What I Learned Last Week:
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| First Halloween - Pea Pod |
Babies do not care about Halloween as much as you think they would
Babies don't like it when their moms wear mustaches
You can lead a baby to a bottle, but can't make em drink
Diapers hold less at nighttime than during the daytime
It is extremely easy to get caught up in times, patterns, and numbers. I really have to stop to remind myself that I'm not in control, and to enjoy things.
There is a difference between the Actual Loudness of a baby's cry and the Adjusted, or Affective, loudness of a baby's cry. The Adjusted (or Affective) Loudness can only be heard by the parents of that particular baby. You can calculate the Affective Loudness of a cry by adding the allotted amount of dB for each of the following scenarios:
- cloth napkins are present (+1dB)
There are three sure-fire ways to wake a sleeping baby within a 1800 square foot area.
7-week-old babies are so much cuter than 6-week-old babies!
It is extremely easy to get caught up in times, patterns, and numbers. I really have to stop to remind myself that I'm not in control, and to enjoy things.
Babies have the easiest lives, but they complain more than anyone else in the family.****
There is a difference between the Actual Loudness of a baby's cry and the Adjusted, or Affective, loudness of a baby's cry. The Adjusted (or Affective) Loudness can only be heard by the parents of that particular baby. You can calculate the Affective Loudness of a cry by adding the allotted amount of dB for each of the following scenarios:
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| Viva Chile! |
- less than 40% of people in the room are wearing denim (+1dB)
- more than 15 people are within a fifteen-foot radius (+1dB)
- there is no background music (+1dB)
- you are sleepy (+1 dB)
Pushing a jogging stroller through a crowded gift shop feels like I'm driving a zamboni in the midst of a hockey game.
- you hit the baby in the forehead with your teeth (+5dB)
Pushing a jogging stroller through a crowded gift shop feels like I'm driving a zamboni in the midst of a hockey game.
Everyone gives suggestions about how to do things - from dressing the baby to comforting the baby to bedtime routines. It takes about seven weeks to gain enough confidence to ignore them while smiling and nodding.
- Begin watching your favorite tv show
- Begin eating a meal - especially if that food tastes better hot or if it has the capability to melt
- Get into the hot tub.
7-week-old babies are so much cuter than 6-week-old babies!
***the annotated 'What I've Learned' is Copyright © 2010, Ben Roach. All Rights Reserved.
I think you're on to something with this affective/adjusted cry volume thing--you should write a book. love the chilean miner costumes and your sweet pea!
ReplyDeletelol - thanks, rachel! hitting nora in the head with my teeth was definitely the worst.
ReplyDeleteYou should write a book, sell it at one of those tables as you are walking out of Barnes and Noble, and pay for Nora's college.
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