Life is what happens while you’re making other plans. It’s true. We’ve been packing, planning, scurrying, and stressing like never before. Today Luke decided to start walking.
It’s like he just realized he knows how. He’s been standing, cruising, and even taking steps for over a month now, but today he has been walking. He can [...]
The week started with Luke’s live yogurt test in the doctor’s office. The next morning, he threw up. I thought it was a fluke. He felt fine the rest of the morning, until he threw up again at lunch. By Thursday morning, Lydia and I were both down for the count, too. I will spare [...]
Luke is allergic to milk. This morning we took him to his pediatrician’s office, where he tried yogurt for the first time. About ten minutes after eating a few spoonfuls of yogurt, we started to see some hives. The first few showed up where the yogurt had touched his skin, which was just under his [...]
Saturday morning we celebrated my sweet boy turning one. His birthday isn’t until Wednesday, but Saturdays are the best days for parties. It was difficult choosing a theme for this party. With Lydia, I’ve always chosen a theme based on her interests. At the moment, Luke’s main interest is hair-pulling, but that’s nothing I want [...]
Some days I really think I must be crazy for wanting to move. Tuesday was one of those days. My helper neighbor girls came over and played with Lydia in the backyard. Before I knew it, they were organizing a leaf-jumping event. Brilliant.
My very cautious daughter wasn’t sure how to jump into a pile of [...]
When parents complain about their babies teething, I usually have nothing to contribute to the conversation. Both Lydia and Luke cut their first teeth at 11 months (much later than usual), and I can’t say that they really had any trouble with it.
While Lydia was very slow in cutting teeth, the order of tooth eruption [...]
Luke is almost one year old, so I’ve been thinking of introducing him to some kind of milk that doesn’t come from his mommy. I’m in no hurry to wean him (he is my baby, after all), but I want to make sure he has the nutrition he needs.
When we tried Lydia on cow’s milk [...]
I can’t tell you the number of blog posts I have written in my mind. I’ve probably had an idea a day. Today I realized, however, that it is time to start fresh and move on. I do, however, want to do just a tad bit of catching up first.
Luke never did come down with [...]
Lukie has been having coughing fits for the last month or so. Often they begin when he is eating. Sometimes they last just a few minutes, and sometimes 30 minutes or more. We had planned to discuss this coughing with the doctor at Luke’s 12 month checkup next month.
Today right before his nap (actually not [...]
Yesterday Luke realized he knows how to stand up. He’s done it a few times before, but almost on accident, when he was trying to reach a toy on the couch or something.
That morning he pulled up on a cardboard box that holds some of his toys. My first thought was that he must have [...]
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