| Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 |
| 12:22 am |
Do your babies feed you?
Dagny is always feeding me. If she is not shoving food in my mouth she is shoving it in my shirt. I was wondering if other moms are force fed, too. |
| Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009 |
| 1:08 am |
Videos
I uploaded a couple videos to flickr. I have more but my flickr expired so I can only upload two videos a month. Boo. Saying and signing fish. She says it quietly at the very beginning then I am not sure what she is saying after that. being her cute self. i love her so much. My bathroom flooded again. This building blows. The water went everywhere and there was so much it went into the basement. Every moment of every day I wish I could afford a house. There are some super cute houses for rent in my neighborhood but they are three times the price of this craphole and more than I even make a month. A girl can dream. Dagny learned that saying please gets what she wants. She says it over and over if she wants something. Today Christian was trying to take pictures with his camera and Dagny kept saying "peaspeaspeaspeaspeaspeaspeas" all run together in his face. She went into the snack drawer and pulled out a luna bar and peaspeased me until I opened it for her. It's cute and sweet but I can tell she is going to be a very overwhelming toddler.
I really do not want dagny on youtube but let's see how it goes.
Some talking some signing. all cuteness
you'll lol. i promise. |
| Tuesday, December 1st, 2009 |
| 1:36 am |
Sweet
In which Dagny dances to Kinky's Mas while wielding a light saber from her Aunties. As an added bonus she is wearing an 80's style exercise shirt that says "sweet." |
| Monday, November 30th, 2009 |
| 3:27 am |
Ketchup
I have been really busy lately and not getting very much sleep. This whole noisy neighbor thing is ruining my life. I can't put Dagny to bed until after they are done being noisy and some nights she falls asleep and they wake her up so she is up until 5 am. I am going to DIE. I wish I could afford a house so we could have space, a yard, and no other people in the building to annoy and be annoyed by. I have billion of photos so here goes.  Hi, I am freaking cute. ( more ) |
| Friday, November 27th, 2009 |
| 3:01 am |
13 Months Language Progress
Dagny is 13 months old today. She woke up in the middle of the night ready to play so I decided to work on words and sign language with her. I was shocked at how many words she said and signed while we were working on it. Sometimes she will go hours without saying an actual word then suddenly she will go on a word spree. I think I will track her progress monthly so I can look back on it and have it written for her when she is older. milk- she just starting asking for milk for nursing yesterday because I stopped letting her nurse if she asked by pulling my shirt down and whining dad- she calls ethan dad (and I think she called srdjan dad a couple times tonight) grandma- she called sara grandma loud and clear several times happy- she says "happ" and signs happy banana- "mehmahma" she also signs it apple please- "peas" thank you- still close to "geh-q" excuse me- "scue-me" hat baby- she says and signs this babydoll- "babe-dah" or "baydah" baby time- when asking for baby signing time she says and signs "babe tah" or "baby tah" dagny- sometimes perfectly sometimes not. she points to pictures of herself and says her name book poop- "pwup" when she needs to or already has gone pee- sometimes says "pwup" but says "bee" if corrected owl- "Oww-Wuh" the only animal she identifies in Peek A Who more- she says and signs more if she wants more food done- she signs it and says "dah-nuh" or "duh" frog- tonight for the first time she clearly said "frog" while pointing to a picture of a frog dog fox- she said fox several times to my mom she gets fox and dog mixed up though giraffe- "raff" bunny rabbit- "buff raff" A picture on the wall and any bunnies made by frippy are "buff raffes" bear- "bay-yuh" block- "byah" or "byock" bye mana- this is what the kids i watch call me and dagny calls me mana when they are around mom- but usually when she says this she just wants to nurse fish- she said and signed fish a bunch of times tonight while working on sign language cat- she says "at" but signs it perfectly elephant- "fephutt" ball hot- if I tell her food is hot shw whispers "hot hot" or "ot ot" eyes- while poking me or a poor baby doll in the eyes belly button- "bell bupt" (not saying this as often as she was a couple weeks ago but still always showing her button off) cracker cookie- if she wasn't signing it i would never know bath- "baff" water- "wa-wuh" turtle- "tuh-toe" duck Words she understands but does not say: hug- she will hug you if you ask for one kiss- she will kiss anything on command tongue- she will show you her tongue if you ask penguin |
| Wednesday, November 25th, 2009 |
| 5:53 pm |
Attachment Parenting playgroup
