milestones

It’s an odd sort of thing when a major milestone in your life passes by so quietly that even you do not realize it has happened. When I graduated from high school back in 1998, two things were certain. The first was that I had no clue what in the hell I was going to [...]

My 10 month old daughter started crawling this week. After weeks of being a hair’s breadth to crawling this has got to feel pretty good for her. She’s been crawling backwards for a month and it was getting frustrating for her to get further away from her goal every time she tried moving towards a [...]

Holidaymakers who decide to visit the Greek island of Rhodes next year will experience the destination as it marks some historical milestones.The island will be celebrating 700 years since the founding of Rhodes medieval town in 2009.This location is one of the many historical attractions on the island. Another location of interest, the ruins of Kamiros, will next year mark 250 years since it was

It is hard for me to accept, but my little baby boy is already 11 months old. In celebration of his birthday, I thought I would look at the milestones for a typical baby at 11 months, and see how Andrew is progressing. Most of these are from the AAP.First steps. Andrew isn't walking yet, but he is starting to stand on his own and keep his balance. I expect him to start walking sooner than later.Pu

The Mercedes-Benz brand is the world's oldest and most renowned automobile brand. In the more than 120-year history of the brand, the design of the vehicles always has played an outstanding role, and over the decades numerous icons of automotive design have been created. In the “Milestones Automotive Design” exhibition the Pinakothek der Moderne (modern art [...]

More driving fun in the medium class car segment: It was under this premise that, in 1975, BMW presented an entirely new concept. With the BMW 3 Series brand-typical virtues such as dynamics and agility became factors of success in this segment for the very first time. The sporty saloon's unique handling characteristics convinced right [...]

I had some news this week that a friend of mines 14 year old daughter had her first real kiss. I was thrilled in the way only a close friend, but not the actual mom can be. This got me thinking about milestones and the bitter-sweet feelings they bring with them. Ciara has physically been an incredibly easy child to mother. She day-time potty trained so well, and potty trained herself during

Bell Labs engineer testing solar battery in 1954 Credit: Bell Labs website1904 - Albert Einstein published his paper on the photoelectric effect (along with a paper on his theory of relativity). Wilhelm Hallwachs makes a semiconductor-junction solar cell (copper and copper oxide).1914 - The existence of a barrier layer in photovoltaic devices was noted.1916 - Robert Millikan provided experimental

It’s going to be a few years before your toddler’s LiveJournaling, but for now you can share the latest baby news and developments with webapp TotSpot. TotSpot incorporates features of many popular social media sites to create a virtual baby book for parents to catalog their child’s growth. With TotSpot you can upload photos and [...]

01 - Daddy's Hands02 - Only When I Love03 - (It's Always Gonna Be) Someday04 - Love Someone Like Me05 - A Face In The Crowd06 - Stranjers Again07 - Maybe I Mean Yes08 - There Goes My Hear Again09 - Are You Ever Gonna Love Me10 - No One Takes The Train Anymore11 - You Really Had Me Going Link: Holly Dunn - Milestones (Greatest Hits) Pass: tributo-americano

As a previous post I mentioned pediatric developmental milestones from 0 month till 12 months, here now I continue with pediatric developmental milestone from 15 months till adolescent.15 Months :Can pull or push a toyCan walk without assistanceCan build tower of 2 blocksCan throw ball overhandedCan scribble with crayon or pencil18 Months :Can run clumsilyCan build tower of 3-4 blocksCan jump in l

Pediatric developmental milestones are based on averages, means that each child progresses at his or her own rate.Birth - 1st month :* Maintains eye contact* Demonstrates reflex activities* Lies in flexed position* Using communication technique by crying* Average weight gains is 3-5 oz weekly during first 6 month2 Months :* Can lifts head for short periods when prone* Smiles and frowns* Coos* Will

For the past 8 months, here are my milestones in Japan:1. Learned the Japanese the harsh way and learned that the friends you thought were actually assholes.2. Dumped my previous company and changed my career path.3. Able to eat natto for 2 packs per meal.4. Mastered the JR East, Tobu Line, Metro and Toei Subway Lines.5. Has familiarized most of the scripts of train stations.6. Learned how to tran

Calvin turns 7 months next Friday. On May 22nd, he crawled for the first time. *sniff*  He’s growing up so fast!  I got choked up when he actually pulled himself forward (instead of pushing himself in reverse).  I gave him a hug, then he made a funny sound and started straining.  Then, I just had to [...]

