Mafe Maria: A Creative Playground by Maria Q. Stultz
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This week, Bolliti has started to signal that he’s very ready to walk. Every time I hold him up straight, he smiles and makes joyful noises, and as soon as he feels the floor under his patitas, his walking reflex kicks in, and he lifts his head up… high… very proud of his clumsy steps.
Of course, at the moment that we decided to shoot this he was already tired, so here you’ll see his performance quickly deteriorating.
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Ahhh… The beauty of candid home videos…
Since Joaquin was born I’ve been shooting several short videos of him with my very old digital camera. The main purpose of these is to help us remember all the cute little things he does before he stops doing them, and then of course to share life action images […]
Have I mentioned how excited Joaquin gets when you read to him?… It could be a children’s story, an adult book, or the instructions manual for his bouncy seat… He loves them all!
Joaquin’s age: 2 months
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Joaquin loves to jump. As Joey wisely put it: If it was up to him, his whole life would consist of nothing but jumping and teta. Here you can see him in action. Notice the disappointment when I try to seat him to wash his hands.
Joaquin’s age: Almost 2 months
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At some point we caught Joaquin trying to imitate my arm moves and kiss gestures when I played with him. We tried to capture the scene, but this bollo, at his very tender age, can sniff the camera and refuses to perform when the thing is rolling. So on this video you’ll see us playing […]
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For the last week or so, putting Joaquin down to sleep his mid-afternoon nap has become mission impossible. Mom and I, the two victims of this new behavior, keep theorizing about what may be “wrong”. We strategize. We experiment. We discuss. We fight. We keep trying to make him sleep.
I read that a two-month-old baby […]