Sick baby

When I became a stay at home mom, 2 weeks ago, I really thought I would have tons of time to do things.  It's amazing to me how much time gets sucked away.  Baby Girl was sick last week, so we skipped the baby storytime.  We waited until she didn't have a fever and went to regular storytime.  She loved the puppets, but she had a hard time with the songs and rhymes.  We did the hokey pokey and I had to hold her as she can't stand up well on her own yet.  She also had a hard time sitting in one place.  Next time, I'll know better.

Books for me:

I finally finished The Round House by Louise Erdrich.  It is about a 13 year old boy during the summer before he enters high school.  During the summer his mother is raped and the consequences of that are heart breaking.  It made for a very interesting book club discussion.  I did not like the book and I'm not sure you are supposed to like it.  It has many elements in it that spark anger and hurt.  It has a twist at the end, that turns out you knew about in the first chapter.  The book made me mad and it made me think.  Good literature should do that.

I picked this book up thinking it would be a good introduction to being a stay at home mother.  To be honest, I really have no clue how to do anything.  I'll let you know how it goes.  With the book, not with the stay at home mom thing.  If I don't do that right, the house will burn down and you will see it on the news.

When I was working as a librarian, I recommended this book to new parents.  I love it.  Each page has a new game that you can play with your baby.  It's divided up by age, so it's very easy to find which games are too advanced and which are just right for your child.  Right now, Baby Girl loves the mirror game and the shakers.  Everything in the book is easy and cheap to do.  

This is what Baby Girl picked this week:

I let my daughter pick out her own books.  When I try to force something, she isn't interested and it usually ends with her screaming at me.  That being said, this is one of my favorite books!  I was very happy to find it in the board books at the library.  We have it in paperback, but she can't really deal with paper pages yet.  Ellen Stoll Walsh tells the story of three mice that find some paint.  They think it's for them, so the climb in the paint and accidentally make their own colors.  It's a fun story with bright colors.

Again, I was surprised to see this book in the board books!  This is a great story about sharing.  It's very funny.  The narrator tells the mouse that a big hungry bear is coming to get the strawberry he just picked!  The mouse tries his best to hide the strawberry, but the best solution is to eat it before the bear finds them.

Before I begin to review this book, I want to make it clear that we are not Jewish.  We actually aren't very religious at all, but that really has nothing to do with anything.  I say this because I don't want you to think I picked out this book and my "I let her pick things" is just a fib.  It's  not.  She totally picked this one and has me read it at least 3 times a day.  It's a very cute book.  It goes through every day of Hanukkah and the different activities you can engage in during the Festival of Lights.  

Music:

We kept the CDs we checked out last week.  She loved the jazz so much, I couldn't take it back yet.  This week, we will pick up some new discs.  Suggestions are welcome!