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January
2002 · Well, we
decided we’d keep a little journal going, to keep track of all the little things
that happen in the family. They may,
or course, be of little consequence to the rest of the world, but it’s always
possible that someone might derive some amusement from it. · Jessica
is getting another tooth. So far she
just has one on the bottom that’s visible, but Katherine said she can feel
another one right next to it. · Matt Bracken’s back in Ireland after a year long stay in Sydney,
Australia. We just heard that he’s got
a job in Hibernian.
Congratulations Matt! · We’re
expecting Jessica to start crawling any day now. She’s able to lunge towards objects of
interest, but hasn’t quite figured out how to use her legs for
locomotion. She does enjoy standing up
though, provided someone is there to hold her. · You’re
probably starting to notice that all the news is about Jessica. That’s the way things are in the Bracken
household at this time. Jessica’s doc
says we should start handing her little chunks of food to see if she can
learn to eat with her hands. The
problem is that, while she used to put everything straight into her mouth,
now she prefers to simply look at whatever she’s holding. She can sit there for up to twenty minutes,
examining the object of interest, turning it over and back with her little
fingers, but without putting it near her mouth. We’ve tried handing her pieces of potato,
or banana, but she shows no interest whatever in eating them. Instead she likes to mush the pieces in her
hand, and then study the resulting mess.
· 1/23: The lesson for today is: Never get too
casual with a diaper-less baby. · 1/24: Tried Tropical Fruit
Blend today. Can’t say that it’s Jessica’s favorite food
in the whole world. Maybe it’s the
bananas. So far she hasn’t shown much
interest in bananas. · Jessica
is now quite an intrepid explorer. She
cannot crawl forward, so instead she needs to be looking perpendicular to the
intended direction of motion. Then she
heads off through a series of rapid rolls.
When she’s bored, she rolls over to the coffee table, and browses
through the magazines there. · Today
Jessica had her first bagel, at the Babies & Bagels class. It wasn’t an entire bagel – just a piece of
one. She enjoyed munching on it for
about 45 minutes, after which it didn’t look quite as appetizing if you ask
me. · Congratulations
to Nuala! She’s having a baby! · Some of
those baby food jars are ridiculously difficult to open. You’d almost need to be a strongman at a
circus to open the 2.5 ounce jar of peaches.
Whatever chance Jessica has of opening a bottle of household cleaner,
at least she’ll never get near the peaches! · 1/28:
Jess was very restless last
night. She woke up every two hours
demanding food. She doesn’t actually
cry when she wakes, it’s more like shouts.
There are periods of silence, punctuated by little outbursts that
sound like baby-speak for “Hey!
You!” |
Last updated:
06/04/02, 20:43 Pacific time.