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Three ladies and a baby

For the record, I don't know what Lily does there. I drop her off with the nice ladies. And I go for a run, a steam and a shower. When I return, Lily is asleep in her car seat. When we get home, she'll sleep for another two or three hours. She'll skip lunch for that sleep, she's so exhausted. Like I said, I don't know what she does at the Y, but I can tell you my suspicions. When I drop Lily off at the Y Play day care area, the ladies there (usually three of them at a time) light up. It's like I'm bringing a house of orphaned girls (lacking any real toys to play with) a puppy. They snatched Lily from the car seat and start cooing and giggling and tickling and pinching. And, of course, Lily loves the attention. That's how I leave them, the ladies adoring the baby (Lily is usually the only baby among the older kids, stomping around the place). So my suspicion is the ladies don't stop cooing, and the baby doesn't stop gumming out a smile, duri...

Lily grows faster, but I guess she pretty much has to

They, and I mean all of "they," told us the second child will learn a lot quicker than the first. She'll crawl faster. She'll walk faster. She'll drive Daddy crazy faster. Yep, "they" is right so far. Willow started crawling about when she turned 8 months old. Lily smashed that feat, crawling at the ripe age of 6 months. And just like Willow, she immediately started pulling up after taking her first crawls. I don't really know why Lily has been faster to the crawl (and other mile markers). Most folks say she's trying to emulate her older sister. Maybe. But I think Mommy and Daddy's more casual child-rearing has much to do with it. We're throwing fewer constraints on Lily. Sharp corners on that table? No problem. She's venturing 15 feet away from me? At least I can rest a bit. I know my attitude has changed, definitely. Willow spent more time in the bouncy seat and in my lap. A lot more time. Lily is a floor baby (and I don'...

Daddy is back, and getting some sleep

OK! Whew! I took a bit of a looong hiatus there. But, hey, being the stay-at-home dad of two, um, boisterous little girls can take some time to adapt to. But I'm back and focused (and getting some sleep), so here we go! Welcome back to the continuing adventures of Lily and Willow and Daddy.