Now that we’re back and mostly recovered from our trip to the East Coast, I wanted to share some tips on traveling with baby! I fully recognize that we’re still novices – the travel portions of this trip were successful mostly due to good luck and the fact that Olivia was incredibly well-behaved, slept through [...]
Here it is – our daily routine: 24 hours in the day of a first time mom and an almost-12 week old baby! If you make it through this post, you’re clearly a mom or expecting since I don’t think anyone else could read this without falling asleep. Either that, or you really enjoyed the [...]
Now that Olivia’s STTN (sleeping through the night, for all you non-mommy discussion board addicts), I figured I’d take this opportunity to document our newborn sleep tips before she hits the sleep regression phase and we have to start from scratch. Before you say, “Woah, 9-2:30 and 3-5:30 is not STTN,” according to Elizabeth Pantley if [...]
When Olivia started behaving “strangely” at 5 weeks, and then again at 7 1/2 weeks, I started researching growth spurts. Obviously, I knew that at this age babies are always evolving and that you can’t count on one period lasting too long (which is great news for us because it means a light at the end [...]
May 19, 2013 in Weekly Updates
This week, Olivia: Had her 10 month birthday! Olivia loves bananas, blueberries, yogurt, peas and whole wheat mini bagels. She can take 5-6 solo steps before she gets down and crawls. She is great at blowing kisses, says “mama”, “dada”, “hi” (accompanied by a wave), “book”, “dah” (dog) and “oof” (woof). She can point to her nose, mouth and ears, and respond with the appropriate [...]
May 7, 2013 in Weekly Updates, Wonder Weeks
This week, Olivia: Is incorporating more walking/steps into her usual mode of transportation. She cruises from one piece of furniture or toy to another, sort of like a little monkey jumping from branch to branch. When she really wants something, she’ll get on all fours and crawl faster than I can run. Now, in between cruising, she takes a couple of solo steps. Or she [...]
May 5, 2013 in Weekly Updates
This week, Olivia: Walked her official solo first steps on May 2! Four of them in a row!! For the past couple of weeks, she’s been taking 1-2 steps without any support and then deciding that it’s way easier to get down and crawl towards us. This time she kept going! Is a mimicking machine! It’s so much fun showing her sounds and gestures and [...]
April 28, 2013 in Weekly Updates, Wonder Weeks
I’m on alert, anticipating the stormy period that precedes Wonder Week 46. I think this may be the beginning of it. Either that, or true separation anxiety, or a combo of both! Our week got off to quite a start, with multiple night wakings one night and a couple of days of whining and crankiness. At the same time, we’ve been amazed by Olivia’s development this week. [...]
April 21, 2013 in Weekly Updates
This week, Olivia: Had her 9 month check up. This one was pretty uneventful. She didn’t need any shots, which was a relief, and she was so sweet to the doctor. She even showed off her waving and babbling skills. The one challenge was getting her to lie on her back for the measurements. As soon as we put her on her back, she screamed [...]
April 17, 2013 in Baby Gear, Featured, Travel
Now that we’re back and mostly recovered from our trip to the East Coast, I wanted to share some tips on traveling with baby! I fully recognize that we’re still novices – the travel portions of this trip were successful mostly due to good luck and the fact that Olivia was incredibly well-behaved, slept through both red-eye flights, and didn’t require any wardrobe (or diaper!!) changes. The [...]
April 14, 2013 in Weekly Updates
This week, Olivia: Had one day where she cried really hard and clung to us when we put down for her nap. That same day, she started acting strangely – testing and examining things more, crawling backwards and doing downward dogs while staring at the carpet, picking up her bottle, throwing it and then crawling over to grab it. It definitely seems like she reached [...]
April 7, 2013 in Development, Weekly Updates
I took Olivia to a new pediatrician this week to check her swollen lymph node because I was paranoid that she was catching hubby’s cold. He told me that the node behind her right ear is outside the bone so it’s more noticeable. He also said that any time there is inflammation or a rash around the head area (even dandruff!), it will appear more [...]
March 25, 2013 in Weekly Updates, Wonder Weeks
Phew, a bit late but for a good reason. We are still recovering from our first cross-country trip with Olivia, which included a red-eye flight each way. Some thought we were crazy for setting it up that way, but Olivia was fantastic. She slept during both flights and adjusted to the timezones immediately! I am definitely planning a travel tips blog post because I have [...]
March 18, 2013 in Weekly Updates
This week, Olivia: Removes my hand from things so she can do it herself (books, toys, etc.) Can turn on her toy laptop and play with it Really enjoys tinkering with and examining household items Can lower herself down from standing without holding on to anything (very slowly). This girl’s got balance! Can stand unassisted while holding a toy or book in one hand Likes [...]
