Since my last post, Reed experienced his very first Thanksgiving. It was just the three of us since we didn’t want to travel with H1N1 being so widespread and Reed only having had one of his two needed H1N1 boosters. We had a rather nontraditional Thanksgiving with steak instead of turkey, but we did have [...]
I just wrote a post about the influence of corporations on parenting blogs at Information Wants to be Free. Adam and I are seriously thinking about starting to write reviews here of the toys and products that we buy for Reed in an effort to increase the number of trustworthy, uncompensated reviews of baby products [...]
I have been extremely remiss in not writing sooner, but we’ve been having a heck of a time with illnesses in the Farkas household. Reed’s had a bunch of colds and I’ve managed to get every single one of them and hold on to them far longer than he has. Right now, a 2-week cold [...]
It’s been a trying couple of weeks here in the Farkas household. Reed started having diarrhea around 4 weeks ago, which got worse after he got his 4-month vaccinations. About 2 weeks ago, his poop turned a dark green, which any parent knows is not a good sign. He’s been having skin issues (eczema and [...]
Gosh, where has the time gone? I’ve really meant to write an update for a while, but we’ve been busy with summer, visitors, baby stuff, various and sundry illnesses (just me, not Reed), and getting ready for daycare. Reed started daycare this week and he is doing beautifully! I had a feeling he would do [...]
The first 3 1/2 weeks with Reed were the worst of my life. Reed literally was not sleeping more than 4 hours total in a 24 hour period. For the rest of the time he did nothing but scream and eat. And he’d usually do a lot of screaming while he ate as well. He [...]
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I’ve been a mother now for three months (or 12, if you count the 9 months I carried Reed around), but I don’t think I truly felt like “a mom” until Thursday, July 9th. That was the day of the fall.
Reed, Adam and I had gotten to Chicago a few hours earlier. It was a [...]
Reed just had his 3 month birthday, I can’t believe how quickly time is passing. It is a cliche, but I really am having a hard time remembering what life was like before him! (Though that may have something to do with sleep deprivation.)
Meredith and I are lucky; not only is he healthy, but Reed [...]
I realized today that I’m the only person who has seen Reed roll over (Adam doesn’t put Reed on his tummy much). So I grabbed Adam and the Flip camera and we made this movie. He’s definitely gotten better at it over the past two weeks!
Typing with one hand here (story of my life these days…)
Reed turned two months old today! We celebrated with his first hike in the woods, which he mostly slept through in his Ergo carrier. Part of me can’t believe he is already this old while another part feels like I’ve known him forever. The past [...]
