Griffin Is Growing Up So Fast

March 17th, 2012

Heidi and Griffin It’s been a couple weeks since I last posted and I suppose I have a lot of catching up to do.

As of today, Griffin is a week shy of 5 months old. It amazes me how much he has grown and even more so how advanced he seems to be. I have been watching the things he is doing now and how much or his personality is starting to shine through.

4 Month Doctor Visit

His 4 month old doctor visit was the first surprising bit for us. After measuring him, the nurse came back to tell us how he compared with other babies in the US.
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4 Signs It Was Time To Start Feeding Our Baby Solid Foods

February 28th, 2012

Griffin Eating Carrots for the First Time After our 4 month checkup our pediatrician mentioned that with how well Griffin was advancing, that we could start feeding him solid foods. We were pretty surprised as you can imagine thinking he wouldn’t be ready until about 6 months. He told us a few of the things to look for to know when your baby is ready to start solid foods.

1. Timing

According to our pediatrician and a few other sources 4-6 months is a good indicator. We had been hearing and read many times 6-8 months.
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Working From Home With An Infant In The House

February 7th, 2012

Image courtesy of Fernanda Mancini {Flickr}

Working from home with a infant in the house has definitely proven to be one of the most challenging things I have done to date. After a couple weeks, I am really starting to feel my stride though. I found that there are 6 things that really helped with my focus and work rhythm.

1. Close the Door

If you have the luxury of an office, den or additional room with a door, use that to get your work done. We have an additional room that we have made into an office. If you don’t have an additional room, consider using a bedroom. Closing the door helps me mentally break the pattern of needing to stay connected to everything my son is doing allowing me to focus easier. This is also a good way for other family members read more »

My Elevator Pitch {31DBBB: Day 1}

February 6th, 2012

Image courtesy of Robert S. Donovan {Flickr}

Today is the first day that I will be working through Darren Rowse’s 31 Days to Build a Better Blog (31DBBB). You can also follow other people’s experiences through Twitter using the #31DBBB hashtag. Today’s topic is about my elevator pitch. So what’s an elevator pitch?

An elevator pitch is an overview of an idea for a product, service, or project. The name reflects the fact that an elevator pitch can be delivered in the time span of an elevator ride (for example, thirty seconds, or 100–150 words).”—Wikipedia

Now that I understand what one is I am going to share the process I used for creating mine.

31 Days of Better Blogging

January 30th, 2012

31 Days to Build a Better Blog I recently purchased an ebook by Darren Rowse from ProBlogger.net. The book is titled 31 Days to Build Better Blog and can be found on his site.

The idea behind the book is to teach you techniques to assist you in developing a better blog. Each day you learn a new technique or concept, each compounding on another or something new all together.

Some of it may be common knowledge to me or some of you but I plan to share what I am experiencing each day and blog about it, to be completely transparent. In going through these exercises I may also share info/data related to the other blog I am with MattersofGrey.com as I may not have enough info on this blog to make it worth sharing.

Thanks to @gorirrajoe

January 28th, 2012

Wanted to thank @gorirrajoe for the responsive WordPress theme to get me started. I really liked the way he put his together and it works really we on mobile and desktop, hence it being called responsive. It will get me going until I can modify it to meet my needs design-wise. I want to add a little bit of color and change the fonts. Probably going to use a Google Web Font or two. I am also planning on only having the bare minimum of plugins and scripts to keep this running quickly. Should be fun, I have great things planned for the rebirth of this blog RedDolan.com.

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