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I miss you
I miss you LJ. So I posted this. ❤️
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2 Years 3 Months: We have weaned!
We sort of plunged into this after being wishy-washy about it since she turned two, but I'm happy to report that it took her three days to get used to it, and on the fourth day she stopped complaining. Now it's been more than a week and she has settled into her new routine ( Read more... ) -
No Yaya Experiment: Month 26 (Weaning)
An update ( Read more... ) -
No Yaya Experiment: Month 23
We're due for another celebration soon. We've also been asked, "So you're really not getting a yaya anymore ( Read more... ) -
No Yaya Experiment: Month 19 (Potty, construction, insomnia)
Warning, poo talk ahead:
We taught baby the sign for "change diaper" months ago, and noticed that she would make the sign for it even though her diaper didn't need changing. And then minutes/seconds later, there would be something in her diaper. We were told by everyone that it means she knew she was able to do the deed, and that she was ready to ( Read more... ) -
So it has come to this
T&M over in the UK told us how they watched movies. One of them would go watch it while the other stays home with the child, and then the other would go, and then they'd talk about it later.
We're about to start doing that. It's getting harder to claim babysitting credits for movies. -
Month 18: Planet of the Apes moment
There's a restaurant in our building that we eat at often, and baby has started to dislike it. When we enter the restaurant, she starts fussing, pointing outside, and sometimes we decide not to eat there and go elsewhere ( Read more... ) -
Raising a clone
So I picked up from our resident preschool expert martea that my child will have a tendency to model behavior after us, her parents. It started off when she was a few months old, and always grabbing our cellphones. Someone got her a toy cellphone for babies, but she never played with it. Why? Because no one else was using it. If we want her to use ( Read more... ) -
Baby and iPad
So I thought I would be the parent who would go, "I'd never make her use an iPad! She'd be the little girl who plays with sticks ( Read more... ) -
No Yaya Experiment: Road trip baby
Infant car seats are not required by law here in the Philippines, but they are in the US. We successfully trained baby to use a car seat in preparation for the trip while here, but encountered some challenges over there ( Read more... )