The palaver of a childish father
This weekend Layla reached a new milestone in toddlerhood by getting her first haircut. Since she doesn’t like sitting in one place for very long, we were expecting the worst. But with some luck, and a box of animal crackers we managed to keep her distracted before she realized what was going on. Check out [...]
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A weird thing happens every time Layla is finished getting her clothes or diaper changed. I lay on the floor at the foot of her crib. She walks over to me, stands on my stomach/chest while holding onto the crib rails, and jumps up and down. I don’t know how I got myself into this [...]
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Layla’s crib at bed time contains a pacifier, a juice bottle, a big blanket, a small fuzzy blanket, and a stuffed rabbit. When we put her to bed we lay her down, give her the pacifier, then the juice bottle. We cover her with the big blanket and walk out of the bedroom. Ten minutes [...]
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Last week, while I was changing the baby, I was pretending to bite her feet. She flashed me that signature Hollywood smile, and I noticed that there were more than 2 front-top teeth… I pulled her top lip up and saw that there were two teeth that grew-in almost completely, next to the top teeth. [...]
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Last night I was chasing Layla up and down the hallway like a rabid bear. I tackled her, then picked her back up, she ran away, I tackled her again…over and over. At some point, 200lb me clumbsily kneeled on the 28 lb-baby’s foot and she started crying. I felt terrible so I gave her [...]
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Things are going smooth. Rachelle is feeling good besides the occasional cramp. I’m very happy that I don’t know what that means, or feels like. Her cravings have been…controlled…and she’s about 1/4 the size that she was last time. We’re at about 23 weeks. We’ve taught Layla to “kiss the baby”. Most of the time [...]
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