The Mom I Want To Be

  Last Friday I finally pulled the trigger on Baby's hair. I was determined not to cut a single strand until after his first birthday because that was the typical "minimum" date to cut a baby's hair (unless they happened to be blessed with thick, unruly locks even earlier). Also, I loved Baby's long hair and his curls, and didn't want to risk losing them. That didn't mean I was completely against haircuts. I just wanted to wait until I felt it was the right time. Then the pandemic hit. So, I had an excuse for a couple of months to not take Baby in to a salon. They are still one of the riskier places to visit during covid times given the proximity of the stylist and the frequent contact with the patron and with other patrons from all over. No way was I going to risk my son's health that way when I already doing as much as possible to protect him at home. Like, he literally hasn't been held by anyone but close family. After months of staying home we ...

With Baby's 14 month birthday just passed at the beginning of the month, I thought it might be a good time to document some of the amazing, adorable, occasionally challenging, but mostly wonderful skills that my son has started to develop, or even master, up to this point. Most of them are focused around how he wants to do EVERYTHING himself. He can't, but he tries so hard, and I love seeing the enormous personality growing within him as he grows. While not talking yet, Baby will let you know exactly what he wants with an "Ungh!" sound as he points and reaches. Get it wrong, and he'll continue to groan. Get it right, and he's all smiles that his parents have at least enough intelligence to understand some of his communication. It's actually kind of fun to point to different objects, videos, etc. as we play a guessing game to try to figure out just what's on his mind. Sometimes it's difficult--he acted like he wanted a mini pancakes, so I gave him a...