Archive for June, 2006

Child Gate not Child-Proof - UPDATE

Thursday, June 22nd, 2006

We stored the gate away for about a month; after all we couldn’t return it and it wasn’t gating (see previous post about the child gate). Recently we switched my son to a twin bed and he has taken to getting up several times a night and wandering around the house, just because he […]

34 Weeks Pregnant, All is Well

Wednesday, June 21st, 2006

Its been an eventful pregnancy. Most of it imagined and emotional; the fear of early miscarriage. The larger fear of a second trimester miscarriage. I have stressed about killing the baby after spending an active day at Disneyland. I also entertained the irrational fear of the baby being a hermaphrodite and […]

The Pond, again

Tuesday, June 20th, 2006

Yes, at the same Father’s Day BBQ my son fell into the pond - no not fishing or trying to retrieve the ball. His big sister must be ‘first’; the first one in the house, the first one to be buckled, the first one to get dinner. Her reasoning is because she is […]

My Son, the Fisherman

Sunday, June 18th, 2006

When I told the story about the first time my son went fishing I expected it to go something like this:
My husband and son, 9 years old, left the house at 5 am with their packed lunches. They had a great time together out on the lake and came home with a tiny little […]

Baby Earthquakes

Monday, June 12th, 2006

I felt the shaking. My husband didn’t since he was walking at the time. At first I thought the cat jumped on the couch. But I couldn’t find the cat. Then I went to the local seismic websites to see when the latest earthquakes were.
So I spent 3 minutes finding the […]

Child Gate not Child-Proof

Monday, June 12th, 2006

Hands-Free Gate by The First Years - Product Review
We went to a friends house and noticed she had this nifty little gate for her daughter’s bedroom. Since I am pregnant the idea of stepping over a gate is less appealing. But I needed to find something that would keep my daughter in her […]