June 2010
6 posts
Bath advice
I think this is the first bit of parenting advice I have given here. I’m sure more will follow. From my observations of other parents, it appears that raising a child or two makes one certain that one knows everything about raising all children.
I bathe S & V in a plastic baby tub that I put inside our normal bathtub. It has a sloped side that they can lay down on, and a protrusion...
Study: Lesbian Parents Raise Better Kids →
What’s nice about this study is that no one is trying to claim that lesbians are actually somehow inherently better parents, even though that’s the literal result of the study. The obvious explanation is that the children of lesbians were all wanted children, not the result of accidental pregnancies at inopportune moments, which some of the children of straight parents almost...
Cancelled
Soon after the babies arrived, an unwelcome addition to our household followed: Parenting: Early Years magazine. It was most likely sent from Babies R Us after we spent a small fortune there the day we got the babies. It was a surprise when it showed up in our mailbox, and I was pleased because I’m a new parent and I like magazines. Except for this one.
It’s probably a decent...
Bio-family visitors, too!
Before my brother’s visit, we had a visit with the babies’ 1-year old sister, her fost/adopt parents, their two boys. We had been a little apprehensive about meeting the girls’ other bio-family members, but decided to do it after a little cajoling by one of the girls’ social workers.
It went just about as well as we could have hoped. Everyone was very grateful that we had...
Visitors from Wisconsin
Last week my brother and his family (his wife, my 6-year old niece and my 8-year old nephew) visited us from Wisconsin. It was really a fun visit. Mike and I usually visit them (and my parents, who live nearby) in Wisconsin once a year at the holidays. They come out to visit us in LA every other year or so, which works out well.
This time, due to our living space being quite a bit more...
4-month checkup
Yesterday I took the girls to the doctor for their 4-month checkup and accompanying immunizations. We were wary about the aftereffects of the shots after our experience with the previous round, so we gave them a little baby Tylenol ahead of time and then after we got home and again before bed. V seemed mostly unaffected, but S was still pretty fussy and wanted to be held all night. But all in...