Bell Labs engineer testing solar battery in 1954 - from Bell Labs website1904 - Albert Einstein published his paper on the photoelectric effect (along with a paper on his theory of relativity). Wilhelm Hallwachs makes a semiconductor-junction solar cell (copper and copper oxide).1914 - The existence of a barrier layer in photovoltaic devices was noted.1916 - Robert Millikan provided experimental

Studio Clean Up I went into the studio yesterday to work, only I couldn’t find anything I needed including tools, boards, rulers etc. This was a clear sign that my studio space needed to be thoroughly cleaned. I made good progress and hated to stop, but stop I had to in order to make [...]

1. HFB conquered the chart in Yebber.com!2. HFB won the The Great Yum Expedition Week 4 by Yum.sg.3. As of last week, HFB has over 20,000 visits and over 40,000 page views.4. HFB gave out his 1st contest prize - congratulations to fuzk for his winning entry!5. Last but not least, HFB has its very own domain - WWW.HISFOODBLOG.COM. By the end of the week, this new address will be available over the Internet. --> Bookmark Now if you have not! Although just a re-direction from the blogger site, its an indication that HFB is serious about this food porn business. :)HFB would also like to take this opportunity to thank his faithful readers for their support, and is looking forward to bring more gourmet info and food reviews to the general public.

Basketball is a favorite pastime of kids and adults alike. American kids grow up with dreams of earning scholarships and reaching fame in the college league. Basketball owes its origin to Dr. James Naismith, who invented the sport in 1892. Before long, the popularity of the game caught on and it was being played in American colleges. The first official game involving a college team was played between Geneva College and the New Brighton YMCA in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania on April 8, 1893. On February 9, 1895, the first intercollegiate game was played between the Minnesota State School of Agriculture and Hamline College. Minnesota won that game, 9 to 3. The introduction of the five-player format was the next major college basketball milestone. This happened during an intercollegiate game in

Big Birthdays: The Party Planner Celebrates Life’s Milestones (Hardcover)By David Tutera Buy new: $29.95$19.7749 used and new from $9.26 Customer Rating: First tagged “parties” by D. Reeder “crazy mother of 4″ Customer [...]

General Motors is developing the Chevrolet Volt electric vehicle and its lithium-ion battery pack on parallel paths—and both have passed significant milestones en route to a targeted November 2010 launch. Larry Burns, GM vice-president of research and development and strategic planning, tells Car and Driver in an interview that the design of the car has been frozen. Although the production model is not a twin of the Volt concept, the more conventional sedan bears a family resemblance to the Chevy Malibu. And in the interests of speed, it dips into parts bins of existing GM products wherever possible. That likely includes an existing four-cylinder gasoline engine as the onboard means of recharging the battery that, alone, gives the vehicle a range of only 40 miles. The car was designed ar

I just wanted to make a quick post announcing that I have reached two of my blog’s biggest milestones. My blog is now one of the top 10,000 blogs in the world according to Technorati. Being that there is well over 112,000,000 blogs on Technorati right now, having my blog be in the [...]

Anniversaries are considered as days where an event is commemorated or celebrated for something memorable which happened on that same day as the initial event. In the case of wedding anniversaries, many couples find it a time to remember the day they took their wedding vows and can choose to celebrate the event in a [...]

We have been chasing money for thousands of years. But the money we are chasing nowaday is quite different from the one used in the old days. As with everything human, we complexified the system over time. We started of with shells, precious metal, banknotes, and are now regularly using credit money. Money is part [...]

