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The Sippy Cup Wars

On June 5, 2012 · 16 Comments · In child development, nora, toddlers

Oh, the battles you have to fight with toddlers. They are over the dumbest things.

Nora was the type of baby that would take any bottle. Any pacifier. As long as it was a means to nourishment and/or comfort, she was game. She had a laidback personality, it seemed.

But then she became a toddler. […]

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Mama’s Day

On May 14, 2012 · 3 Comments · In holidays, nora

I may still be waiting for that magical word–“Mama,” of course–to cross Nora’s lips, but there are a million and one other reasons to love being her mother.

I had a fantastic Mother’s Day. It started with waking up to another beautiful day, grabbing my smiling girl from her crib, and bounding barefoot down the […]

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Little Ham

On May 8, 2012 · 3 Comments · In nora

Nora is not much of a performer. She’s naturally shy. And stubborn, so she doesn’t often do things on command. But tonight, she was “on.” She started dancing a little jig to the jazz music on her activity table, and when we demanded “AGAIN!” she actually obliged.

And this was AFTER she insisted on putting […]

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Water, Baby

On April 30, 2012 · 7 Comments · In nora, spring season

Last spring, we signed Nora up for a waterbabies class as soon as she was old enough (minimum age is six months). This year, we debated about whether to do it again, and decided that it would be a good way to gear up Nora for the summer. She hadn’t been in a pool […]

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For the Love of “Up”

On April 12, 2012 · 14 Comments · In nora

When my dad was visiting a few weeks ago, he wanted to get something for Nora. He saw how much she enjoys the movies that we have–Tangled, Rio, Toy Story 3–because we did a LOT of movie watching with “Pa” while he was here. He asked if we had the movie “Up,” and when we […]

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