Tag Archives | Firsts

Baby on Board… the Plane

We left the house at 4:50am. And, of course, Ellie finally got back to sleep just in time for us to get out at the airport. Ellie was pretty interested in the airport and security line (lots of people-watching to do). After a little DD breakfast, I let her down to crawl a bit before [...]

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The Little Trouble-Maker and Upcoming MIA

Ellie is getting out of control. In the last two days she has gotten very good at pulling herself into a standing position and now she’s getting into the furniture more. The other day she crawled her way through the coffee table. Then, today she tried to crawl through a side table and then tried [...]

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Adventures in Babyproofing

It’s official.  Ellie can crawl! Now that she’s getting into everything, we’re working on ways to baby-proof.  The hardest part was blocking off the top of the stairs.  Did you have trouble with this? Our railing posed a problem by starting halfway over the first stair and we didn’t like having a gap there.  We [...]

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Baby-Led Weaning and skipping mush

I am an admittedly picky eater. I was stubborn at a young age to the frustration of my family. But, here I am, about to introduce my little one into the world of solid food.  Hold on to your pants! Like I mentioned in an earlier post, the pediatrician gave us the green light for [...]

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Swing Shenanigans

After a walk through the woods, a few of us hit up the adjacent park to try out the swings. I have not seen Ellie smile so long with anything else so far. She was a little small for the seat so I stuffed her in with a towel from my car. I can see [...]

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