Daley Ponderings

Car Seat Buckle

When our car was disabled, we had the carseat in the house, and Jonathan loved playing with the buckles and straps. Recently, he has started trying to fit the buckle pieces together.

Posted by Heather Daley on November 2, 2004, 1:04 pm | Read 2060 times | Comments (0)
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I have been teaching Jonathan using a not-so-intense version of the programs recommended by The Institutes. I'm adding this post here, because I want to give updates as a kind of diary. But I wanted to clarify in public why I am doing it.

If it really does work, what better and easier way to learn things? We have fun - I never force him to do anything. My intention is to give him the opportunity to learn interesting things. My goal is not to create a "super baby." It is to have fun with my baby while teaching him about God's world. Here's a paragraph from an email my mom sent me, which sums it up well:

"He's obviously such a bright boy (almost all babies are, but of course our grandson is even brighter :) ), and I'm sure he's learning SO much -- but here's the wonderful thing: whether or not the process "works" the way the IAHP thinks it does, aren't the two of you having a blast, anyway? I know I am, even long distance. Does it matter whether or not they are right in their theories about the brain? In one sense it does, but in another, not at all. You can develop any theory you want about how gravity works, and argue all day long, but still -- the apple falls!"

Posted by Heather Daley on November 2, 2004, 1:04 pm | Read 8994 times | Comments (0)
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Mid-Night Bath

Thursday night, Jonathan was crying for hours, which is completely unlike him. At about 2am, he threw up all over himself, me, and the bed. We went upstairs for a bath/shower to clean up, while Jon (dear heart!) changed the sheets. After that, Jonathan slept fine. We did have a hard day Friday running on less sleep.

Posted by Heather Daley on November 2, 2004, 1:01 pm | Read 2225 times | Comments (0)
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Science Demonstration

We happened into the kitchen when the heat was on - and found a balloon floating in the air above the register! Jonathan thought it was quite interesting, and so did I! Here is a video.

Posted by Heather Daley on November 2, 2004, 1:01 pm | Read 2471 times | Comments (0)
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Good Kick!

Jonathan is amazingly adept at kicking a ball. We have fun playing "soccer" together, and he usually kicks the ball straighter than I do! He always uses his right foot, and if the ball is not in the right position, he will use his hands to either position it or push it away.

Posted by Heather Daley on November 2, 2004, 1:01 pm | Read 2060 times | Comments (0)
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Chase

Jonathan likes to be chased. Especially fun is for Mommy or Daddy to get on hands and knees - then he (nearly) runs away and giggles all the while.

Posted by Heather Daley on November 2, 2004, 1:00 pm | Read 2249 times | Comments (0)
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Signing, finally!

I had just told my friend yesterday that I was getting discouraged about signing because Jonathan was not doing any except for an isolated sign here and there.

Then today, he distinctly signed for "milk" several times! The first time, he was cranky and I asked him what he needed. I said, "do you want milk, or a diaper change?" I neglected to sign either of those. He responded by signing "milk" and eagerly nursed when I gave it to him. Hooray!

Posted by Heather Daley on October 27, 2004, 5:03 pm | Read 2301 times | Comments (1)
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Hello

This afternoon, Jonathan walked around the dining room table, and when he got back to where I was, I said, "Hello!" He immediately said, "hebbwo!"

Posted by Heather Daley on October 27, 2004, 5:01 pm | Read 2353 times | Comments (0)
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Getting off the Bed

In a recent post, I mentioned that our bed is a little too high for Jonathan to comfortably get off by himself. So today, I took the bed off the frame (and took the legs off the headboard, which was quite the job by myself, I should have waited for Jon to come home, but it's already done.)

Jonathan then practiced several times. He still requires much encouragement, and he gets nervous when he starts to slide. He is then pleasantly surprised when his feet hit the ground before he loses his grip on the covers.

Posted by Heather Daley on October 27, 2004, 4:56 pm | Read 2296 times | Comments (0)
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Vacuum Cleaner

On Monday, which is my vacuuming day, I did two floors while Jonathan took a nap. Then for the other two floors, he was awake, but he was content to be out of the backpack - which is a great help to my energy!

As always, I warned him when I was going to turn it on. Usually, he would run away when it came on, and then come back when it looked safe (ie, Mommy had not gotten eaten.) He would alternately follow closely and run away.

But I consider this a great step forward because he is getting heavy!

Posted by Heather Daley on October 27, 2004, 4:52 pm | Read 2227 times | Comments (0)
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Paperwhites and Peppers

Our paperwhites from last year are starting to show little green tips!

Our hot pepper plants are starting to flower again. I wonder if there will be any fruit, since the plants are now indoors for the winter.

Posted by Heather Daley on October 27, 2004, 4:21 pm | Read 2322 times | Comments (0)
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Internet Connection

People at work have finally gotten sick of the lack of support from our IT department. Their FTP site was not operable the other day, and a sales guy needed to get some files for a meeting, so R&D purchased its own FTP site so we would be able to manage it, rather than depend on IT to get it working again. We just purchased it for a month, so then we could evaluate it after the month is over. The month has now run out, and so R&D decided to instead pay for my internet connection, and then I can run the server for them. Pretty nifty.

Posted by Jon Daley on October 26, 2004, 1:10 pm | Read 3757 times | Comments (1)
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Dermatologist and Philosophical Rambling

I went to a dermatologist this morning to have a mole removed and a small skin lump checked out. My referring doctor said this dermatology practice is the best in Pittsburgh. However, I really am getting more and more disillusioned with medical practice as we know it. (More)

Posted by Heather Daley on October 21, 2004, 1:27 pm | Read 13152 times | Comments (3)
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Spam

I just noticed on SpamCop that since August I have received 1.5 bytes/second of spam. And I get significantly less spam than most people I know. What a waste of time.

Posted by Jon Daley on October 17, 2004, 9:55 pm | Read 2336 times | Comments (0)
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Version Control Comparison

I have been evaluating different version control programs for my company for the last month or two. My current evaluation is that all of them are broken, although I hope to discover a good solution someday soon. (More)

Posted by Jon Daley on October 15, 2004, 2:42 pm | Read 180685 times | Comments (35)
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