Archive for March, 2007
Thursday, March 22nd, 2007
I think my previous entry on high chairs is obsolete. You see, I’ve convinced myself that high chairs are totally useless, unless: you are feeding a very little baby (say, under six months) and need something that can contain this very small baby with a five point harness, tilt this very small baby waaaaaaay back (I’m not sure why this is important, but it seems to be mentioned as an important feature in lots of reviews) and cushion this small baby with lots of padding.
Otherwise (and having not fed Finn solid foods until she was six months old, this is what I should have done) buy the very amazing Healthy Care Booster Seat made by (gasp!) Fisher-Price. I am not a big fan of Fisher-Price, but it’s not because every thing they make is plastic. Really it’s because they employ designers that make plastic look like crap. Which is not a plastic prerequisite (more on totally cool plastic design in a minute).
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Friday, March 9th, 2007
Lots of little kids are into Elmo (that little red ball of hysteria) or Dora (who the hell is Dora?), but Finn has bucked all the trends and is a huge fan of Jakers! (I added the exclamation point because it’s actually there).
David and I first saw Jakers! on a trip back to my parents’ house, a long, long time ago before we had cable (gasp!). When you’ve just moved from Ireland, a kids’ tv program about an Irish pig now living in America telling stories from his youth on a (fictional) farm called Raloo near a (fictional) town called Tara is sort of exciting. The town looks pretty accurate, the low stone walls look pretty accurate, and they even say Janey Mac. The rolling green hills, even animated, make you think “Why do I live on this patch of dust they call New Mexico?” (more…)
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Friday, March 9th, 2007
Restaurant Finn started as just a dream. OK, it actually started with the IKEA pots and pans set; when I first saw them Finn was only 9 months old and not even walking yet much less about to open a restaurant, but I coveted the little stainless steel ladle and the pans and lids that look exactly like Cuisinart cookware.
Before we bought the pots and pans, we gave her a set of dishes that she used to serve up “rock soup.” This consisted of rocks from the yard, which was fine until she got more literal and started putting them in her mouth. Knowing they weren’t REALLY food, she never ate them, but still… (more…)
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