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I’m Mad

On November 7, 2012 · 3 Comments · In child development, nablopomo, nora, toddlers

Nora is at a stage where she is obsessed with certain books. Like, we will go a week at a time reading the exact same three books at bedtime. Then she’ll latch onto another one, so we’ll continue reading two of the original books, but the third is a “new” one, and we’ll read THAT […]

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Dark and dreary. And too early.

On November 5, 2012 · 2 Comments · In child development, nablopomo, nora, toddlers

Ughhh… Monday. And day number eleventy billion 9? 10? 14? (I’ve lost count) without any sight of the sun. It is getting depressing all up in here, folks.

Add to that the fact that we just went through the time change? Miserable. I’m ready to hunt down and kill the person who invented Daylight Savings […]

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Documentation

On November 4, 2012 · 1 Comment · In child development, nablopomo, nora, toddlers

A few weeks before Nora’s second birthday, I started to become overwhelmed with how quickly she was growing and changing. Of course, she’s been on a fast track to adulthood since the moment she was born, but this was different—she was literally learning, doing, and saying new things ALL.THE.TIME. I started experiencing those knock-you-over-amazing […]

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Summer Lovin’

On July 20, 2012 · 6 Comments · In child development, nora

At dinnertime on Sunday, I realized that it had been one of those weekends when I hadn’t taken any real photos of our happy little girl. To make matters worse, I hadn’t taken any photos of her during the week, either–with the exception of iPhone pics, of course. Thankfully, there was still plenty of time […]

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Evaluation

On June 28, 2012 · 9 Comments · In child development, nora

Nora had her early intervention evaluation for her speech last Friday.

It went really well. We weren’t sure exactly what to expect in terms of cooperation on Nora’s part, but she was great. A little shy when they first arrived, but she warmed up quickly. We scheduled the appointment for early in the day–9 […]

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