Want to see some seriously cute pictures of Sadie and her friend Jasper? Go to Stephanie’s blog and read her post. We had the best day at the Memphis Zoo! Only wish it were longer or that Stephanie, Sean and Jasper lived closer…
Month Nineteen. « casa de kaloi.
It seems crazy that I’ve got a three-day weekend, after having only worked two days this week. If you’re looking for something to pass the time on this long weekend–or something to warm your brain back up Tuesday morning, here are some links for you.
To read:
I’m not quite sure what to make of this Brazen Careerist post yet, but I really think it’s interesting. (Okay, skip all the talk about football–though the comments that get totally hung up on this issue are kind of interesting.) Maybe one day I’ll get around to examining what my own delusions are. Or maybe I’ll start writing about fights Trevor and I have–and get over (that’s actually one of the few things I feel uncomfortable blogging about).
I like this list on API Speaks. It hadn’t occurred to me until recently that I’m going to have to learn to be REALLY careful about how I talk about myself, and SOON. Sadie’s receptive vocabulary is secretly growing, and with as many people telling her she looks so much like me, I don’t want her to hear me being so down on myself and how I look, out of fear that she’ll internalize those feelings toward herself.
This is so true (another API Speaks post), and Sadie is only 10 months old! I’m glad I’m starting from the beginning (from scratch, you might say) in preparation for being a conscious, positive parent for Sadie. Because it’s going to be hard.
This is such a fun Offbeat Mama post! I smiled the whole time I read it. And it makes me wonder what it will be like when Sadie gets her first bike trailer ride this spring!
Ugh! The trailer for that movie during the Super Bowl totally irritated me. With pop culture references like these, no wonder everyone thought I was nuts for planning a home birth.
Now THIS is something Trevor and I could work on. Although not terribly recently, we’ve been known to make “quick little” trips out for unnecessary things like ice cream. For whatever reason, I’d not given much thought about the environmental impact of these impulsive trips. Especially when looking at the full range of effects. I’m not saying we’re never going out for ice cream again, but I would like us to be less impulsive with our driving.
To watch:
Wow. This video gave me the heebey-jeebies. But, like PhD in Parenting, I’m also not a fan of how they presented the “toxins in breastmilk” bit. Read the post’s commentary below the video.
Oh my goodness! This is just another reason I wish I were some sort of biologist or animal worker or something. Major h/t to Eve for sharing this. I wonder, if they’d had the chance, would non-human primates have domesticated the dog before we got around to it? It’s such obvious evidence to me the pure joy that a companion animal can bring. And that we’re animals, too, but that’s a whole different post (probably for someone else’s blog).
To enter:
On Offbeat Mama: a giveaway for a Real Nappies Intro Pack. Even if I don’t win, I might buy the Top-Up Pack in the crawler size for Sadie, because she’s outgrowing/outgrown the covers and prefolds we have for around the house.
The Simple Organic Launch Giveaway. Lots of cool stuff that I would LOVE to try out.
The Simple Bites Launch Giveaway. More cool stuff–for the kitchen.
I’m not a vaccination-activist, but we are having Sadie vaccinated, and I thought this post was interesting.
Having worked with children with serious mental illnesses, this is kind of alarming. I mean, I guess it should make me less worried if Sadie hears voices when she’s older. But as the daughter of a person with paranoid schizophrenia, this kind of freaks me out.
I am super interested in coconut oil after reading this. Has anybody cooked with it?
I think it’s never too early to encourage Sadie to live simply. I feel like we are always on the lookout for ways to de-clutter our home, and that does not exclude Sadie’s toys and clothes.
This is in a similar vein, by a local-to-me blogger (and acquaintance).
Another reason I’m glad we are feeding Sadie almost no processed foods.
Now, this is some good news!
Honestly, I have yet not clicked over to watch the video. I’m not sure I can. But the blog post is still interesting. When Trevor and I were watching The Business of Being Born, I had a bit of a tense reaction to seeing the c-section clip. Because I’d had a much less violent image in my head of what happened to me on the other side of the curtain–I’m sure to protect me from that part of it, since the rest was so bad.
I need to read and study this book. I first typed that I wanted it, but then I thought, that’s kind of contradictory of a couple of the links above, and can’t I probably find this at the library?
Agreed! If anybody knows of or wants to start a school (in time for Sadie to attend, of course) in Little Rock that operates on these principles, please let me know. I am theoretically supportive of public education, but it kills me to see my first-grade niece stuck doing homework in the evenings when she should be playing. And I don’t want that for Sadie.
