Boos and Blankets: September 2008

Friday, September 26, 2008

Ch-ch-ch-changes

Big things are a-happening around our house. The twins are getting over their first case of the sickies (Tanner had a pretty bad runny nose and stuffy nose; Jane just had a little bit of a runny nose; we held a barf-o-rama here this past weekend). Tanner can move all over, and today he picked up a puff and put it into his mouth by himself for the first time (usually they just get stuck to his palm and end up on the floor). Jane has a second tooth coming in, and she babbles all the time. They're going to be headed for college before we know it! We just hope they're not still wearing diapers then...

Monday, September 8, 2008

Eight Months Young

Dang, how the time flies. The kids are both sitting up, and pretty much everything goes into their mouths these days. Jane's got a tooth coming in, and they're back to being pretty good sleepers. Now we've got to invest in some new car seats to hold the little fatty boombalatties.

Collected Words of the Day

Boo (n.): A baby. Usage: "The twins are the cutest boos ever!"
Freshie (n.): A clean diaper or a baby. Usage: "Hi, freshies. Who needs a freshie?"
Beastie (n.): A baby (usually female) who is threatening to wake up and stay up all night long. Usage: "Oh, great. The beastie is starting to stir."
Wide (adj.): When a baby is completely awake and shows no signs of falling asleep. Usage: "Is he still awake?" "Wide."
Slits (adj.): When a baby is almost completely asleep but is keeping at least one eye open a crack, as if not wanting to give in to sleep, not wanting to miss a thing. Usage: "Is she still awake?" "Slits."
Fluffernutter (n.): A baby with clean, fluffy hair. Usage: "Who's a little fluffernutter fresh out of the bath?" Variant: Fluffer. Fluff.
Preshie (n.): A precious baby. Usage: "Who's my little preshie?"
The Shake-Off (n.): When a baby refuses a pacifier by keeping her mouth open and just shaking her head around it, as if taunting us that she is about to take it and settle down but then doesn't (we think it's Jane's version of back talk). Usage: "She's giving me The Shake-Off, but dammit, I'll get her to take this paci if it's the last thing I do."
Breast head (n.): Similar to bed head, the state of a baby's hair on the side of his head after breastfeeding (usually messy and sticking up). Usage: "Check out Tanner's breast head!"
Licky (n.): A baby who constantly licks his lips, usually after something (a medicine syringe, a paci, a bottle) has been in his mouth or after emerging from the bath. Usage: "Are you being a licky after having some Maalox?"
Lollipop (v.): To let a pacifier dangle out of the mouth before sucking it back in. Sometimes the pacifier falls completely out of the mouth, in which case the baby pretends she meant to do that and then cries a half second later for the pacifier. Usage: "Please, Jane, please -- lollipop for us!" Variant: Lolli.
Fists (adj.): When a baby clenches his or her fists (as perhaps a sign of tension), usually when feeding or bathing. Usage: "Tanner was all fists during the morning feeding today. Actually, he's all fists during every feeding, at least at the beginning."
ABM/ABD (n.): Stands for "anything but Mom" and "anything but Dad." When a baby chooses to look at anything but a parent, refusing to make any eye contact and acting as if his/her head is on a swivel. Usually during a burping. Usage: "Jane, what are you looking at?" "ABM."
Little Hoo (n.): Stands for "Little Houdini." The nickname for a baby when he or she manages to get out of the tightest swaddle ever (including the Miracle Blanket) and then usually sports a self-satisfied grin with pride. Usage: "Well, good morning, Little Hoo. Did you get out of your swaddle again?"
Rump roast (n.): A baby who curls up in his crib with his rump all rounded and soft from a huge overnight diaper, a fleece sleeper, and a sleep sack. Usage: "Tanner is being a total rump roast in his crib right now." Variant: Rumper. Roaster.
Tiny (n.): A baby, often premature, who is incredibly small at birth. Usage: "Remember when you guys were tinies and we could carry you both at the same time?"
Cleave (n.): A baby who is showing what could be his cleavage if he were an older female or just fatter as he army-crawls around the room and his shirt's neckline gets pulled down lower and lower. Usage: "Hi, Cleave. Are you enjoying the breeze on your chest?"

Boos and Blankets

Friday, September 26, 2008

Ch-ch-ch-changes

Monday, September 8, 2008

Eight Months Young

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