Elaina's funny! No, no... not Elaina is funny... it's possesive. As in she OWNS a funny! That's right, that is what she calls this little pink bunny I put in her Easter basket! She carries that thing with her everywhere. "Mommy, where's my funny? My PINK funny? I need my pink funny!"Apparently b's are difficult for her to pronounce!When I tuck Elaina into bed at night I always reassure her with, "I'll be back in a little bit to check on you." I'll hear her little munchkin voice in the dark say, "You come back to see me, okay?" Just like a cashier or friend would say!I have a song I made up with Abigail's name. It goes like this, "Abby, Abby, I love you! Abby, Abby it's so true!" Elaina comes up to me tonight and sings, "Mommy, Mommy I yub you! Mommy, Mommy it's so true!" My heart about mel

Many things happen from birth to three months. You have to recognize, reinforce and watch these changes in your young ones. Your baby will grow and develop on her own. Considering the milestones of infant development will be easy as you know your baby. During first month, your family members can feel some [...]

Your baby is developing more ability to make purposeful movements with large, or gross, muscles. She will learn to roll from her back to her stomach and hold her own head up and sit with little or no support. While lying on her stomach, she will “creep” by pulling herself with her arms and pushing [...]

Virus, Worm, and Trojan Horse "Milestones" 1986 Brain virus: First computer virus released in Pakistan. 1986 PC-Write Trojan: First Trojan horse disguised as a major shareware program, the PC-Write word processor. 1988 MacMag virus: First Macintosh virus released. 1988 Scores virus: First major Macintosh virus outbreak. 1988 Internet worm: First worm to cause widespread havoc

Pregnancy Week by Week: Recording the Milestones  If you are pregnant, you might want to consider maintaining a journal associated with your pregnancy. There are a number of definite benefits to be realized by maintaining a pregnancy week by week journal. Through this article, we will discuss some of the more basic benefits to be realized [...]

1959Feynman delivers “Plenty of Room at the Bottom”Richard Feynman postulates that we can someday manipulate matter on an atomic scale. He states, “The principles of physics, as far as I can see, do not speak against the possibility of maneuvering things atom by atom. It is not an attempt to violate any laws; it is something, in principle, that can be done; but in practice, it has not been done because we are too big." This is often seen as year zero for nanotechnology because of the breadth and depth of Feynman's vision and the inspiration it gave to many, but there is no doubt there was nanotechnology before this and it would have developed as it has anyway, although maybe a little slower.1974First molecular electronic device patentedAviram and Seiden of IBM file the first ever pat

Just Picked and Notified our third winner in the RSS Sign-up Contest. Hope to give a link and a quote during the mid-day update. Remember all you have to do is sign-up for the RSS feed HERE or on the main page, verify the email...and that's it! You are entered. If you are already on the list you are entered in to next weeks final drawing as well!Great week for Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Money as we hit new milestones, increased readership and had great traffic. It was a great week for some of my favorite blogs as well. so without any further ado...The Best Of the Web for the Week:Brightside of Debt - This one is me trying to rally folk to go there and comment on the linked post! - Brightside is considering stopping her blogg as her Hubby found out about itand she's feeling guilty. I

Still further back into the relics of the old site, we find memories of the 80 hour weeks we put in brainstorming, designing, driving, mapping and trouble shooting The VeryVintageVegas.com History Hunt!   That link took you to all the posts way to get an over of what we call Vintage Vegas.  Steve says it’s still the [...]

Look for these milestones during the 2008 season:MIKE MUSSINA: Mussina is currently 22nd on the all-time strikeout list. He needs 6 to pass David Cone, 105 to pass Frank Tanana, 141 to pass Cy Young, 170 to pass Mickey Lolich, and 193 to pass Jim Bunning at #17. Moose has 250 career wins, 45th all-time. He needs 2 to pass Bob Gibson, 4 to pass Carl Hubble and 5 to pass Jack Morris. If Mussina can roll off 16, he will be tied with Bob Feller at #35.ANDY PETTITTE: Pettitte needs 156 strikeouts for 2000.MARIANO RIVERA: With 443 saves, Mo needs 36 to pass Lee Smith for 2nd on the all-time list.DEREK JETER: The Captain needs 144 hits for 2500, 5 homers for 200 and 67 RBI for 1000.ALEX RODRIGUEZ: "A" needs 5 doubles to hit the 400 mark. With 518 HR's he sits at #17 on the all-time list. He need

