Baby Growing Process!
How do you discipline a 1 yr old?
- Go to a movie at the theatre. Do it. Love it. Do it spontaneously. This is literally the one thing I hear consistently that people miss.
- Don’t waste your money on everything that baby list says you need. Get the bare minimum and ask for gift cards. Those are going to save your butt when the baby gets here. Not that 400.00 crib set you probably wont use for 9 months.
- Look up car seat safety. Seriously. Research that chizzz. That’s one thing you do have authority over. You know what you find out you don’t really have any control over? Your birth plan. Be flexible with that. Don’t be flexible or guess at seat safety and proper use.
- Get a carrier. Get a sling. Just do it. Baby was literally inside of your being (ideally) for 9 months… it misses you. This new place is going to be loud and bright, but your heartbeat. That’s something baby knows.
- Banish the visitors. Seriously. Tell them to back off for a month. You’ll thank me. If you have to have someone there.. .choose one really good person who will help you clean and cook and get laundry done. Whether you end up having your baby vaginally or through a c-section you’re going to need recovery time and time to sleep. Seriously giving birth is tiring.
- Do something spontaneous. There will be no real spontaneity once that awesome kid is here, so you do that now.
- Realize that a lot of people are about to see you naked. Just get over that fear right now. No one cares.
- Start standing up for yourself. You make choices and you don’t let anyone make you feel bad about them. There’s going to be plenty of people who try. Learn the phrase “Kindly F*CK off” =) Okay that’s a little harsh but seriously.
- Know that it’s okay to complain about your pregnancy. It is not all flowers and butterflies.
- Ask stupid questions. No one cares and it’s better to know than guess later.
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Gabys dad’s father was not around, but I’m glad somehow joe knows how to b a good dad
Last year and today :)
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Hey Topher! Happy Father’s Day weekend!
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I followed everyone that reblogged the parenting post. Thanks! I think my name comes up under Vyna photography not Babygrowing.
Shot over a period of 18 months, Italian photographer Gabriele Galimberti’s projectToy Stories compiles photos of children from around the world with their prized possesions—their toys. Galimberti explores the universality of being a kid amidst the diversity of the countless corners of the world; saying, “at their age, they are pretty all much the same; they just want to play.”
But it’s how they play that seemed to differ from country to country. Galimberti found that children in richer countries were more possessive with their toys and that it took time before they allowed him to play with them (which is what he would do pre-shoot before arranging the toys), whereas in poorer countries he found it much easier to quickly interact, even if there were just two or three toys between them.
There were similarites too, especially in the functional and protective powers the toys represented for their proud owners. Across borders, the toys were reflective of the world each child was born into—economic status and daily life affecting the types of toys children found interest in. Toy Stories doesn’t just appeal in its cheerful demeanor, but it really becomes quite the anthropological study.
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Wow deep!
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“Dads are most ordinary men turned by love into heroes, adventurers, story-tellers, and singers of songs.”
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I heartily endorse this comic.
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They are so cute!
Such a beautiful pic!
Mama & Daddy = Gabriela
