Travel, Tech, Thoughts…
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Toren meets Grandma and Grandpa Cragun
It took until he was two months old, but Toren finally got to meet his Grandma and Grandpa Cragun:
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Toren flies first class
We were worried that Toren wouldn’t enjoy flying to Utah. While we’re usually pretty tolerant of crying kids on planes, we didn’t want to be “those” people with the really whiny, crying kid. So, we decided we’d spoil Toren and let him sleep on us as much as possible, hoping it would keep him happy. …
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jumper
Toren likes to kick. He’s wiggly and kicks a lot. So, we thought we’d try putting him in the Johnny Jumper again: We tried a couple times before, but he was even smaller then and didn’t like it at all. This time, he was still too small, but was okay in it for about 10…
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Life’s Good!
If you’re following the blog closely you’ll note that I said yesterday we usually swaddle Toren to put him down to sleep. With his arms out, he usually wakes himself up. That is, generally, true. But that is also not the way Toren thinks about it. We’ve noticed a pattern: Whenever I’m holding him to…
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baby darth
We swaddle Toren most of the time when we put him down to sleep. It seems to really keep him calm. If we don’t, he has a tendency to flail his arms and legs, waking himself up. I walked into his room the other day to find him like this: My Mom has already told…
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time for a crib?
When your child’s able to stretch his arms from one side of his bassinet to the other, is it time to switch to a crib?
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Toren’s BMI = Severely Underweight!!!!
I’ve been using Google Health to track Toren’s immunizations and other medical stuff (e.g., circumcision, doctor’s visits, etc.). As I entered Toren’s updated height and weight information into Google Health, it generated a Body Mass Index score for him: 16.4. Not remembering what that means, I visited Wikipedia to see how Toren’s BMI suggests he…
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The cost of a baby
One of the ideas I talk about every semester in my Introduction to Sociology classes is the declining birth rate in developed countries. There are several factors that help explain the low birth rates, but one of them is the cost of children. In agricultural communities, children can be a net positive for parents –…
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Busted
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photoshoot with mom – II
Here are some additional pictures from the photoshoot with Mom. This first one is my favorite: I couldn’t decide if I liked this last one better in color or black and white: These were taken on the side of our house by our neighbor’s fence.