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What's Happening Now on The Playground
Your grandmother always told me that at each of my birthdays, she was reliving the moment I was born as if she was still there. I get it now. I'm pretty sure I will forever do the same.
You made an appearance shortly before lunch. Although not a ...
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- About My Family
- Martin and I are both in our mid-thirties. We're not married, although we plan to tie the knot and "make it official" soon. LP is our first child. We are urban people who happen to live in the 'burbs, because we both felt like we needed the floor and yard space for our family.
French is our first language, but we live in both French and English (our son is just learning French right now though).
- Website:
- http://marie-evelaforte.blogspot.com
- What are your children's names and birth dates?
- Louis-Philippe was born on February 2, 2007.
- Are you considering having more?
- Maybe.
- How would you describe your parenting philosophy?
- I kind of stumbled upon the attachment parenting thing in reaction to dealing with my very high-need baby on a daily basis.
- What's your favorite parenting book (if any)?
- The Fussy Baby Book by Dr. Sears
- What are your family’s favorite books and toys?
- We're both very verbose people who love to read, so it was important to me that LP be exposed to a lot of books. Thankfully he seemed very interested in them from the start. He likes interactive books and he's really into Thomas the Tank Engine.
- What are your family’s favorite TV shows or movies?
- Right now, Thomas and Sesame Street (I like that it's the same thing I used to watch). Anything sports-related (I'm a girly-girl and sometimes feel lost in this world where my two "frat boys" outnumber me).
- What are your family's favorite foods?
- I was blessed with a baby who ate anything right from the start and graduated to real food very early. He cries for more broccoli and cabbage, and is just a miniature sushi, Thai food, foie gras (well, you know, once), lobster, spicy curry, extra garlic (you name it) eater... Not saying this in a snob way, just in a "he'll eat garbage if we let him" way. He'll still have mac and cheese and chicken nuggets any day, of course. We're big food lovers and try to make this happen for him as well.
- What are your family's favorite places to hang out?
- There's nothing like home, and the nearby parks.
- What one adjective would you choose to describe your household?
- Happy although sleep-deprived (see, I can't even pick just one).
- What do you see your kids doing when they grow up?
- Be himself (both so cliche and true)
- Describe your most humbling parenting moment.
- LP had not been feeling really good for a few days but didn't look that sick either, so we had blamed an earlier bout of gastro and waited it out. When we finally decided to do something about it, our usual clinic was closed so we drove to the hospital instead, fully expecting to be sent back home with reassuring words. Instead, they admitted him immediately for four different things, including dehydration and mild pneumonia.
- Who are you looking to meet on The Playground?
- Like-minded parents which whom you can share your experiences
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Me, me, me!
LP has recently entered a new phase of his language (and I guess self-definition) development, one that I thought would only happen later. I am talking about the referring to himself at the first person. So lately, everything has been about "moi!" (me!) and "à moi" (mine!)...
Up until recently, when we were asking him a question like "Whose... is this?", he would reply by saying his first name, then after a short pause, adding in his last name -just in case, you know, we could have been talking… Continue
Up until recently, when we were asking him a question like "Whose... is this?", he would reply by saying his first name, then after a short pause, adding in his last name -just in case, you know, we could have been talking… Continue
Posted on February 20, 2009 at 2:19pm —
Life as a 2 year-old is good
The birthday boy has been quite happy in the last few days. First, we gave him what he seems to consider the greatest thing in the world: a nearly-as-big-as-he-is recycling truck. That's pretty much all he's been thinking and talking about. We thought a fascination with garbage collection was a bit quirky too, but then we told ourselves, if they mass produce those, he's probably not the only little boy who's into them.
On Monday when we came back from daycare M's car was in the driveway already… Continue
On Monday when we came back from daycare M's car was in the driveway already… Continue
Posted on February 4, 2009 at 2:46pm —
Two years ago, you were born
Your grandmother always told me that at each of my birthdays, she was reliving the moment I was born as if she was still there. I get it now. I'm pretty sure I will forever do the same.
You made an appearance shortly before lunch. Although not a piece of cake (especially without drugs), labor had not been very long or unbearable or traumatic in any way. I pushed for longer than necessary, because in my painful haze I couldn't understand what M and the amazing nurse were instructing me to do. M… Continue
You made an appearance shortly before lunch. Although not a piece of cake (especially without drugs), labor had not been very long or unbearable or traumatic in any way. I pushed for longer than necessary, because in my painful haze I couldn't understand what M and the amazing nurse were instructing me to do. M… Continue
Posted on February 2, 2009 at 10:57am —
Would you be surprised if he later decided to become an actor?
The other day I bought potato chips, which are a rarity in our house. LP loves them, though, and the purchase did not go unnoticed. We came back home and as I put the groceries away, he fell down again and hurt himself a bit.
I hugged him and tried my best to comfort him while he sobbed and sobbed. Then, in his tear-filled, whiny, this-is-the-end-of-the-world voice, he said (or rather pleaded): "Des chips... Des chips..."
