“‘What are you doing up there, Charlotte?’ ‘Oh, making something.’ she said. ‘Making something, as usual.'” Charlotte’s Web has been running through my mind lately, not only because the audiobook is still the daily soundtrack around here, but also because I’ve been feeling a little like Charlotte recently. After Sam …

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Tonight when I was putting Sam to bed, she said, pulling the covers up to her chin petulantly, “I want a new Mommy. One that lets me do the things I want to do.” “OK,” I said. And I thought, for the hundredth time today, “Thank goodness AC comes home tomorrow!” AC has been in the UK for the past two weeks. I’ve missed …

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I cried this morning during read-a-loud time. It was the penultimate chapter of Charlotte’s Web. Sam handed me a tissue and said, “It’s OK, Mommy. It’s just pretend.” While I was crying and trying to read the words using the voices for each character that I had settled on (Charlotte– cultured, standard American; …

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“So can I talk to her now?” “Sam! Mommy’s on the phone. Are you ready to talk to her?” … “She says she doesn’t want to. She’s too busy playing.” “She said that?” “Yup.” “Will you please tell her that I would like to talk to her?” Silence again. This time I hear some of that high chipper voice in the background. “Same …

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Our last couple of weekends have been quite enjoyable. The Friday after AC’s birthday, we hired the babysitter for Sam and went out for dinner just the two of us at our new favorite date night locale: Six Degrees on Solano.

The next day, AC and Sam went for a bike ride up to Arlington Park.

And I mean “up” as …

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Monday morning, in the car, driving away from the local shopping center. Sam: Alb Alb Alb Me: Albertsons? (one of the stores we went to) Sam: Ya! Me: Yes, we did the grocery shopping at Albertsons. Sam: Alb… aw dun [signing “all done”] Me: Yes, we’re all done with Albertsons. Sam: Djo djo djo djo djo Me: ??? Sam: Djo …

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The latest newsletter, written by yours truly, is now up at: http://www.choicywhiteboy.com/2007/02/monthly-newsletter-month-16

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What’s so different about living in the San Francisco Bay area? Example: I took Sam to the pediatrician this morning because I was worried about her weight gain. She also needed a flu booster shot. At 18 lbs 10.6 oz, she’s still tiny, but maintaining her growth curve, so the ped said not to worry. We did discuss high …

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One week since we started the Ferber sleep training. I think I will stop posting about this for a while, because the method seems to have worked. Sam can now get herself to sleep without us. She still wakes sometimes in the night and calls to us (last night it was at 5:30AM, but after we visited her briefly, she fell …

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Wow, so this marks one week of Ferberization! Today was awesome. Sam did wake up last night around 2AM screaming bloody murder. We were supposed to wait 20 minutes before going to her, but after a minute, I said to AC, “This is going to be a long 20 minutes. It doesn’t sound like she is calming herself down.” So we …

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