I have not yet found a play group that worked for our little AP family so I started my own! AP playgroup will meet at the Buder Library Branch large meeting room the first Monday of every month beginning Monday, December 7th from 10 am until we begin cleanup just after 1 pm (come and go as you please). You are welcome to bring toys and fun activities for the kids. I might bring a bag of ball pit balls to the first meeting. Unfortunately, food is not allowed in the library so if you want snacks you have to step outside. This is not ideal but the library is possibly the only free space for us to occupy in the cold winter months. I love the idea of a playgroup at which none of us will have to worry about our kids seeing other kids get hit or yelled at and no one will get the side eye (or be gossiped about) for nursing a toddler! :) If you are in St. Louis, please pop in and have some fun. We are booked for three months. If it works out we can make it a regular thing. |
| Sunday, November 22nd, 2009 |
| 11:51 pm |
Our nursing story
I plan to apply to become a mommy breastfeeding mentor and step one is getting our story up so here goes. I had no support in real life since no I one I know successfully breastfed so my mommy mentor and other moms online were a huge help to me and I hope I can be of help to other moms. I was given a lot of terrible advice from people who have no idea about nursing and I want to be able to help another mom succeed and be able to tell the difference between good and bad advice. ( Nursing story for adopt a mom ) |
| Wednesday, November 18th, 2009 |
| 11:58 pm |
Kids are cute
Dagny loves putting her babydoll on the rocking giraffe and pushing them all over the room while yelling "baby! baby!". It is hilarious and so cute. She's a terrific mom to all her dollies. Today we were on the bus and went by a church and Christian said, "Look, Mana, T!" At first I did not understand but when I did I had to laugh and say "Yes, sir, a big T. Good job with your letters, sweetie." (PS-He knows all the letters now and was spelling words with me the other day without my help!) Speaking of sweetie... when Ava (2 years old) and Louisa (11 months old) were over here the other we heard day Louisa wake up from her nap and Ava went running to her announcing, "I'm coming, Sweetie!" <--Ava had never met Louisa before. We went to our first La Leche League meeting today. It was nice to be around other nursing moms. There is a great play space there and the kids had a great time. I got to meet Sacha's BFF and her adorable son there. After the meeting we went to Hartford.  ( more smootie love ) |
| Sunday, November 15th, 2009 |
| 8:52 pm |
Blank Canvas
If you live in or near St. Louis check out Blank Canvas. It is a fun little art studio up the street from my place. The projects are very affordable and there is so much to choose from. Semilla and Srdjan accompanied us there yesterday and we had a blast.  ( more more more... please ) |
| 8:18 pm |
It takes all kinds
Dagny and I were looking through the kids' books at Target when a mother and her 3 year old walk by. The mother kept yelling at her daughter about how she is not going to buy her anymore "godamned white baby dolls." She was really being hateful to this little girl and the whole scene was very disturbing. She would not lay off the poor kid. I can understand her frustration if she thought her daughter did not think the black babydolls were good enough but I don't think screaming at her and shaming her in public is going to convince this little girl that black baby dolls are just as good as white baby dolls. Later I saw the same mother and daughter in another part of the store and she was still snapping at her and bringing up the baby doll issue. I just wanted to get Dagny the heck away from her so she would not see her being hateful to her kid. |
| Friday, November 13th, 2009 |
| 2:13 am |
Babywearing my 18 month old and someone else's 3 month old
I have a Babyhawk that I have been wearing my daughter in since she was a week old. I plan to babysit an infant three days a week early next year. My daughter now weighs 23 pounds at 12 months. I can still comfortably wear her in the babyhawk. The couple I am sitting for would like suggests for a baby carrier that I can use along with the baby hawk so I can carry my toddler and their infant. I do not drive and we go on lots of long walks. I will also have to toddlers. I push one in a stroller and the older child walks. So, any carrier suggestions and advice? |
| Monday, November 2nd, 2009 |
| 1:25 am |
I owned two adult size glasses. Dangy broke one of them by pushing it off the window sill. I looked at her very sternly and she immediately lifted her shirt, put her finger in her belly button and said, "bell bupt." Then she hugged me.   |
| Saturday, October 31st, 2009 |
| 12:45 am |
Metro Prom
I just realized I never posted pics from the Metrolink Prom. For those of you outside St. Louis, the Metrolinkis our local public transport train and for Metrolink Prom some number less than 200? people dressed in formal wear and rode around on the train. Dagny and I went with friends and had a great time.  The only shot of my full dress in which I am not lying on the floor... ( woot woot. all aboard! ) |
| Thursday, October 29th, 2009 |
| 8:49 pm |
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| 8:24 pm |
I have a one year old. wow.
