Well, Tink has been saying the 'ma' syllable for a while now, but yesterday she proved that she knows who mama is. She has also stopped calling everyone 'dada' and now saved that for her dad - she calles everything else 'buh' or 'fuh'or "nah" - she really likes liquid fricatives right now ( Read more... )

I am soooo sick of being sick. Remember how the day after my birthday everyone was sick? Well, I've been sick ever since then. And I am soo tired of this dry hacking cough, the intermittent fever, and the sinus pain. I woke up this morning with that stabbing pain just behind my nose, because I could tell that I slept on my right side and didn't ( Read more... )

So guess what I just found out ( Read more... )

So how come the day I decide to go to the rec center so I can exercise is the day Tinkerbell WILL NOT NAP? For almost an hour and a half now, I've been trying to get this kiddo to sleep. She ususally naps between 8 and 9 - it's 9:45 and I just gave up and now she's in bed crying. I've only got so much mental stability before I feel like ripping out ( Read more... )

Man, I've been feeling dumpty lately.

Thursday I finally went to the doctor, after weeks of horrible, horrible lower back pain...

Turns out I damaged a muscle on the right side of my lower back, and my sleep habits (or lack thereof) were making it worse - since Tink still was sleeping with us, I was sort of sleeping around her, and I couldn't lay ( Read more... )

Well, the baby research thing was kind of neat - they were testing to see how babies react visually and aurally to dogs, as part of a study to determine if certain stimulatory cues are innate or learned. Apparently small babies can tell that the sound of a happy dog goes with the picture of the happy dog, and yadda yadda for the angry dog ( Read more... )

Well, tonight is my husband's last class, and then he's done with his degree (with one test left to take at the school ( Read more... )

First, my sad and scary dream ( Read more... )

It looks like I cannot eat strawberries while nursing Tinkerbelle - each of the 3 times I've had either fresh strawberries or whole fruit strawberry preserves, she has been miserable the whole following day, with what seems to be very painful gas and cramps ( Read more... )

Peter Pan can open doors now. Last night he wouldn't go to bed - he just kept coming back out until it was dark. Gotta get some of those knob covers. Also, he loves croissants ( Read more... )