Infant Development Milestones - from 0 to 12 Months OldWhat are infant Development Milestones? Infant milestones are the specific physical and mental abilities (such as understanding language) according to age of a infant. infant milestones are the major focus of infant development stages.If you are new happy mother with new infant, may be you need this information on infant development milestones from birth to 12 months for your next guidelines to care your baby.Development Milestones Of Infants - Birth To 12 Months Of AgeBy Barbara Hillary, PhDThe first two months of your baby's life are the time of her adjustment in the new environment. She will learn new sounds and get comfortable in her surroundings. This period is also the time for new parents to get to know their newborn.From the ve

: Snow_loveHAPPY NEW YEAR! Hope the holidays were great for you. I FINALLY took some time off to do things for myself. In lieu of holiday travel, we managed to put up a tree amidst all of my moving boxes--which means I am all moved into our place! We didn't do Xmas cards this year together, but if we did, it would look something like this:Hehe, NYE was amazing as usual. About 20 of us met up in Chicago and partied at the Drake Hotel with 3,000 other people. Top shelf and DELICIOUS food all night. It was storming outside, but since we stayed in the Drake, we were able to enjoy it without standing in bathroom lines and running outdoors. Pictures: Unfortunately, my beloved laptop was sent away for repair. My LCD screen had been blinking and I felt like I was having a seizure whenever I

When you fix on that it is essential and in the best interest of your business to have a website, there a certain things you should think for your web design and development. Just jumping in and building your website isn't as easy and inexpensive as some think it is. These steps are simple but very important to success - First, you require thinking the cost it will take to have your web design and development. The cost can be expensive or cheap, this is up to you. If you employ a web designer naturally it will be costly, or if you try to do it yourself it can be time consuming. Secondly, it is imperative that you take your time to learn about web design and development. There are lots of free and low cost places to help you know web design and development. Thirdly, you are going to ne

Deaths mark grim Afghan, Iraq milestones(AP) AP - Militants ambushed and killed six U.S. troops walking in the mountains of eastern Afghanistan the most lethal attack in a year that has been the deadliest for the U.S. military here since the 2001 invasion. Aussie voters said to prefer seeing Labor leader nude(Reuters) Reuters - More Australian voters would like tosee Labor Opposition leader Kevin Rudd naked than their currentprime minister, John Howard, a poll showed on Sunday just twoweeks out from a hard-fought general election. Australian plan to shoot wild horses provokes outrage(AFP) AFP - An Australian state government's plans to shoot more than 10,000 wild horses to protect the environment were Sunday attacked by some animal rights activists as inhumane. Clash in Iraq kills 18 al-Qaida members(AP) AP - Former Sunni insurgents asked the U.S. to stay away, then ambushed members of al-Qaida in Iraq, killing 18 in a battle that raged for hours north of Baghdad, an ex-insurge

I have “graduated” from my previous developmental charts.This is a pretty huge chart drawn from Dr. Sears’ The Baby Book. I have put a star (*) in the column indicating the time frame in which a skill is standard, and a J when J reaches that milestone and an F when F does.  12 - 15 months15 - 18 months18 - 24 monthsMaster Skillwalks* F Junderstands simple language J F*figures out before actingF*understands most daily languageF J *Gross Motor Skillswalks alone* F Jclimbs up stairs, backs down* F Jtries to climb out of high chair* FJwalks in circles, backward, pivotsFJ * walks faster, trots, prancesJ F * walks up stairs with helpF J*stops and stoops to pick up toyFJ *climbs onto furnitureF J* tries to climb out of crib *rides on four-wheeled toy *tries to kick ball (many misses)J F *positions self in chairF J * runs, tries to escape from caregiverJ*looks down to dodge obstacles *jumps in place and off stepJ *pedals first tricycle*kicks ball without stumbling *

