2011 - Talk Birth

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That is another skill this month–can climb out of bed by backing off edge semi-carefully.
She’s fabulous, truly!
The potty strike seems to be waning—has been sleeping dry all night and pottying in morning.
Also pottying successfully for all recent poops. She is on the move all of the time and is quite a bit harder
to take care of than she used to be! Has destroyed the Christmas tree twice this month—luckily, she wasn’t
hurt either time, but there was a shower of broken glass and the second time the tree itself was broken
beyond repair. So, my husband cut the top of it off and made a stand for it and now we have a pretty-sad
looking tiny, tabletop tree.
I’m on break from teaching and looking forward to three weeks of time off and holiday fun! I’m
scheduled for three classes next session (luckily, all the same class, which should make prep time significantly
easier). So far, one is very low on registrations though so I may not end up teaching that one and that’s more
than okay. I’m nervous about driving in January-February weather and I also really only feel comfortable
trying to leave her home for one night per week (that’s right, the time with my mom coming with me is
drawing to a close—I don’t feel like I can have a walking [presumably] baby hanging out in the building and
my mom, while still gamely trekking out with us, is pretty tired of having to come with me. It isn’t really
about proximity for nursing, it is about not being separated from my baby for long, and I’ve very grateful
that she’s been willing to keep coming with me for so many months so that we could be together.)
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