Let's Settle This Once and For All

Sunday, February 3, 2008

So, my family says Emma looks like me, and Emmanuel's says she looks just like him when he was a baby. So it's nice that we have state of the art face recognition technology to tell us the truth! I did it 3 times with different pictures, and the results come out each time the same. Emma is officially (her looks at least) half me and half Emmanuel! By the way dad and mom, I did it for me too, and I supposedly look half like dad and half like mom, so it must run in the family!

Thanks to Michelle O. for the link!

You Know You're a Stay-at-Home Mom When...

Thursday, January 31, 2008

Getting asked to serve for jury duty is possibly the most intriguing thing that's been asked of you since you got that ring on your finger.

They even gave me a free bus ticket! Sounds like fun, doesn't it?

Swaddle Me

Monday, January 28, 2008

Months ago Emmanuel and I read a funny article in one of our parenting magazines about a new dad who wanted to know what it was like to feel like a baby. So the author of the article had his wife feed him a bottle, rock and swaddle him, among other things. It was entertaining to read at the time, and I thought it'd never come up again.

I was wrong. A few days ago Emmanuel just randomly lied out the quilt on the floor and asked me to swaddle him. (The guy in the article said it felt very comforting.) He was content until he found himself powerless to a certain 25 pound teething Emma (and her drool).

Emmanuel is going to kill me for posting this hahaha.

Babies Rule, Mommies Drool?

Thursday, January 24, 2008

Okay, this is something that I've struggled with for months. Should you work your schedule around your baby's - or should your baby adjust to yours?

Last Sunday Emmanuel and I were all ready for church. It was 12:40 (church starts a 1pm). Emma was asleep still, even though I put her down for a nap almost 2 hours ago. Emmanuel told me to just let her wake up on her own. So I did, and she didn't wake up for another hour. We missed church.

And maybe the answers to this question will vary based on your family beliefs or where you grew up. When we were in Mexico, my in-laws couldn't understand why we couldn't just lay her down for her nap anywhere. My mother in-law even tried to put her to bed in a hammock! Emma just screamed, of course.

Yesterday, Emma didn't take a nap until noon. This made me think that she was going to start giving up her morning naps, and so I planned on going to playgroup today at 10:30. She fell asleep at 10:10 and we didn't go.

So what to do? Do you let them sleep according to their own schedule and defend her from everyone around you asking of your time at her nap time? Do you let them sleep a little and then wake them up? Or do you just put them in the car and deal with the grumpiness for the rest of the day? Sometimes I feel like other moms deal with things better than I do, because I feel like it's impossible to do the latter! A grumpy baby means a grumpy mom, (and then a grumpy dad) and each day is so important to me. So what would you do in those above situations? What do/did you do with your babies if you are a parent?

This is a personal invite to all who read this blog. Moms, Dads, friends, even if you have no kids - post away!

Emma's Walking!?

Monday, January 21, 2008

I'm not sure when to say that your kid is officially walking, but I'm pretty sure she is. Today she was just walking into the blue...like into the center of the living room where there's no furniture or anything for her to grab onto for balance. She walked today for about a 6 foot length of floor. We couldn't believe our eyes! I have a video, but it's kind of dark, and the house is a mess, and I sound kind of scary, and.......... who cares, here it is!