I figured I would start writing a post once a month on developmental milestones in the first year. I myself have no clue on what I’m doing or what my child should be doing, so I have been getting alot of advice from doctors and friends who have  children and some online literature. I figured I would share them with the rest of the new mommies out there!!! Your baby should be following objects as they pass by their face at about 6 inches away. Starting to have better control of there head and can hold it up almost without any assistance. Baby can roll over in one direction. Baby is smiling when your smile and make faces at them. She responds to loud sounds by becoming completely silent, crying or acting startled. Baby is cooing or making noises. Baby laughs out loud or makes loud squealing noises. Again, every child is different, so don’t freak out if you’re child hasn’t done any or all of these yet! For example, our daughter still hasn’t rolled over to

I just got Brandon down for his nap so I have some time to write. I know this is going to sound very selfish of me but I just feel I never get enough time for myself. If it's not Pete coming home for lunch EVERY day- and no I don't make it we usually have leftovers from dinner the night before- he just comes home because he likes to be home! But if it's not Pete, it's Eme- she has been so demanding of my time lately and she is almost 11! I can't understand why she's so needy?...

I have been working tremendously hard for the past few months to shape up this blog. A while back, I wrote a post outlining how I felt that this blog was severely under performing. In fact, being a finance student, I would have recognized this blog as having strong potential but being poorly managed, thereby making it a takeover target. Well, I decided to take matters into my own hands, and with some help from my small, but loyal group of readers, I have reached some great milestones. Alexa Finally Likes Me! I know that being in the top 100,000 sites is no huge deal, but it was a goal that I set for myself a while ago. I remember being in the millions and it seems like getting to this point was a great achievement. There were spikes in traffic along the way, thanks mostly to Stumbleupon, but otherwise I have seen a nice upward trend in traffic. As far as the Alexa rankings are concerned, I truly believe that some of the tactics I tried that were specifically geared towards Alexa reall

Nobody expects the new baby to do much more than eat, pee, sleep, cry and look cute. But after few months the things change. You begin to look for milestones. Milestones that indicate your baby is progressing. Milestones! If your baby development does not meet certain milestones, they need assistance such as physical, [...]

The media is full of grim milestones. From the number of US casualities in Iraq to the number of terrorists killed by Israelis. But little note is made of the grim milestones of Palestinian violence against each other. Elder of Ziyon has noted that a grim milestone has been passed. A 2 year old Palestinian girl was shot in the back of the head and became the 500th Palestinian killed by another Palestinian this year. Since that incident, 4 others have been killed. Soccer Dad, in his post, For Whom the Death Tolls has a great round-up of others blogging about this grim milestone. Seraphic Press observes: Who cares if little Arab girls are are mowed down my machine gun bullets: Inshallah, right? Or to the liberal mind: It's Israel's fault anyway because they are, y'know, so mean to the peace loving Arabs who want nothing more than to sit under their olive trees and recite poetry. At what point will liberals, news media, politicians, and the world acknowledge that they are not tru

I have “graduated” from my previous developmental charts, but have a little overlap from the last one of that set and the first one of this set. This is a pretty huge chart drawn from Dr. Sears’ The Baby Book. I have put a star (*) in the column indicating the time frame in which a skill is standard, and a J when J reaches that milestone and an F when F does.  12 - 15 months15 - 18 months18 - 24 monthsMaster Skillwalks* F Junderstands simple language J F*figures out before acting*understands most daily language *Gross Motor Skillswalks alone* F Jclimbs up stairs, backs down* F Jtries to climb out of high chair* Fwalks in circles, backward, pivots * walks faster, trots, prances* walks up stairs with help*stops and stoops to pick up toyF *climbs onto furnitureF J* tries to climb out of crib *rides on four-wheeled toy *tries to kick ball (many misses) *positions self in chairF J * runs, tries to escape from caregiver*looks down to dodge obstacles *jumps in pla

