http://baby.louderplease.com A family's journey from conception to birth from the eyes of the baby-host. Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:37:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en it goes something like this: "say 'mama'." "dadada" "not quite. say 'mama'." "dadadadada!" "mmamma. that's me. 'mama'." "dadadadadada!" "mamamamamama" "h-dadadada!" "'mmmmmmmammmmma'. like this: 'mmmmmmmmmmama'." "DADADA!" repeat until i give up or she gets bored http://baby.louderplease.com/2008/08/27/charlottes-favorite-game/ i forgot to mention that i put a bunch of the pictures from our sitting with portrait innovations on flickr. http://baby.louderplease.com/2008/06/16/oh-and-pictures/ so...it's been a bit since i've updated. it turns out that chasing after a crawling baby is kind of time-consuming. the turn in the weather has allowed us the freedom to take more walks and such, so we're spending a bit more time outside of the house. ... http://baby.louderplease.com/2008/06/16/7-months-catch-up/ no checkup this month, but that doesn't mean things aren't happening. after staring at our food while we ate for the last couple of weeks, we finally started her on solids. so far it's going pretty rocky. she gets about 3 mouthfuls in before she gets bored/angry/etc. ... http://baby.louderplease.com/2008/04/12/5-months-rice-cereal-and-new-clothes/ on sunday, grandpa was holding charlotte while eating a piece of gooey butter cake. without any warning, she stuck her hands straight in the pile of sugary goodness. in the ensuing hilarity and chaos, she managed to stick one cake-coated hand into her mouth. as i pulled it ... http://baby.louderplease.com/2008/04/01/how-to-tell-shes-a-st-louisan/ so...she can turn over onto her stomach now. which is...sort of really not cool. she can turn from back to stomach, you see, but not the other way around. not really anyway. which means that at night, she gets upset, arches her back, lands on her belly (often ... http://baby.louderplease.com/2008/03/27/milestone-drama-rolling-over/ before i start, let me say that she's perfectly healthy and nothing's wrong. i know that sort of spoils the ending of the story, but i've found that starting the story with "they thought/think something might be wrong with charlotte's hip" means the audience is going to stop listening ... http://baby.louderplease.com/2008/03/25/4-month-checkup-the-hip/ oh gosh, i haven't updated this in over a month. ...i'm not exactly sure why that is. i mean, we've been busy and all. we took a trip to dc to visit some friends. there was a bit of chaos at work (when isn't there?), and then i sort ... http://baby.louderplease.com/2008/03/20/baby-update-4-months/ charlotte turned 3 months old the other day. it seems absurd that she's already so old, and that she's only been around for 3 months. she's a very different baby today than she was a few weeks ago. she's actually found some sort of pattern to sleeping and eating, ... http://baby.louderplease.com/2008/02/12/happy-3-months-old/ i think the question of which is easier, breastfeeding or formula is pretty much a wash. i'm sure if you handed a breast to someone who'd been formula feeding they'd marvel at how there's no cans to buy and no bottles to wash and it's always right there when ... http://baby.louderplease.com/2008/02/04/breastfeeding-3-months-in/