Dagny turned one on Tuesday. I still cannot believe it. She is learning new words every day and I am always impressed. Today she said fish, day, and who knows what else. The kid is awesome. She now sings "baby, baby, yah. baby baby, yah" while signing baby when I put on Baby Signing Time. Cute cute cute. She loooves showing you her belly button if you ask. We had a pajama party on Saturday. I have nearly 800 pictures so i will only post a small fraction of that!  ( my one year old ) |
| Tuesday, October 20th, 2009 |
| 9:07 pm |
For me
I just got off the phone with Semilla. We are stoked about Metrolink Prom. While on the phone with her I kept asking Dagny to say "baby doll" to Semilla but she refused. As soon as I hung up she said it five times in a row and laughed. I believe she does it on purpose. Word tally: Mom (momomomomomomomomomomom) Thank You (Geh-Q and several other variants) baby doll (bee bee dah) baby ape (AP! AP! or OP OP when looking at a picture of an ape) cup (up) MUAH (when she kisses me) Poop (boop) Pee (bee) cracker (cackuh- all cookies, crackers, and cereal) book (boop) She repeats what I say a lot but not enough times to know it is meaningful. When I was on the phone with Semilla she said, "puppet." |
| Sunday, October 11th, 2009 |
| 8:58 pm |
I suck
I am not quite the worst drummer in taiko but DAMN I am in the running. I have been sick all week with migraines and a cold and am not feeling well and I felt so swimmy today. My brain feels like a fish tank. Bubbles and waving sea plants. I am not used to having trouble learning anything. Things usually come to me quickly but taiko is more difficult than I anticipated. My suckiness is only making me want to push harder. I am determined. Class started last month with nearly forty students. Today we were down to eleven! At school we use both trash can taiko and real taiko because they are expensive and the group cannot afford one for everyone. I finished making my practice taiko tonight. I used the skirt I wore to my father's funeral as the top material for inspiration. He was an incredible drummer and I think he would approve.  And some extra inspiration for me. This is another video of the group I am learning from. |
| Saturday, October 10th, 2009 |
| 4:17 am |
Maybe I'm crazy but...
For the past two weeks Dagny has been saying something very close to a baby "thank you." I can no longer think it is random. We say thank you a lot around here because I watch two toddlers during the day and I make sure everyone is polite and sweet. So almost every time Dagny hands something to someone or takes something from someone she says her little baby version of thank you. She says it probably about 30-50 times a day and sometimes it sounds pretty clear. Here she says it in the beginning right after I hand her the ball and she repeats after me when I thank her for giving the ball back to me. I know it is not perfect but I think it is pretty great for 11 months. In this one she gives me a very insincere "dyou" when she finally takes the ball (she was really thinking "leave me alone, woman!" but says it a little better when she repeats after me when I take it back. She has a couple other words but this impresses me the most because it is so polite. I also love it when I sing and she "repeats" in gibberish but in the same vocal pattern. So cute so cute! ( a couple pics of daggers standing at the bathroom sink ) |
| Thursday, October 8th, 2009 |
| 2:58 pm |
Cruel Animal Hospital
I recently ran into some representative from Jewell Animal Hospital at a festival. I was asking them where the animals come from and how much adoption fees run. The woman gleefully told me that the adoption fee for a cat is $150 and it covers, spay/neuter, shots, and declawing. I was shocked. I asked if they declaw every cat that is adopted out and they said yes. Before I could even say anything she got pissy with me. "It's not cruel. It doesn't even hurt them so don't even try to suggest it." Uhhh. Holy defensive. Having a conversation with her was impossible. So I told them I could not possibly support a shelter that regularly practiced animal cruelty and walked away. When I got home I looked them up and apparently they have pissed off quite a few customers as well. Reviews include: BAD VET-Smith misdiagnosed my puppy with dry skin when he really had mange. I took him back to her several times and it was always dry skin until I took him someplace else where they immediately gave me medicine for mange which relieved his itching almost immediately. He was miserable for months due to her stupidity.I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS VET-This vet is cold and expensive. All she seemed interested in was charging me for things without really looking at my cat or even seeming to like cats. The staff was unfriendly and only interested in collecting money.WORST VET IN ST. LOUIS-This vet is not good for your pets. She is cold, expensive and incompetent with routine things such as neutering (she almost caused my puppy to die with an incompetent surgery There are plenty of other vets in ST. Louis - do not use this one. If I could give her less than one star I would. This vet butchered my puppy during a simple neutering. He was cut all down his abdomen, she used staples, released him without any antibiotics and he became very infected. I took him back to her and she told me nothing was wrong. I then had to take him to emergency vet and then to another vet who was able to save him. He almost died.Included in the adoption fee was the surgery to spay and neuter both of our dogs. If I would have known what kind of mess this vet caused with my female dog, I never would have brought her back to this animal hospital to have the surgery. Both of our dogs had complications after surgery...meaning infections where the incisions were. We took them to our local vet, and he could not believe the "chop job" this vet preformed.That's just a few of the many horrible reviews. So, animal lovers, is there anything that can be done? Here is their website where they claim they have been "treating pets like jewels since 1949." |
| 2:53 pm |
Mana Milkies
 The three year old boy I watch brought over me book about giraffes. He was so excited he could barely sit still. Me: What is it, Christian? C: Mana, look, giraffe drink Daggy's Mana milk! (My name is Mana to him btw) So I look and he shows me a picture of a momma giraffe nursing a baby giraffe. We also have a book about different animals nursing and every time he looks at it he says, "Kitty drink Mana milk, Whale drink Mana milk..." So all milks are Mana milks. |
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