By Mommy This post could just as easily been called A Perfect Day Part 2.  As before, I took the day off to spend some extra time with Rowan.  We spent the morning in the basement of Barnes & Noble, looking at magazine covers and having coffee.  Unfortunately, Rowan has been so well-trained that crib […]

What a busy week it’s been!  We gave a tearful goodbye to Rowan’s nanny and welcomed the new one, went to the Museum of Natural History with fellow geek parents, and ate at a new restaurant.  Rowan also had his first Thanksgiving ever, with his family and their good friend Susan.  Susan kept commenting at […]

By Mommy Life is full of challenges when you’re a baby.  This morning we put Rowan on the bed on his tummy, a position he absolutely hates, and put a ferris wheel-like toy just within his reach.  He would stretch out to grab it only to just barely touch it, thereby pushing it further away. […]

By Mommy It was a rough weekend, relatively speaking, but we finally have our sweet Rowan back.  All the shots last week had him feeling out of sorts (unsorted? assorted?); even Grandma Irina couldn’t get him to laugh.  On Sunday afternoon at 4:30 he fell asleep for what we thought would be a nap, but […]

By Mommy   The forbidden fruit.  May it stay forbidden forever.

By Mommy It’s that time again.  Rowan had to go for his latest round of vaccinations.  One in each leg, a howl with each, and three seconds later completely distracted by the painting of horses in the exam room.  Thank goodness for short attention spans, at least for now. The rest of the well baby […]

By Mommy I really wanted to call this entry “And the poop thickens” but figured that’s just a little TMI.  So instead I’ll talk about the input, which has progressed from bananas to avocado, which Rowan seemed to rather like.  I was kind of surprised since avocado smells so different from the familiar banana and rice, […]