{"id":946,"date":"2010-07-10T22:15:20","date_gmt":"2010-07-10T22:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/?p=946"},"modified":"2010-07-13T00:14:24","modified_gmt":"2010-07-13T00:14:24","slug":"good-bye-baby-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/good-bye-baby-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Good-bye Baby Days"},"content":{"rendered":"

It has been an exciting week! We welcomed a new blogger to the Polish team (Kasia) who chimed in with a great post on Calendar of Feasts \u2013 St John\u2019s Night ( Obchody \u015awietoja\u0144skie<\/strong>)<\/a>. And I have to admit, the World Cup competition has had me glued to the television when I had the opportunity (I am watching Uruguay and Germany play for third place as I type). But there has been something else that has kept me from blogging as much as I want.<\/p>\n

Germany just scored - bravo Khedira with the header!<\/pre>\n
So  what has kept me away from blogging? Five words. Uczy\u0107   dziecko siadania na nocnik<\/strong> (p<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>otty   training). My youngest son is coming up on his third birthday, and a  couple weeks ago, he finally decided that he was done with diapers. So  far, we’re doing great. But I suppose mishaps are in store. Needless to  say, this has has been bittersweet for me. Sweet that I no longer have  to buy pieluszki<\/strong> (diapers), but bitter in  that my baby is no  longer a dzidziu\u015b<\/strong> (baby).<\/p>\n
Germany has taken third place in the World Cup!\r\nGood game Diego Forl\u00e1n and Uruguay!\r\n<\/pre>\n
\"\"<\/a>So,  as I lament my baby days, I thought I would throw out some vocabulary  for those who are just embarking on the journey of rodzicielstwo<\/strong> (parenthood). Many of my cousins did not even bother with a pok\u00f3j  dziecinny<\/strong> (nursery, literally baby’s  room). The baby just sleeps  with the parents or in a ko\u0142yska pleciona<\/strong> (bassinet) in the  parents’ room. On the other hand, many Polish families here in the  United States opt for the pok\u00f3j dziecinny<\/strong>. Typically, the parents  or grandparents get the room painted, often with child-themed wallpaper  or murals. The focus of the room is usually the \u0142\u00f3\u017ceczko dziecinny<\/strong> (crib, literally baby’s bed). A sweet musical mobil<\/strong> (mobile)  hangs over the baby’s pillow and the bed is generally lined along the  sides with a szczebel<\/strong> (bumper). Without a  doubt, the second most  used item in the room is the przewijak<\/strong> or stolik do  przebiarania<\/strong> (changing table). On or  near the table, there will be  plenty of the aforementioned pieluszki<\/strong>, along  with oliwka<\/strong> (baby lotion), zasypka<\/strong> (baby powder) and  PLENTY of chusteczki<\/strong> (baby wipes).<\/p>\n
\"\"<\/a>Last Saturday, I also took out the crib-sized bed  and replaced it with a full-sized double bed. To encourage him to sleep  in his new \u0142\u00f3\u017ceczko<\/strong>, I put SpongeBob Kanciastoporty<\/strong> (Spongebob Squarepants) prze\u015bcierad\u0142a<\/strong> (bedsheets) on his new bed.  His changing table easily converted to a komoda<\/strong> (chest of  drawers), and his szafka<\/strong> (armoire) and stolik nocny<\/strong> (night  table) from his nursery help round out his du\u017cy  ch\u0142opczyk<\/strong> (big  boy) room. A few items that I needed to make sure also made it to the  big boy bed – his kochana przytulanki  mi\u015bu<\/strong> (dear cuddly teddy  bear) and his nied\u017awied\u017a polarny<\/strong> (polar bear) that is made of worek   ziarna<\/strong> (bean bag), which he got at the  Columbus Zoo. Ironically,  the polar bear is named Puppy. Some things, you just don’t question a  two year old on.<\/p>\n
It has been a great adventure. It seems just  yesterday bawi\u0142am dziecko<\/strong> (played with my  baby), and now that  child bawi si\u0119 z dzie\u0107mi<\/strong> (plays with kids). And  truthfully, I  think even more adventures are on the horizon. I’m very much looking  forward to that!<\/p>\n
Do  nast\u0119pnego czytania\u2026<\/p>\n
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Calendar of Feasts \u2013 St John\u2019s Night (  Obchody \u015awietoja\u0144skie)<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"
Polish vocabulary for a baby’s room.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":951,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-946","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vocabulary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t