And tonight, enjoying a packet of organic (!) gummi bears, part of a Halloween gift from Omi:
It's a bit shorter in the front than I intended but otherwise probably the best haircut I've given him. Last year we tried a barber and it was just way too short all around. (And yes, I think it might have been a year since his last haircut-- by late spring it's curly enough that it doesn't really matter, and we kind of like it long, but this time of year with the dry air and the wearing of fleece hats, it gets so straight that the raggediness shows and it's time for a cut again.)
Meanwhile, Beanie is rolling from back to front, doing a pushup there (if she can get her lower arm out from under her),
and then getting tired and squawking because she's stuck. That, or falling asleep.
In the morning after I get her dressed, I prop her on a pillow and make the bed. The other day she was playing with her hands (another recent favorite activity) while I was doing so and folding laundry with her hanging out there:
Our new nanny did a trial week but ended up not being a great match, though she is kind and warm (and experienced); she got physically tired a lot because Bean is used to a lot of bouncing, rocking, and carrying, and since she's older (though not *that* old) and also has some sleep problems, she also got fairly tired by the end of the day, which was a bit hard for Sam, though she was funny and loving with him. (We *just* hired someone new who is very used to wearing babies and who seems to be more on our page in terms of childcare style; it's interesting the things one doesn't realize about one's style until one sees someone taking care of one's kids with a very different style, and finding it just doesn't work that well. Obviously it's a luxury to be able to be this flexible, and we're grateful for it; we're also grateful for the fact that Sam's first babysitter, when he was this age, was so similar in approach to what we were doing anyway that it didn't take much examination of styles on our part to make things work then (hi, M.!)
Anyway, I worked from home all week and we discovered that Bean HATES bottles. We finally got her used enough to them again to take an ounce or two at a time, but yeesh. She'd taken a couple of ounces 3-4 times before, so we got lazy about continuing practice. Whoops... Here's what I bought during one late-night Target run, having listened to two days of screaming Beanie angrily rejecting the two kinds we'd had before:
(She's now ok with both Avent and the Playtex drop-in kind, at least occasionally, when she's hungry but not too tired... so we'll keep working on it, and I'll donate the other, unused ones somewhere.)
Whew! What a week.
Good luck with the continued search for a good childcare provider that works for your family and a bottle that works for F. Or if the particular product isn't her objection, here's to her change of heart on the topic generally. We are two days away from the end of pumping, and considering A.'s love of her sister's sippy cups, we may be putting aside bottle along with the pump and all related apparatus. Woo hoo! It's a super-thick silver lining as I lament the passing of baby's first year.
ReplyDeleteAm very impressed that you cut Sam's hair yourself and that it only needs to be done once a year--oh, for such gorgeous curly locks! E.'s bangs need a trim every few weeks.
Haha- yeah, I just looked through pics from the past year, and I'm fairly sure I gave him a trim at some point in the spring, so never mind my pronouncement in the post.
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh-- the end of bottles *and* the end of pumping? Party time!
Aw, I love that I garnered such a complimentary mention! I remember being surprised (duh) at how physically taxing it was to wear a baby all day. Good practice, though - Matilda still asks for the Ergo when she's clingy.
ReplyDeleteHi twinkle-bot! We are feeling mighty nostalgic for your Sam-watching days around these parts (though we also just wish we lived close enough to hang out in our current configurations). Re. taxingness: it didn't help that Sam was such a chunk of a baby! Frida is probably 6 lbs lighter than he was at this age. But yeah-- our newly hired nanny wore a 1-year-old in a sling all summer, so she gets it.
ReplyDelete