Forgive me if this post soothes my ego. This last week saw me achieve two massive milestones for my blog. The first one is that I broke 300 Blogs Linking To Me On Technorati. How fabulous is that? More people link to my blog now than go to watch Colwyn Bay FC play football in Feburary. Marvellous. Also, to celebrate, Technorati rightfully listed me as the best blog in the history of the world, ever. And do you know what really made me happy about that? The 300th blog was a review! Monkeyboy reviewed me on Saturday, and was the 300th Blog to link to me. Also, he was the first blog to submit a review for Fair Review, but wasn’t the last this weekend. If you’d like to get more readers for your blog, why not take part in Fair Review? The other, and more important thing is this from my feedburner stats: On Thursday, I finally broke the 100 subscribers to my RSS Feed. It had taken me 5 or so years (of which I’ve only been trying for 2 or so) to do so, but I’ve fina

Punch cards can be considered as the first data storage devices for backup. They date back to the early 1950’s, being used as a medium for storage for the UNIVAC I. Next came the Magnetic Tapes. Since one roll of magnetic tape could store as much data as 10,000 punch cards, it achieved instant success and became the most popular way of storing of computer data until the mid 1980s. In the 1960’s and 1970’s hard drives were not suitable for backups because of their high price, large size and low capacity. However, already in the mid 1980s hard disks could already be considered for making backups. In the early 1990s they became a real alternative for tape backups. Even today, the “battle” between tape and disk backup still rages on. In the early 1990’s CD-R were not commonly used for backups, because of high costs. But later, when CD-ROM drive became a usual device for practically every computer and prices for compact disks tangibly fell, backup on CD became very p

I have “graduated” from my previous developmental charts, but have a little overlap from the last one of that set and the first one of this set. This is a pretty huge chart drawn from Dr. Sears’ The Baby Book. I have put a star (*) in the column indicating the time frame in which a skill is standard, and a J when J reaches that milestone and an F when F does.  12 - 15 months15 - 18 months18 - 24 monthsMaster Skillwalks* Funderstands simple language J F*figures out before acting*understands most daily language *Gross Motor Skillswalks alone* Fclimbs up stairs, backs down* F tries to climb out of high chair* Fwalks in circles, backward, pivots * walks faster, trots, prances* walks up stairs with help*stops and stoops to pick up toyF *climbs onto furniture* tries to climb out of crib *rides on four-wheeled toy *tries to kick ball (many misses) *positions self in chairF * runs, tries to escape from caregiver*looks down to dodge obstacles *jumps in place and off

These are a few days early; we see the pediatrician for MMRV shots and a well baby check with a weigh in next week. Until then I shall continue to assume that they are normal.  J.F.90% of babies can…walk holding onto furniture √√use a few gestures to get needs met √ √ 75% of babies can… play patty-cake or wave bye-bye √ √ drink from a cup √ √ pick up a tiny object neatly√ √stand alone momentarily √ √ say “mama” or “dada” discriminately √√say one word other than “mama” or “dada” nono50% of babies can… play ball (roll ball to you)* √ √ stand alone well kind of√ use immature jargoning √√ walk well with supportkind of25% of babies can… say three words other than “mama” or “dada” nonorespond to a one-step command without gestures √√ All the milestones are from “What to Expect the First Year” which pulls milestones

Milestones are difficult, of course. We chose to ignore Christmas, and, as long as we stuck with it, it wasn't so bad. We had to leave the country however. Other milestones have come and gone, my birthday, a non event as we were far away. Oldest son's birthday, but he opted to be away that weekend (notice a pattern here?). Mother's Day, not too bad, after all, it was all about me and my sons, how bad can that be? But the graduations....that's a bit different. Can't go away for those. We had two graduations last week, one from high school, the other from graduate school. Alot of emotion there. How proud I was, and am. Bursting with pride. How difficult it was for my boys to carry on, through the 22 months of Lou's illness, and through the devastation afterwards. They kept going. They did more then that. They overcame it, they did not let this define them. They succeeded in spite of it. No, really, they excelled. They worked hard. They achieved their goals. I am so proud of them.

