Dear Persephone, You are starting to say a few words. Your pronunciation is pretty crude, but your points of reference are undeniable: Bird. Ball. That’s…
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Dear Persephone, You are starting to say a few words. Your pronunciation is pretty crude, but your points of reference are undeniable: Bird. Ball. That’s…
Dear Persephone, You’re walking better than ever, though you still have plenty of spills, including a tumble down the stairs that really scared us. You…
Dear Persephone, You might have thought I was going to stop with these monthly letters once you made your first birthday, but I’m going to…
It’s amazing to think you’re one year old today. What strikes me the most is how much you’ve learned, and how little we’ve taught you.…
You make eleven months today. I just made 42 years myself. Such a difference. Every month is a milestone for you, but I can’t even…
You started crawling in earnest right after you made nine months. Now it’s hard to remember when you weren’t mobile. Of course you’ve been getting…
It’s been nine months since you were born. That means you’ve been out here in the world roughly the same length of time you were…
What a month it’s been. You came down with your first bug a few weeks ago; you’ve still got a cough and a runny nose,…
You’re seven months old today. I’d heard the first three months, or the first six, might be the hardest, but as I’ve mentioned before you’ve…
Dear Persephone, You’re six months old today. That’s half a year. As for me, I just calculated that I am now 500 months old. That’s…
You don’t cry much, but you’ve been grunting and making a lot of other noises, pretty much since the day you were born. Over the…
You are starting to reach out and grab things. It’s not quite coordinated or entirely voluntary. But a couple weeks ago you stretched out your…
Persephone, I imagine some day you’ll be asking about your name. You’re only three months old now, so obviously it’s not exactly on your mind…
Dear Persephone, People kept telling me we should “enjoy this time” with you. I wasn’t quite sure what to make of this advice. A couple…
Persephone, light of my life, flesh of my flesh, code of my code. You are one month old today. You don’t do much except sleep…