Category Archives: Behavior

99.44% Delicious

During baths, Trixie is obsessed with the bar of soap. We still wash her with Johnson’s Baby Wash, but the Ivory sometimes floats around as a distraction. She can’t get enough of it: it floats, it sinks, it’s slippery, it … Continue reading

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More teething

Trixie is going through another round of teething. I’ve never heard anything so horrible as the screaming that lasted almost two hours last night. We tried teething gel, ice, Tylenol, teethers and icy washcloths — as well as all the … Continue reading

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She missed the bowl

As reported last week, we had only intended for Trixie to get used to going in the bathroom with us and get familiar with the new potty. She surprised us by actually getting very familiar with the potty — four … Continue reading

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Bad Habits

Mine have lead to Trixie’s. Against the advice of my Mom, Gramma, various co-workers over the years and every dentist in the world, I eat ice all the time. Some of this has spilled over to Trixie when I started … Continue reading

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Good Morning Sunshine!

I always imagined that real babies would wake up the way they do in cartoons. You know, a sunbeam breaks through the blinds, and the sleepy little baby slowly blinks awake, streeeeetches, yawwwns, and maybe even rolls over in an … Continue reading

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Gravity

The physical laws of the universe as previously understood by Trixie were pretty simple. By application of gesture or voice, she could fully expect toys, milk or parents to fly across the room, coming to rest in her outstretched hands. … Continue reading

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V is for Vomit

We’ve had a little throwing up problem lately. As documented in last Tuesday’s Pedialyte entry, Trixie threw up for the first time in many, many months. Now just a week later, she did it again. There’s no need to rehash … Continue reading

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Survival of the fittest

There’s no shortage of articles or advice about how to baby-proof your house. But if you follow the advice, you have to put all your stuff away and install a bewildering array of little, white plastic locks, latches, hooks and … Continue reading

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Baby for Sale (new reduced price!)

This week is going to be a slow one. There were some story ideas for the site, but that was before we went to sleep last night. Since that time my brain has shut down thanks to Trixie’s horrible sleep … Continue reading

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Deh Deh Deh Deh Deh

Trixie has been babbling deh/da/dah variations for the past 4-6 weeks. Now, before anyone gets excited, I don’t believe “deh-deh” means anything in her world. For one thing she doesn’t distinguish between me or the empty cardboard box on the … Continue reading

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