I had another kid a couple weeks ago. Don't think I posted that here. The birth was okay. It kind of sucked. It didn't happen like I wanted it to. Parts were great. I narrowly avoided a C-Section. I didn't have any freaky medical things happen ( Read more... )

1. I'm enjoying wandering around San Francisco, always a bit lost, always discovering something just around the corner. My latest favorite is the children's museum on the top of a small mountain full of wounded crows, hissing cockroaches, and invasive turtles ( Read more... )

Lyra in her crib, planning her devious escape.


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There oughta be a law against five-month-old babies being able to crawl.

Thought it was about time I figured out how to post a picture of the bug. She learned how to eat her foot this week, and then promptly started chomping on her calf. The kid is flexible.


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At first, the baby thought it was funny when we gave her raspberries. Then she started doing them with her lips too, and she's at the stage where she doesn't do much, so we did it back to her a lot and all the Sparrows thought it was hilarious. But now? She's sitting around in a spit covered onesie, convinced, I'm sure, that this is the primary ( Read more... )

The baby had not pooped for four days, and seemed rather fussy and annoyed by this fact. I felt anxious. Then I went to a doctor friend's house for dinner last night, and she said she knew of a baby who went 19 days without pooping. Where does it go? Apparently, breast milk is such a digestible food that sometimes there is no waste product from it ( Read more... )

I went and got me a 9 pound 2 ounce baby. It was a pretty dramatic and difficult experience, but oh man, this kid is the best and I feel like I'm falling, falling, falling in love. Pictures will come when I join the twenty first century and stop being such a lud.

I just received the motherload of onesies, wraps, beanies, and toys from my big sister. I'm really not one for cuteness, but dear lord, baby stuff is adorable.