Linus week 8: too much play in Philly

[rackmount]

Linus smiling
Originally uploaded by rackmount

we took linus to Philly last weekend, with great success. we spent most of the afternoon in the reading station market, strolled down through the downtown and historic district. it wasnt so much maybe, but he was in a good mood all day, and because of the stroller, we interacted with a lot of people.

more and more i love this stroller. he's really happy in it, i get the feeling he feels like he's more a part of the action than were he closer to the ground. when we have dinner he sits in it, so that i can actually eat, when we walk around, i have begun putting him front-facing so that he's seeing all the faces passing by. he's stopped sleeping through walks, which i like.

indeed, the more i hear of other babies, the luckier i feel. the only times he is fussy, whenever i figure out what the problem is, that takes care of it. except in the case of digestion issues, which only occasionally happen, everything else seems to have a solution. i dont look forward to teething.

Comments

what a cute pic!

[iamatangerine.livejournal.com]

he's really adorable. I have to ask, is there a special reason for the name Linus? I think about Peanuts, but I'm sure that's not it!

Re: what a cute pic!

[rackmount.livejournal.com]

thanks! i read an article about linus pauling, a famous scientist, before he was born and fell in love with the name. there are a number of famous linus'. linus torvald (the linux guy), linus larabee (the character from sabrina) and matt damon's character in ocean's 11. it's a fairly standard name in northern europe.

[scythrop.livejournal.com]

Ohhh, look at that smile!! So cute.

For teething, stock up on Baby Orajel. I am super not into medicating problems away, but that stuff was invaluable.

[rackmount.livejournal.com]

thanks, good to know. i hadnt even really thought about the teething thing, ive been taking it one day at a time. but i ran into someone lately who said how terrible it can be. and any advice is appreciated on making it not so bad. :)

[refusal2comply.livejournal.com]

i can't get over that mouth.