Escape artiste!

Hayden has learned a new trick. I set him up in his carseat by the kitchen. Just look what my wiggly-squiggly worm did.



Free at last!

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Who needs sitting up?

Hayden’s working on learning to sit up (he’s getting there!). But it looks like he’s working harder on learning to crawl:

and for a leg close-up:

He seems to want to crawl so badly!

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A very merry unbirthday

Happy half birthday to Hayden! Six months old today!

I can’t believe how quickly the last six months have gone by. I can hardly remember bawling as I woke up once again with Hayden grunting in the middle of the night and telling Ryan that I couldn’t ever do this again. Okay, so maybe it’s just the memory of the emotional impact that has dimmed. Or maybe it’s just more evidence that I’m losing my mind.

Google Video is taking a long time to get my newest videos live. Once they’re up, we’ll have some fun!

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Losing my mind, a piece at a time

I used to have a really, really good memory. Tests were easy—reading through the material and my notes once or twice was sufficient for an A—even for tests where I had to recall specific dates that I hadn’t studied! I remembered friends’ (and casual acquaintances’) middle names, birthdays and e-mail addresses. I knew where Ryan left his belt, shoes or wallet.

Now I regularly spend 20 minutes looking for the shoes I took off 2 hours ago. Someone gives me a visiting teaching report, but I can’t remember whether they completed it or not. On three trips to the grocery store in a row, I buy peanut butter. (At least it’s not pasta.)

And as Hayden sleeps better at night, I lose more and more of my memory! I can’t even blame sleep deprivation anymore. Maybe I’m getting old. But I thought you’re not supposed to start losing brain cells until 30. Or did I remember that wrong?

This reminds me of an anecdote from Reader’s Digest. A three- or four-year-old got a sunburn and was peeling. An adult overheard the little girl in the bathroom, examining her skin: “Four years old and already wearing out…”

Then again, I suppose I still have a good memory. I’m just becoming more scatterbrained. I remember, as a tween and teen, being convinced that someone had taken my shoes. Well, if they did, they left them behind my door. I had an uncanny ability to lose something important and look for it multiple times in the exact place I’d find it hours later (and how hard can it be to find something on a computer desk?). Maybe I’ve just always been this crazy.

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To brighten your day

Having a rough day? Well, even if you’re not, this is sure to make your day better in just seven seconds.

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