Our pediatrician doesn’t schedule a well child visit for this month, so I won’t have weight and length updates until next month. Meanwhile, here is their progress on standard developmental milestones. Verdict: they are normal.  J.F.90% of babies can…get into sitting position from stomach √√pick up tiny object with thumb and finger √ √ understand “no” √√75% of babies can…play patty-cake or wave bye-bye √ kind ofwalk holding on to furniture √√point to something to get needs met √√ 50% of babies can…pick up a tiny object neatly √√ stand alone momentarily no√ say “mama” or “dada” discriminately √√say one word other than “mama” or “dada” nono25% of babies can…indicate wants in ways other than crying √√play ball (roll ball to you) kind ofkind ofdrink from a cup kind ofkind ofstand alone well nonouse immature jargoning √

Finally, Today Sizlopedia has been updated with a Pagerank 5 on all Google Datacenters. The Google Pagerank Update Initiated a week ago and from that time Google has constantly been updating all its Datacenters with the new Pagerank values. This blog is approximately 3 months old and making a Pagerank 5 in a course of 3 months is quite an achievement for me. I have been working hard on link development and link building for this blog and it has indeed proved fruitful. The biggest credit to all my Friends From The Blogsophere that have constantly supported this me and this blog from the first day of its creation. All my fellow bloggers have always been there to help me and guide me for which I am thankful to all of them. And I heartly Congratulate all the bloggers from the blogosphere who have attained a good new Pagerank for their respective blogs. Some of them are: Gili - PR 4 Madhur Kapoor - PR 4 Nirmal -PR 4 Ashish Mohta - PR 5 Thilak - PR 4 Mr Byte - PR 4 Shankar - PR 4 in blogsp

Spring is one of my favorite times of year and since May is usually when the spring storms begin to calm down and the temperatures become more consistent I guess that contributes to my fondness for the month. May also seems to be a milestone month for me. I seem to have more transitions in my [...]

First: This afternoon Asher was feeling down in the dumps. I was wearing him in the sling to cheer him up, and wandered over to a full length mirror where I spent a few minutes trying to rub something off my nose. Asher has always enjoyed giggling at the gorgeous baby in the mirror (and who wouldn't!) but today he watched, going between me rubbing my nose, and the reflection of me rubbing my nose. A few minutes into this, and I noticed his demeanor change drastically. He was now looking at himself, with great excitement and aplomb, and was doing his best to wiggle out of the sling. I took him out and stood him up by the mirror where he put his hands and face to it, touching "the baby" that was actually a mirror, becoming more and more excited. He couldn't get enough of reaching for the baby and touching the mirror. This is totally different than his normal reaction. I can't say for sure, but I think the concept of his reflection broke through to him today, and he realized that he sa

At Baby Bug’s last well-baby check-up, not only was the Pediatrician concerned about her appearance but she also made a comment on her lack of vocabulary skills. She is now 15 months old and she hasn’t form a single comprehensible word. Of course, there are times when I swear she says “Mama” or “Hi” but those are few and far between. Then again I could just be imagining it. I know they say that all children develop at their own pace and that you shouldn’t compare them, but I can’t help it. Girlie Girl knew her alphabet by the time she was 18 months. How can I not think about that? When did your kids start talking? Any advice on how I can help develop her vocabulary? I read to her every day and try to engage her in conversation whenever I can. Who knows, maybe one day she’ll open her mouth and start talking in sentences! Related Posts: How Quickly Time Passes A Birthday In Review Has It Been a Year Already?

Not only is it Groundhog Day -- and a Friday! -- but today is the blog's first birthday.Singing is not necessary, but presents are always appreciated.And for the record, today is also the first time I ever had a court appearance in a jurisdiction in which I am a member of the bar. (Yes, you read that right.)

Today joeymoggie had four blog milestones today. . . . joeymoggie has now had more than 200 000 hits Today was the best day ever in terms of one day hits This is the first full month (since June 26) that joeymoggie has had more than 1000 hits every day. joeymoggie is on theTop 100 WordPress.com blogs (Granted at [...]