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Building a Support Network
When I was preparing myself for conception before Henry, I was worried about my lack of a solid support network in Houston, since our families are more than a 1,000 miles away in opposite directions, and most of our friends did not have children. I speculated that I would be able to build a network over time, once I joined the neighborhood list-serv for families and started prenatal yoga.And boy did I ever fall into a network! My prenatal yoga class was the most amazing thing. Once a week, we did yoga for an hour and then the instructor served us a vegetarian meal as we sat in a… Read More -
Toilet Training in Earnest?
Have you been reading Kylie’s posts about starting toilet learning with Otis who is about a month younger than Henry?Around these parts, we definitely starting putting Henry on a baby toilet at a young age (sporadically), but we were never really good about reading his cues and therefore never became Elimination Communication gurus. Now at fifteen months, he mainly wears training pants when we’re home, but they still primarily work like diapers. We try to take him to the toilet at regular intervals, but he only uses the toilet about half the time. We’ve still been putting him in his cloth diapers for naps, traveling, and daycare.I think… Read More -
Random Question
I’m busy scheming over here, and I’m wondering if any of you has a personal connection to any of the following bands. If you do, I would be forever indebted to you if you would e-mail me! Alternatively, if you have a personal connection with any Austin bands that are really, really good, that could work, too. I promise to divulge more once this idea is a little more fleshed out.Thank you in advance for your help!- The Black Keys
- Florence + The Machine
- AVICII
- Weezer
- M83
- Tegan and Sara
- Thievery Corporation
- The Afghan Whigs
- Esperanza Spalding
- Alabama Shakes
- Delta Spirit
- M. Ward
- The War On Drugs
- Umphrey’s