This is my eleventh edition of Baby’s Been. Next month we will have run out of months and started counting the years. I’m not certain about how I’ll be handling these updates going forward but I’m fairly sure that they’ll be a lot more casual.…
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Eleven-Month-Old Roman James
Read moreOh my sweet, little Roman. The past few weeks I’ve been looking at you and thinking — you are not a baby anymore, you are becoming a little boy. Last week you took your first step and since then you’ve taken a few more. You…
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Baby’s Been…
Read moreOur 10.5 month update is a lot like our last one with a few additions. Within the past week, Roman has started to stand without assistance for a few seconds at a time. The longest stretch so far has been about ten seconds. It’s a…
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Ten-Month-Old Roman James
Read moreA couple of weeks after Roman was born, we received a gift — a large picture frame containing twelve circles, one for each month of baby’s 1st year. At the time, that frame seemed irrelevant to us. Twelve months — ONE YEAR! — it will…
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Baby’s Been…
Read moreLast week, we had Roman’s nine-month checkup. He is 31 inches tall (above the 95th percentile) and 22.5 pounds (in the 75th percentile). The doctor gave him a thorough check and he’s right on track as far as development goes. Bath time is his new…
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Nine-Month-Old-Roman-James
Read moreI can’t believe it. I know, I know. I say that every month. But nine months is a big one, a really big one. It marks the point at which my baby has been outside of my body for longer than he was inside of…
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The Love Month: My Funny Valentine
Read moreThe days of being able to sit my little munchkin down on the floor and snap away taking lovely photographs of his bright smile are gone. This guy is on the move, non-stop. Picture time now requires two adults. One taking the shots (me) and…
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Baby’s Been…
Read moreAll kinds of wild & crazy stuff has been going on around here! I hardly know where to begin. I’m going to break Roman’s development up into categories this time around because there’s just so much to talk about. Appearance This kid is growing like…
