Everyone describes small babies as “peanuts.” I don’t know why, but it’s easily the most-used word to describe Nora since the day she was born. We hear it from everyone: “What a peanut!” And we use it ourselves, too. I just think it’s kind of interesting when you step back and think about it. Where […]

Over the weekend, Nora became a rolling MACHINE.

First, I should say that after she learned to roll from back to belly, she kind of “forgot” how to roll from belly to back, even though that’s what she had done first. From the beginning of December until the middle of January, we had a baby […]

When we were at her house last weekend, my sister-in-law wanted to put Nora on the floor to “see what she [could] do.” Melissa is an occupational therapist, and is therefore very interested in motor skills and physical development.

To my surprise, when she put Nora on her stomach, she almost immediately flipped over from […]