My great-grandfather was John Keelty. We called him “Pop”. He had three daughters and so no one in his family carried the Keelty name until I was born and my parents named me Stephen Todd Keelty. When my great-grandfather died I (as the last of his line to carry the name “Keelty”) was given his [...]
Pop
November 11, 2007
Ruby’s 2nd Hallowe’en
November 1, 2007
Ruby had a good time. She loved her costume and walked from house to house like a pro. She quickly figured out that it was all about the candy, even though she’s never really had any candy before. “Trick or Treat” is still a mouthful for her, but at least she said please, thank you, [...]
Shout out to the G-units
August 18, 2007
Kate and I have been suffering the past few days. I injured my back playing soccer on Thursday and have been barely able to stand. Kate picked up a bug on the way back from Mexico, and so she’s been feeling drained — and hasn’t been able to relax because I can’t step it up [...]
Trouble!
January 24, 2007
Baby gate? What baby gate? Now I understand why they were available with a bulk discount at the consignment store.
The Benefits of Boredeom
December 1, 2006
A recent ParentingIdeas.org article talks about the benefits of boredom: Strange as it may sound, bordom [sic] promotes happier, creative kids who are better problem solvers. When children use their own creativity with unstructured play, they find ways to amuse themselves — even if it means simply daydreaming. … This has been our plan for [...]
Eating, Regressed
November 12, 2006
Well, apparently I gloated too soon. A few months ago a (different) set of parents in our parents group talked about how their child was vomiting, and my question to them was, “how do you tell the difference between vomit and spit-up?” Well, now I know: if it’s green and stinks and keeps going and [...]
Eating, Advanced
November 12, 2006
One of the parents in our parents’ group mentioned that his child won’t eat freshly prepared squash. He’s been eating jarred baby food and the flavor in the freshly prepared stuff is too strong. Not so with our precious Ruby! The only processed food she eats is Cheerios. Everything else is freshly prepared by ours [...]
Watching TV
October 16, 2006
Slate is reporting today on a new study from Cornell University that links increased television watching with increased autism rates. It’s nice to have some scientific backing for a philosophy Kate and I think is important just on the face of it. Surprisingly, we have received a bit of push-back on our desire to not [...]
Table Food Day 4
August 23, 2006
The night of Ruby’s first applesauce was a nightmare. She went to sleep around 8:30pm but awoke, crying, at 9:30pm. She continued wailing for an hour until finally settling down and going back to sleep. Kate’s back has been bothering her so I’ve been on bounce duty for the past few weeks. Anyway, from the way [...]
Only So Much You Can Do
August 15, 2006
Last weekend we went to a reunion of our childbirth class. There were eight couples there, and we all told the stories of our babies’ births. About halfway through, we got to a couple who had needed to have a caesarean birth. The mother was in tears — she was a doula and a childbirth [...]