Two geeky girls’ guide to the first year of motherhood.
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Those bike trailer thingy-doos are cool, right? My friend Erin has one and it can carry two kids. So fun! Erin has also used the extra space for Target merchandise.
Yes, my friend, you can ride your bike to Target with your baby in the trailer and shop your little head off. Isn’t life grand?
We have ridden our bikes to breakfast with both of our kids in her trailer. My son fell asleep with his big helmet head smushing her son’s face.
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WANTED! UNEMPLOYED BABIES
I saw the ad below for baby scientists in my neighborhood parent newsletter and it inspired me to think of more ways to find work for infants. A few ideas I have for getting your baby a job are:
If you live in my neighborhood, let your baby be a scientist:
The Infancy Laboratory at UC Berkeley, is seeking infants 7-12 months of age to take part in studies on cognitive and emotional development. The studies take about an hour of parents’ time (but only about 10 minutes of baby’s), and involve coming to the campus where you will have your own private parking space (for an hour). At Cal, you will see some of the world-famous studies on how infants develop (as seen on the Discovery Channel and PBS), and you can participate in helping psychologists learn about the infant’s mind!
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I am the first person to delete the blurry pictures and the closed-eyes pictures from my computer, and, unlike some parents I know, I make a strong effort to edit what I share with the world (despite what my MIL might think)… but what about the funny, goofy faces? Do those get chucked out too? Well, how sad.
Do yourself a favor and make a little collection of those faces only a baby can make and you’ll see the immense cuteness. I found this collection of Cricket’s silly faces over at Mama C-ta
Once you have a good series going, you can make a framed set of 3, an easy silly photo book, or a full-on kooky Tabblo.
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It makes me and Ryan feel like Real Parents when we take Julian on outings like Tilden Park’s Little Farm. Animals and their sounds is one of our favorite topics of conversation with Julian. Of course at this age, our babies barely get what’s going on, but showing them the live animals on a farm somehow feels very important.
Perhaps you live near animals and don’t think anything of it, but for us city folk, these experiences have to be sought out. In Berkeley, there is a little farm and nature center in Tilden Park. No admission fee. Just like on Old MacDonald’s farm, there are pigs, sheep, cows, goats, rabbits and chickens. That’s it. Hence the name Little Farm.
You’ll see older kids feeding celery to the goats and be able to fantasize about your baby becoming a Real Kid some day.
Pack up a lunch for yourself and the kid and go up there for a walk. This is a great one for when you have the grandparents visiting and need to get everyone out of the house.
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