My 2-year-old has been talking more and more which is super exciting but at the same time very confusing. Sometimes when he speaks I honestly feel like I am talking to a grown person his diction is so good. Other times I feel like I am talking to a drunk, foreign person who has bad
Tag: toddler
I’m afraid I’m starting to develop an addiction. And I’ve only got a few more weeks to enjoy it. I’ve been extorting decent behavior out of my toddler by throwing Santa’s name around. I actually picked up the phone last night to give him a jingle. CP definitely grasps the concept of how the phone
Happy Black Friday! Instead of shopping today, I took care of some business and then hit the park with the kids and my husband, hoping that running around in the cold air would coax everyone into napping so that I could have some quiet work time in the afternoon. A lot of people actually work
I cannot believe I just wrote that – but it’s true. While every stage has their challenges, nothing in my decade of parenting has made me question the stability of my mental health like the toddler stage. I suppose like anything in life, it’s always worse when you’re in the day-to-day thick of it –
I believe this is an oft-described phenomenon, but I have been noticeably more lax in my approach to planning my second child’s first birthday. By “lax,” I mean that the afore-mentioned “planning” has consisted of me making a mental note every time I look at my calendar and remember that the baby is turning one,
Christa recently did a very sweet post about how she is still breastfeeding her two-year-old, and how she will follow her child’s lead when it’s time to wean. I’m a big fan of both extended breastfeeding and child-led weaning, which naturally go hand in hand. I nursed my older daughter, Mackenzie, until she was 22
A few things have gone missing around here lately. The baby gate that used to block the entry from the dining room to the kitchen migrated to the basement. Nora is more than steady on her feet, can understand direction when we give it to her (though she may not always listen) and loves
There are mornings when I wake up, change from my pajamas directly into sweats, throw on some mascara for…who??…and fix my daughter her breakfast. And watch morning cartoons. And struggle to get my obstinate toddler to get dressed or get out the door or do anything. It makes me long for heels and dress pants and
Once a month, I go to the allergist for injections to help manage my seasonal allergies. I get a total of four shots every four weeks, in an effort to keep the sneezes and sniffles at bay. This routine started off as a weekly occurrence, and has stretched out as the years went by to
