Comments on: Illicit activity: start ‘em young

By: Cathy Steck

Cathy Steck — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 19:56:45 +0000

You have a darling little one. So cute! That is definately a fun adventure, hope they come up.
Have you tried using a baby sling or carrier to do gardening and what not. She may like that and fall asleep at the same time. I use to use the Ergo carrier and put my son on my back. There are several other carriers as well, the babyhawk, kangaroo korner has several. Hope that helps.

By: Blackswampgirl Kim

Blackswampgirl Kim — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 05:04:06 +0000

I agree with monica re: every baby should have a bad-ass black cap. lol. And good job, starting her young with the Guerrilla Gardening!

By: gail forrest

gail forrest — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:00:40 +0000

Go ninja baby go! love the chapeau! hope you grow up to look good in hats….and like flowers. check out my blog “Martha Stewart, I need you babe” http://www.gonepausal.com

my Mt Everest of gardening blog entry!

By: emily

emily — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 01:49:32 +0000

Good work! I do have some bad news for you, though. I have 2 children, 2 years apart (they 18 & 20 now). When they were little I could get them to nap, but never at the same time. When one fell asleep, he would somehow notify his brother that it was time to wake up. How I survived, I still don’t know…..

By: Homebasics

Homebasics — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:19:50 +0000

We wrote an article on the similar subject of raising kids with a sense of “green” awareness.
Click user name and it should redirect.
Hope it helps!

By: Monica

Monica — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:42:42 +0000

Clearly, every baby should have a bad-ass black cap.

By: lisa

lisa — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 23:56:23 +0000

I’ve been doing the same with my kid lately. she’s too young to get the concept but she likes flowers and she likes throwing things = a hit.

By: Denise

Denise — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 17:58:47 +0000

Andrea,

I love your spirit.

Regarding the your love of the nap: My mother-a renowned great lover of naps-was not graced with a daughter who shared that love. Eventually her technique in dealing with this was to lie on her stomach with the me on my back next to her. She would then lay her arm over my stomach, slipping her hand under my back. I couldn’t get away and would eventually fall asleep most times. Even if she was able to get only 15 minutes she was grateful, as I’m sure you are with a little fireball to attend to.

Over 40 years later, when family stories are being told about when my brother and I were little, I like to give her trouble about “all of the hours I spent staring at the ceiling.”

Best wishes from Seattle!

By: Andrea Bellamy

Andrea Bellamy — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 02:04:44 +0000

Elaine – aw, shucks. Thanks for the praise :)

She’s the perfect decoy, eh?

Dee – I hope we’ll see some results, too – I hope it’s not too late in the year to have started.

Paola – I think she’s pretty cute, too (though I suppose I’m biased!) The black cap is from American Apparel.

By: paola

paola — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:49:19 +0000

Mine wasn’t fond of the daytime nap either. I used to pace up and down the bathroom for ever before she was drowsy enough to put in her crib.

Apparently it’s a sign of intelligence, which is of no comfort whatsoever I know when you are gasping for sleep.

Very glad you’ve got her guerrilla gardening at such a young age, and whoever makes the black baby caps is a genius. She is a CUTIE.