Out of nowhere today, L unveiled her latest skill: waving hello and goodbye.
It happened this morning. Our nanny had arrived for a few hours (I needed to report an upcoming story for The New York Times) and I turned to head from the kitchen (downstairs) to my office (upstairs). As I pivoted, the baby squealed [...]

The turkey came and went this week, but played second fiddle to a more eardrum-splitting development: letting L cry it out when she awakens in the middle of the night.
This approach—known by some by the acronym CIO, encourages parents to let a baby cry for a specified period of time (often a very short period [...]