June 2011
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this kid is getting handsy
not in a fresh way but he’s realized over the past week and a half how much power he has with those things
he sticks them in his mouth and gnaws on them whenever he’s awake (and sometimes in his sleep)
feeding takes almost twice as long since he’s realized that he can push the bottle away and then guide it back, he seems to find this entertaining
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“excuse me. excuse me, are there any young boys in this neighborhood?”
– this is not something you expect a stranger to come waltzing in your yard to inquire.
it’s a little creepy.
i don’t care if you’re looking to purchase the house across the street and you have some young boys of your own, you could word this better.
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a question for moms who have been mom longer than...
didn’t baby clothes used to snap together?
like when you bought a top there was a bottom that snapped to it around the waist?
am i manufacturing this memory or did these really exist? i haven’t seen a single thing like this since i’ve been buying my own baby clothes (for about a year now) but i really thought that was a convenient feature, especially in jammies.
am i crazy?...
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boyoyoing
i just stupidly looked at what i’ve spent on Amazon this year alone - over $1k
ohgoodlordinheaven.
i can confidently say that i would not have spent at least $700 of that money if it weren’t for the Amazon Mom Free Shipping program. it’s just too easy to see something i want and have it on my doorstep tomorrow.
luckily my free shipping period ends next spring and then my bank...
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my best friend and my husband are both grossed out by the large amounts of mayo/miracle whip i use on my sandwiches
i’m curious to see if i can get my kid to enjoy eating this way when the time comes
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oh telephone survey caller, you had me at "free...
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if i ever had to rank the people in my life the top position would be a three-way tie and this woman is one of those people - today is her birthday and the other two people in that spot and i hope she has the most amazing day!!
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things i should be doing while sweet baby Rock is napping
finishing my book that i started when i was pregnant (like, 1st trimester pregnant… and it’s not a long book)
updating his baby book
updating the journal i’ve kept for him but have yet to write in since he was born (i just have a growing pile of short notes as reminders of the things i want to enter)
napping
eating
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“is it because you think you’re too old to wear them?”
– actually No, Sunglass Hut girl, it’s because they just don’t look right on me but thanks for making me feel like i’m too old to wear these sunglasses OLD.
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just trying not to kill the kid
this raising your first child stuff is incredibly crazy and frustrating if you’re anal retentive and/or Type A.
there are no strict rules.
how is this possible??
it’s all opinoins and guidelines and very little scientific facts.
i can’t function with that.
it drives me nuts when i ask the Dr “so how much food should he be getting right now?” and i’m...
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baby hog
so I distinctly remember 2 years ago when a friend had a baby and when i was visiting she just held her the whole time. i was kind of insulted that she never once offered to let me hold her and i wasn’t gonna ask and put her in an awkward position but, i mean, did she think i wasn’t competent enough to hold her? or just not want me to hold her? but then i thought, well maybe she’s just one of...
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VICTORY
my baby slept through our visit to the BR Factory Outlet. i got to try a bunch of clothes on and everything.
hooray! hooray!
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it's never too early to be a bad mom
I know this because my child is only 10 weeks old and just as I was about to enter the highway I gazed in my rearview mirror for a glimpse at the angel when I saw him getting a good tall stretch and realized “HOLY SHIT! I forgot to buckle him into his car seat!!”
yah, so there’s that
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i can't be the only one who considers construction...
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“I can smell your poops. or was it just farts? (turn baby and lift his butt up to...”
– this is why I shouldn’t be allowed in public anymore. I’m completely oblivious to the fact that this is an inappropriate talk to have in the middle of a store at conversational volume
overheard in the mall parking lot today
(toddler WAILING incoherent words through his tears as a woman is basically dragging him by one arm at her full speed walk back to the car)
“well you know what? I’m not going to take you anywhere ANYMORE! every time I take you some FUCKIN’ place you do this shit! NO! EVERY time! I’m not taking you out anymore so GET THE FUCK OVER IT!”
you wanna know the part that...
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words just can't do justice to how excited i am to...
brows haven’t been done since the day before my 2month+ old was born
hair hasn’t been done since March. MARCH.
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Gap Kids, Diane von Furstenberg Collaboration →
i’m gonna go broke next spring… but i’m really looking forward to it!
who doesn’t love DVF?!
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today i am craving the old Taco Bell cinnamon...
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a poll
a recent conversation brought up the fact that both my husband and i take off our wedding rings to go to sleep. i’ve always taken all of my jewelry off to sleep (except for a few drunken nights where i woke up with my hair so tangled in my necklace i had to cut it out) so once i had engagement and wedding bands it was just natural to take them off. in fact i usually only put them on if...
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confession
sometimes when i leave baby sleeping upstairs i put the monitor about an inch away from his face because i like to listen to him breathe even when i’m downstairs “getting things done”
this is not a safety thing, it’s a crazy mom-obsessed-with-her-baby thing
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the F word
who knew having a baby would mean you use the word “fart” all the time?
before Rock i HATED the word and uttering it gave me hives but now it just rolls off the tongue. infants are fartin’ machines.
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my boy loves the waltz
i’m sure it’s the rise and fall rhythm of the dance but whenever he gets super fussy i waltz around the first floor of our house to some Sinatra and he clings tightly (and quietly) to me while his wide eyes take in all the sights as we pass by
i’ll never lose the memory of this and i am so looking forward to waltzing with him at his wedding*
*in the far, far, very far...
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a plea to the pregnancy Gods
please let me keep the boobs!
i know that everything about my pregnancy was a breeze and just too easy (with the exception of the 5 months of nausea of course, but i learned my lesson and will take the drugs earlier if there is a next time) and that i should be happy with what i’ve already been given, including the most adorable baby in the world. i know that most people lose the boobs and...
for some reason my former maple syrup smell has turned into me smelling more like soy sauce
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