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Monday, 27 February 2006 |
In church on Sunday my pastor confessed to being a habitual blog reader. Apparently there are dozens to hundreds of blogs out there by fellow church leaders, ruminating on various points of theology. There’s even one called (appropriately enough) “desperate preacher” that goes into whatever scripture is on the church calendar that week, and Milind admitted to heading there, sometimes mere hours before he had to deliver a sermon, in the hopes of finding some new angle, some fresh way of dissecting the day’s verses.
Rather than making me worry about the quality of shepherding I receive, the news that he surfs for help comforted me. As I continue to slog ahead in my Mommy job, I often scour the Internet looking for words of wisdom on a particular topic, be it teething fixes or separation anxiety. And as much as I go to my trusted reference sites (see Top 5s Page), I just as frequently head to fellow mommy bloggers. Though they don’t always have the answers, it’s somehow deeply comforting to see other women wrestling with the same issues I do. If I’m going through a rough patch with Maddie and read a blog entry of a day gone well, I feel encouragement and hope that the tide will turn for me. And if I read a posting describing a hair-pulling, at-wit’s-end type of day, I shamefully confess that it makes me feel good. Not that I want others to suffer; I’m just happy to know I’m not the only one trying to figure out how to steer this Mommyhood ship.
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Thursday, 23 February 2006 |
Well, it’s happened; I’ve had my first “Sunrise, Sunset” moment.
She’s crawling.
A few days ago Maddie was playing happily on her bedroom floor as I put her clothes away. I was half watching her play, half putting clothes away, and half looking about the room mentally babyproofing. (Everyone knows mommies do 150% all the time-) One moment, Maddie was on her hands and knees doing the rocking thing, which she’s done for a good month now. A bright pink swim bottom caught her eye a few feet away. The next thing I know, Maddie’s chewing on said swim bottom.
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Monday, 20 February 2006 |
Madeleine had a few firsts recently, all in one fell swoop –
Her first real playdate (as opposed to two newborns lying side by side on a blanket)
Her first real interaction with a boy
Her first case of assault by said boy
Yep, it was a busy afternoon for my girlie. We had my girlfriend Renee in with her baby Elijah. Now, Eli’s three months older and twice the weight of Maddie; the kid’s a real bruiser and, if his dad and uncle have anything to say about it, a future linebacker for first the Tennessee Vols and then the Tennessee Titans. Maddie’s knee-deep in her fascination-with-other-babies phase; she’s simply hit that age where she realizes there are babies other than her (Quel Horreur!) and is captivated by them. Thus far, though, all interactions have been more of the waving-hello-from-one-mommy’s-lap-to-another’s variety; no up close and personal play time with toys and open spaces.
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Friday, 10 February 2006 |
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I have to say that for an eight-month-old, my kid’s got a pretty impressive resume of talents. Truly, if all of her remarkable skills were documented, Disney and the like would be lined up around the block trying to hire her. Here’s just a sampling of her special skills –
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Wednesday, 08 February 2006 |
Our daughter’s found a new love – herself.
We’ve played games with the mirror since she was around three months old, and she’s always enjoyed seeing herself in the reflection. Sneaking up on herself in the mirror is a guaranteed laugh for a good four minutes or so, and tapping the bottoms of her feet against the glass distracts her in the midst of all but a level five meltdown.
Recently, though, she’s hit an important milestone: she’s begun noticing other kids. Church on Sunday is an awe-inspiring place for her, filled with smaller babies and bigger toddlers. A couple weeks ago she sat and stared at Abby’s Josh, younger than Maddie by a good four months but roughly the same size as my kiddo. Mesmerized, she reached out to stroke a sleeping Josh’s hand, just like she’d been practicing stroking Kitty. When Josh stirred beneath her touch, she jumped, frightened, and looked at me as if to say, “Mommy! What IS it?” When confronted with a big kid like Abby’s Isaiah (a towering three years), she gazes awestruck as if afraid to dream of being that big. All babies, though, are attracting her attention as she starts to take notice of the larger world around her.
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