Comments for bilingual baby's mami

Comment on Two visits by Leila

Leila — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:20:56 +0000

Thanks Meredith. yeah. I wish I didn't have those feeling. I think I should work on "the stages of cavity grief", much like the stages of grief. hehe. I think since posting this I've arrived at acceptance.

Comment on I have a cavity! by Leila

Leila — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:07:54 +0000

It’s Dr. Liscio. Do you know him? I hear wonderful things about him around town.

Comment on I have a cavity! by Jessica

Jessica — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:57:57 +0000

Whats the name of the dentist you are going to?

Comment on Two visits by Meredith

Meredith — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:48:15 +0000

I wouldn’t blame yourself for her cavity — some people are much more prone to it than others. I ate candy like crazy and was terrible about brushing my teeth as a child and yet I never got a cavity. Adam, on the other hand, got lots of cavities as a child. Does it mean his mom was a bad mom? No, it just means that I was blessed with rock hard teeth and he wasn’t (then again, I needed braces and Adam didn’t, so I’d say we’re even). Not all dental issues are completely preventable.

Kids are going to get cavities, scrape their knees, maybe even break a bone or two. That’s childhood. If you blame yourself for every negative thing that happens like that, you will drive yourself crazy.

Hope you’re feeling better!

Comment on The “Is it Friday, yet?” Wrap-up by Leila

Leila — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:34:22 +0000

thanks Juliet! wow. that was helpful. I love it. I hadn’t thought about all of what you said. gonna have to try it. love ya!

Comment on When did I lose weight? and other stories by Juliet

Juliet — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:58:55 +0000

We had a carrier that folded into a fanny pack. If you’re game for wearing a fanny pack, this could be your solution!

Comment on The “Is it Friday, yet?” Wrap-up by Juliet

Juliet — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:52:31 +0000

Hey lady! I like this little slice of your life. I wanted to comment that the process of teaching BB the sign for “salt” might be more complicated than just telling him that one of the kinds of rice cakes has it and the other doesn’t. He’s likely to think that the sign is for rice cake. I recommend doing the sign while showing the salt shaker and verbally labeling it as salt (which he knows, I’m sure), letting him taste some (do the sign/say the name again), then have him try both of the kinds of rice cakes and ask which ones taste a little like salt (and repeat the sign). Ultimately you want him to correctly name the taste and the substance, both in sign and in English, so you’ll want to use them simultaneously (we call this SimCom or Contact Signing, when you do both sign and voice at once).

Or maybe this is all too direct for a hearing child who is passively learning language all the time. I don’t know! That’s beyond my realm of expertise

Comment on Recon Flannel/ Franela Reconstruida by Jana

Jana — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 01:48:26 +0000

Hi Leila, great shirt, once again I am amazed! I had no idea you have this page, great job!
We must talk sooooon!
Love Jana

Comment on Diaper repair to benefit families by Robin

Robin — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:18:28 +0000

Sounds great! Planning on using Fuzzi Bunz for my 4 month old. . . Sounds like you have a great plan! Good luck

Comment on Sugar by SarahA

SarahA — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:11:40 +0000

Since giving up yeast, sugar and molds, I have been amazed about what has sugar in it. I have only found 3 cereals that don’t have sugar. One is a very expensive and not very good Kashi and the other 2 are Jewel brand. I have been cooking things myself more often in order to avoid it. I will have to try using applesauce.