From this weekend’s visit home, a picture of my father and me, with our respective babies: You recognize SteelyKid, I hope. The fuzzy yellow guy is Bodie, my parents’ new Labrador Retriever puppy. Bodie is one day older than SteelyKid, and true to his Labrador breeding, he’s a born experimentalist, running around the house giving… Continue reading Meet the Babies
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Thursday Baby Blogging 101608
SteelyKid is ten weeks old today! To celebrate, here’s the weekly picture with Appa for scale, with a special bonus Kate for additional perspective:
Thursday Baby Blogging 100908
SteelyKid had her two-month check-up in Monday (her two-month birthday was Tuesday), and checking in with the medical profession means we’ve got the opportunity for some baby science. And it’s not science without graphs: That’s SteelyKid’s weight as a function of time. Like most babies, she dropped a bit immediately after birth, but shot right… Continue reading Thursday Baby Blogging 100908
Thursday Baby Blogging 100208
It’s been eight weeks since her birth, and SteelyKid celebrates by doing the Baby Dance: I almost didn’t get to this today, but I wanted to make sure I got something up to serve as a debate alternative. She’s much cuter than Sarah Palin, to say nothing of Joe Biden…
Awesome Dragon Baby Blogging
SteelyKid has a new friend, courtesy of my sister: It’s a shlumpy google-eyed dragon, stuffed with pure awesome. I’m dubbing this guy “Wellington,” for family-historical reasons. A side shot (with extra bonus baby in the mirror) is below the fold:
Stochastic Baby Blogging
Here’s an update to the SteelyKid feeding pattern, with almost twice as much data as the previous graph: Still no solid pattern to the feedings, time-wise, but there has been some change, in that the individual feedings have gotten more distinct. They tend to be longer, and the intervals between feeding are somewhat longer.
Thursday Baby Blogging 092508
Behold, the incredible expanding baby: The “Smart Cookie” onesie she’s wearing was also featured in the Week 4 picture, and now, it basically doesn’t fit her any more (it’s not fully buttoned under the blanket). We’ve already had to retire a couple of boxes of little-baby clothes, and she never did get to wear some… Continue reading Thursday Baby Blogging 092508
Drop and Give Me Twenty
Baby push-ups! She can’t maintain it for all that long, but SteelyKid can manage to push herself up and take a look around, when placed on her stomach. This is definite progress from a week or so ago.
Over-Stimulated Baby Blogging
SteelyKid is much too young for cartoons, but it’s not to early to celebrate the weekend with a riot of bright colors and stylized animal shapes: We had a really good morning of “Happy Awake Baby” (as opposed to “Happy Sleeping Baby” or “Screaming Awake Baby,” which are more common), and she had a grand… Continue reading Over-Stimulated Baby Blogging
Thursday Baby Blogging 091808
Your weekly picture of SteelyKid, with Appa for scale: Note the addition of the crib mirror. She’s started to become more aware of the world around her, and may parents picked up a couple of mirrors when they were here last week. The mirror is the most fascinating thing in the world, when she’s awake… Continue reading Thursday Baby Blogging 091808