Posts under ‘Parenthood’

We just had this exchange with Pooky:
Mommy: She has my ears.
Daddy: She definitely has your ears.
Pooky: Noooo, I have my own ears!

Pooky’s been really into babies for a while now – both the real live ones and the plastic and plush ones. She’s been delighted at the idea of having her very own “baby brother” growing in mommy’s belly and has given my belly much love since she found out there’s a baby inside.
Here comes my [...]

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Looking so cute in her Zutano outfit
The state of our little family, in the style of Time Magazine’s Milestones section. Just because.
Expanding: Pooky’s vocabulary. We can no longer keep track of all the words she knows. Alas, she tends to favor some more than others, particularly “mine” and “no.” She can never resist pointing out [...]

The state of our little family, in the style of Time Magazine’s Milestones section. Just because.
One: Pooky’s age. We made it a whole year! Hallelujah! It just gets easier from here, right? Right?
Full of tissues: All of our garbage cans. Since getting sick for the second time since starting daycare, Pooky has become a veritable [...]

I’ve written before about products designed to turn your baby into a genius. I was skeptical then, and remain so now. Here’s a new article from USA Today reinforcing the fact that there’s no magic baby product out there that can be shown to increase intelligence. A cynic might wonder if the companies that make [...]

As if I wasn’t anxious enough about baby getting older and leaving our sphere of control, I happened upon this blog post from Steven Parker, MD, WebMD’s pediatrics expert. In it, Dr. Parker shares what he’s learned about the new, technology-enhanced bullying. He lists its most common forms:

Someone takes a dorky or compromising picture of [...]

It says here that a new baby deprives its parents of two-months worth of sleep in its first year of life. Seems a little low. Pooky is almost a year old now, and I don’t recall sleeping at all since she was born.
A study has found that many parents are wary of letting their kids [...]

The state of our little family, in the style of Time Magazine’s Milestones section. Just because.
Goofy: Pooky’s poses when she sees the camera pointed at her. I don’t know how, but she seems to know what the camera is for, and she loves to ham it up.
Trying to be vigilant: May and I, as Pooky [...]

Dr. Harvey Karp, of “The Happiest Baby on the Block” fame, says toddlers are basically miniature Neanderthals. Pooky can grunt like a little caveman, but I can’t picture her hunting a woolly mammoth.
LA Times columnist Joel Stein is happy for you. He just doesn’t want to see your baby pictures (registration required). What a grouch. [...]