… Continue
I hugged him and tried my best to comfort him while he sobbed and sobbed. Then, in his tear-filled, whiny, this-is-the-end-of-the-world voice, he said (or rather pleaded): "Des chips... Des chips..."
… Continue
Posted on January 26, 2009 at 3:00pm —
We're hardly alone... or original, for that matter
Interesting fact.
The latest statistics reveal that here in Quebec, 62% of babies are now born to unmarried parents. Within this percentage, there is undoubtedly a certain number of unfortunate situations you find everywhere, like very young/single/underprivileged mothers... But the vast majority of those are certainly people like us, in committed relationships, but who have yet to take the plunge. Some will do it later, some never (although within our immediate family and social circle they ar… Continue
The latest statistics reveal that here in Quebec, 62% of babies are now born to unmarried parents. Within this percentage, there is undoubtedly a certain number of unfortunate situations you find everywhere, like very young/single/underprivileged mothers... But the vast majority of those are certainly people like us, in committed relationships, but who have yet to take the plunge. Some will do it later, some never (although within our immediate family and social circle they ar… Continue
Posted on January 23, 2009 at 11:00am — 1 Comment
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Best Regards
Ron
Yah...we are urbanites as well...we moved here for the backyard and schools.
I, also, find myself defensive when it comes to my little burbs house.
Just the other day I flew off into a Facebook rage when and old classmate who lives in downtown Dublin snipped about Pointe-Claire being the countryside or the "bloody Wicklow mountains"...far far from civilization.
Sigh...the reality is that I would prefer a loft in Old Montreal for myself...but I am not just myself...we are 4...and these 2 girls need space and safety!
I, too, thought I was alone on Babble.
I'm glad I am not...
You know blogging can be a job...especially if you're as good as you...
I was thinking of starting a blog...still am...
Ok...better go...have to go out and build a snowman with Oriana before her little sister wakes up.
Look forward to chatting more with you Marie-Eve!
MC
I've been a member for more than 3 years now...since I was pregnant with my first.
Babble came up through the various websites we visit regularly...ok...through the online stores...of the ModernTots variety. My husband is a fan of mid-century modern...I am as well...so we did a lot of "modern baby stuff web searching"...anyway...there you have it...how we found babble
I love it!
Thank you for the welcome Marie-Eve.
I love your views and favs...
Your son is adorable.
Although I consider myself a Montrealer (because I grew up on Ridgewood near Cote des Neiges and because Tremblay is robbing me blind with his Montreal taxes )...we live on the West Island...in Pointe-Claire.
Sigh...
What about you?
Marie-Claire
The teenagers are good kids, but they don't really help me much. I don't feel comfortable telling them what to do. I would if I had to, since they are in my house, but I let M handle that stuff. And while they are nice to Michael, they are kind of in their own world and they don't really reach out to him. I don't want to force him on them, either. I'm hoping as he grows older they will take more of an interest. Maybe just seeing him grow up will forge some kind of bond.
Having Michael has really been a learning experience for me in so many ways. Some people I expected to be all over him haven't been and some people I didn't expect to fall in love with him did. I always loved babies. I always jumped right in with any babies I was around, changing diapers, holding, rocking, feeding. So it was weird to see some people that were kind of scared of him, some people that were not really interested, etc. One of my best friends visited for a weekend when he was a few months old. She never asked to hold him once. She held him one time the whole weekend, and only because I initiated it.
Oh and I must have been feeling a bit melodramatic the day I wrote that letter to Michael. I guess I do still feel that way, in the way that we all want to do our best for our kids and give them that perfect life we envision. But I think I'm a much better mother than I would have been earlier. And with the taste I had in men at that time, I would have been a struggling, single mother!
Thanks for your concern. No, I haven't lost my job. Things are not awful, but the economy here in America is making things more difficult.
Right now I pay $125 a week for Michael's daycare. That is considered cheap. He is with a friend of mine that does in-home daycare and she charges me less. It's been great because I didn't have family close by to stay with him and I had to go back to work when he was two months old. But she lives about 20 miles away, so I drive to her house, which takes about 45 minutes with traffic. Before Michael, I just carpooled to work and took a bus home. It was much cheaper than now, when I have to pay for gas and Metro fare and parking. In September I'm starting him at a daycare close to home. But it will now cost $220 a week, so it kind of evens out.
In addition, my SO's teenagers have been staying with us all summer. Their mother had left the area, but is moving back and she has to find work and an apartment. So that is an additional expense.
Then there is the havoc that George Bush has wreaked on our country. Everything is more expensive now. But I still have many blessings to count! I bought my house before the housing boom so my mortgage isn't in jeopardy like so many other people. I just have to find creative ways to economize.
Anyway, enough moaning and groaning. Thanks again for your concern. I wouldn't mind the great benefits of Canada, but I don't think I want to deal with the weather. I'm originally from New York City, and I doubt I'll ever move north!
Louis Phillipe is adorable! He's born only 1 week after Michael.
Louis-Phillippe is one babalicious young dude.