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>This time

>This time… I won’t be afraid of dropping my newborn the first time I give him or her a bath. wait to use the great swaddle blankets that allow a newborn to sleep for longer stretches. cry if I have to supplement with formula. be jealous of moms with “easy” babies, because now I know…

>To cry or not to cry

>A couple days ago, I took Sebastian for his second dentist appointment.  The last time we went was almost a year ago.  He hated it.  I attributed that to the fact that he had serious stranger anxiety then and was teething, so no way did he want anyone poking around in his mouth.  I hoped…

>Becoming obsolete

>We never are as aware of what we say or do all the time as when it gets reflected back at us.  The best mirrors?  Children.  Every so often I used to overhear one of my students saying something that was clearly something I’d told them.  Or they would finish my sentences for me, making…

>Happy birthday, Daddy!

>Whew, busy day today celebrating the daddy’s birthday! No synopsis of the day, just this video because we both thought it was cute: http://www.youtube.com/get_player We love that daddy!

>Sunshine

> We had competing weather interests around here for the past few weeks. We’d just had a big lawn overhaul done, including reseeding. This required twice daily watering any day that it didn’t rain. So, of course, we appreciated it whenever Mother Nature took care of a task for us. On the other hand, the…