May 2012
3 posts
20 Months Old
Maybelle is talking. Like, you can talk to her. And she’ll talk back. Such as:
Hafafrap (this is the television, specifically Sesame Street or Yo Gabba Gabba. I have no idea where she got this word, I think she just made it up)
Food words: shabby (strawberry), bubbles (blueberries), toash (toast), chips, cake, cookie, coffee, milk, juice, cheese, yo-yo (yogurt), peezy (pizza)
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April 2012
7 posts
Maybelle's Words
back (put it back)
color (crayons and paper)
pow (those squeezy food pouch thingies)
pillow, blanky
bunny, flower
choo-choo (train, duh)
papa, daddy
go
manga (nursing), side (nursing on the other side)
body words: head, eye, nose, mouth, belly, toe, mole, glasses
Elmo, Grover, Abby
19 Months Old
We all got sick as a family the other night, and we lived through that. So we are all still introducing solids back into our diets after living on pedialyte and Gatorade.
March 2012
6 posts
Hip Checkup Good!
Went to the three month checkup with the surgeon today and got two x-rays, one with the toes in and one with the knees out. Both looked good! The right hip is still delayed developmentally behind the left hip, but it’s showing signs of growth and headed in the right direction. So, yeay! We don’t have to go back for another six months. Next update in October!
18 Months Old
Maybelle likes to put on other people’s shoes and walk around. So she’s a year and a half now and officially a toddler. What does she do now?, you may ask yourself. The library, park, museum, playdates, or some free storytime somewhere are the preferred activities. Sometimes we just walk to the grocery store and point out squirrels and dogs. Next month she starts Aquababies. She...
February 2012
4 posts
WatchMaybelle eating with chopsticks.
17 Months Old
Here is Maybelle playing at the park in Kentucky. We had a great time there. Sadly we have each been sick in various ways ever since. The park is so much more fun when a) you can walk and b) it’s warm out.
Maybelle’s Words (in alphabetical order)
apple
baby
bah (ball)
bap (bath)
happy
hi
hop*
hot*
mama
no*
pop, papa
ta (Todd)
two
*denotes word said in such repetition...
January 2012
2 posts
WatchTodd crafted this little gem. Sharing it for those not on the face book.
16 Months Old
Maybelle is standing and walking, holding on for support. Couldn’t find a babysitter, so we took her to a swanky new year’s eve party where we ate raspberries and whipped cream and stayed up past her bedtime. We were still home before midnight. That explains the evening apparel.
Even though the cast has been off for a week now, she still acts like it’s on, keeping her leg...
December 2011
8 posts
Goodbye, Spica Cast
Got X-rays, they looked good, and so we all held her while this guy started cutting along the sides of the cast with a super loud saw. We were a little nervous. Then he got pliers and pried it apart.
Maybelle going for her foot. Cast free!
Spica Cast Week 9
She can stand in her cast. And walk and cruise if assisted. So I gotta baby-proof the house again. Maybe after the holidays. Get this: ONLY TEN MORE DAYS UNTIL THE CAST COMES OFF! It’s a Christmas miracle. See you in 2012!
Spica Cast Week 8
The cast is scheduled to come off on Friday, December 30, at 9:45 am, in the outpatient clinic. No hospital, no anesthesia. Super yeay.
Sleeping has been complicated by a stuffy nose and the continued teething pain. Nonetheless, Maybelle has been saying the two-syllable word “Happy.” Pretty sure it’s totally out of context, but still nice to hear.
15 Months Old
New teeth coming in. Swollen toward the back on the bottom gums, is that molars? Whatever it is, it’s making her grouchy. She is rolling over, trying to push up to hands and knees, trying to pull up on the couch. All the stuff she did last year, before all this dislocated hip business.
I took leftover saffron rice from an Indian food take-out disaster and baked rice pudding. The result...
Spica Cast Week 7
What’s different with the new cast?
Diapering is harder. The old cast had a nicely sized opening. This one is all free on one side, so the diaper can slip out. And the back part is pretty tight, so I can’t fit my hand in there to adjust it. We’ve experimented with different sizes and stuff, but the best way seems to be size 2 on the inside with one side fastened and the other...
November 2011
13 posts
Spica Cast Week 6
Good-bye, old green cast.
Hello, new baby blue cast. She had to go under anesthesia and have an IV. Everything went well, the surgeon said it was one of the cleanest casts he’d ever seen. We got to go home before noon and Maybelle has a free leg! Scaly, peeling skin, yet free.
Spica Cast Week 5
Look - Maybelle’s practicing her post-Thanksgiving slump! Tomorrow we go to Michigan for a flurry of family activity. Today was her pre-op exam with the pediatrician. She has a slight fever, runny nose, and hemorrhoid. Giving her some hydrocortisone and acetaminophen and she’s good to go under anesthesia on Monday. Say goodbye to the big green cast - one more week until the new cast.
Sadhana Day 5
Been practicing meditation this week. Each day after I put Maybelle down for a nap, I’ve practiced the Gayatri Manta. Here’s Gayatri Devi.
She loved the sun so much she became a mantra dedicated to invoking the spirit of divine light. You can learn more here and here.
Here’s what I do: I light a candle and sit at my altar (which is a pack and play folded up with a baby...
Spica Cast Week 4
We had guests, we had good times. Two more weeks till the cast change.
Shiva Mantra
As part of my yoga teacher training I am going to do a 40-day sadhana, starting a new daily personal spiritual practice. In preparation for this, I’m looking for some good sanskrit mantras and chants. Here’s one now!
OM NA MA SHI VA YA
Translation: Apparently it has no direct translation. But the cool thing about it is that the sounds relate directly to the elements that govern the...
Spica Cast Week 3
Maybelle can hang out in her spica chair and watch Sesame Street. Yes, we started screens, don’t judge me. For mealtimes, she sits at the table in the on-the-go booster seat and she fits just dandy. Only there’s no tray so food flies everywhere. We also got a new stroller that she fits in and let me tell you, it’s just dreamy. Extra special thanks to Meemaw for making it all...
14 Months Old
Perhaps due to her obvious limited mobility, Maybelle seems to have shifted her attention to making faces and playing with shapes. She also likes blocks, puzzles, and containers with lids or caps. She has developed a taste for the dreamy whip that is cream cheese, and would eat it at every meal if allowed.
October 2011
21 posts
Spica Cast Week 2
The cast has started to smell. We’ve investigated the opening around her behind a couple times now and removed some of the pee-soaked cottony stuffing and tape. We blow dry it and dab it with tea tree oil and apply layers of new medical tape, scented pantiliners, and Hello Kitty duct tape. So here’s the current diaper routine: We put a size 2 disposable diaper (with the sticky tabs...
