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This is not a place to go to look for serious advice about parenting. This is more about our trials and tribulations as a parent as well as the fun things we do with our daughter!
Noticing Something was Wrong About two weeks ago, the Nola Nerd Baby developed a cough. The weather had changed, and it was the beginning of cough and cold season in this area. She started with the cough on a Saturday and instantly needed more sleep than usual. We did the…
Star Wars Galactic Nights Back in May, we attended Star Wars Galactic Nights. The Nola Nerd Baby was three months old and did a fantastic job. She didn’t complain and slept through most of it.On the first meeting of her great-grandfather, he slipped her twenty dollars. We want to make…
Mr. Nola Nerd Couple’s grandfather passed away last week. He lived a long, productive life full of good works. He was a member of the greatest generation. He volunteered at the Larose Civic Center right until the end. Today, we put him to rest. We wish we would have gotten…
Rare Park Days For our readers that don’t live in Louisiana, you have to understand that Fall, the season, is a rare thing. We get a few days that are in the 50s and 60s. When we get to the low 50s and 40s, it starts to get too cold…
The Calm at the Center of a Personal Storm Health-wise, the last year has been awful. In fact, I wrote about it in last week’s parenting post. I also used this metaphor to describe our sweet little one: So, the Nola Nerd Baby has been at the center of this…
Last week, Mrs. Nola Nerd Couple had her gallbladder removed. It was the latest in a long line of dealing with body trauma after pregnancy for mommy. She had been experiencing pain on her left side since the baby was born. She’s been easily nauseated and quite often would just…
We never really have been afraid of low level tropical storms. Hurricanes, yes, but where we live, tropical storms aren’t cause for alarm besides taking care of your lawn. That was before having a kid. Before having a kid, we can go without electricity for awhile. With a baby, it…
The Nola Nerd Baby loves food. Well, as of this writing, she has only tried four vegetables but she loved them all. We received from her aunt, Geekella, a Baby Bullet for the baby shower. It’s a simple and easy to use device, but honestly any blender can do. The…
From the very beginning, we choose to be on demand parents. We fed her when she was hungry and put her to bed when she was tired. We never tried to do a schedule, but she found one anyway. She developed her own schedule. She wakes up, plays for about…