Category: naps

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Napping baby alert–disturb at your own risk

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

So, I’m sitting here, on this beautiful, sunny, warm California early-spring day, and I’m wondering something.  No, I’m not wondering about the musical chirping of the birds, or if we’ll have a nice summer this year, or even who’s going to win the stinkin’ Democratic nomination  (by this point, it could be my dog Fergie for all [...]

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Posted in babies, family life, naps, parenting on Mar 25th, 2008, 11:08 pm by houndrat     

Baby Breakthough!

Saturday, March 8, 2008

Why am I jumping up and down with glee?  Because together, my miraculous, wonderful, brilliant daughter and I finally mastered the most crucial of developmental milestones.  The grandaddy of them all.  The motherload.
For all you newbies out there—no, I’m not talking about walking, talking, or feeding herself.  Why on earth would I be excited about any [...]

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Posted in babies, family life, naps, parenting on Mar 8th, 2008, 5:50 pm by houndrat  2 comments   

My baby is part of a conspiracy

Thursday, December 27, 2007

My baby is part of a conspiracy.  Seriously.  The goal of the conspiracy?  For me to never, ever nap again.  Ever.
I know what you’re thinking.  Not napping is completely normal when you have a baby, right?  Some babies are just fussy, want to be held all the time, have extra needs.  But, see, that’s not [...]

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Posted in babies, naps on Dec 27th, 2007, 12:41 pm by houndrat  1 comment