http://flutterflux.com Sun, 17 Aug 2008 09:33:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en First nightmare, first time noticing hands, first time aiming hands at mouth, first quasi-giggle, first time distinctly looking over at a sound. First week her eyes are definitely not blue any longer: they look to be green. I wonder if this color will stick or if it'll keep on changing towards ... http://flutterflux.com/2008/08/firsts/ We are in Budapest, for the whole month of August. It turns out I did not bring quite enough baby clothes, ones that are warm enough, that is. It turns out it gets pretty cold here. This turned into a shopping opportunity, with a couple of cute red babygros in it ... http://flutterflux.com/2008/08/laundry/ She only likes them sometimes, when she's agitated by a belly ache (in her case: a literal one), and needs that to resolve so she can rest already. And late at night, for just a little while, right before falling asleep, and she spits it right out when she finally ... http://flutterflux.com/2008/08/about-pacifiers/ At the book What to Expect the First Year. For the most part it gives some really sound advice but man, sometimes it reads like the how-to manual of maternal insanity. To wit: not letting your child fall asleep while nursing so that you can put them down awake and they ... http://flutterflux.com/2008/07/annoyed/ Turns out I wasn't imagining it: there really have been more babies recently. More babies were born in 2007 than in any year since 1957, which was the peak year of the Baby Boom. The article says this new baby boomlet is likely the result of a combination of factors: lots ... http://flutterflux.com/2008/07/boom-boom-baby/ France denied citizenship to a Moroccan woman who wears a niqab because She has adopted a radical practice of her religion, incompatible with essential values of the French community, particularly the principle of equality of the sexes The government commissioner reporting on her interviews with social services prior to the decision said “She ... http://flutterflux.com/2008/07/no-luck/ I got the following ad in gmail today: Drive a Lamborghini - www.LongIslandLamborghini.com - All models, new or preowned Aggressive pricing, best selection Apparently google's contextual ads aren't working so great today. Because how could this possibly apply to me? Not that I'd reject a Lamborghini if someone were to give me ... http://flutterflux.com/2008/07/i-can-tell-dolly/ Have you heard of the problem of acid reflux? For babies, I mean. Because can you imagine how painful it must be for a baby to have heartburn? Not to mention loud. For the parents, that is: baby will let out piercing cries at random intervals while flexing every muscle ... http://flutterflux.com/2008/07/find-her-an-empty-lap-fellas/ (Joining for the first time - because I'm finally awake enough!) small tender raindrops - a mother weighed down with milk instead of fireworks ___ Also known as: We were going to drive to a friend's house to watch the fireworks by the beach. But it's rainy and there are thunderstorms coming. So we're staying home ... http://flutterflux.com/2008/07/haiku-friday/ I took Faustina for her one-month checkup today. Where she also got the second installment of the hep-B vaccine. I love her doctor: a young woman, perhaps a couple years younger than me (women her age always remind me of my sister and so I suspect I have a particular fondness ... http://flutterflux.com/2008/07/doctors-visits-bodily-fluids/