My Handsome Little Man is nine months old today. Hard to imagine that nine months ago I was in the hospital again with a little newborn baby boy in my arms. That went so fast. It seems like those first nine months with Sweetness took longer. My little guy’s infancy is screaming by and I […]
Parenting Tidbits
My mom doesn’t tell many jokes, but when she did when we were kids they were funny to us. The answer to this one, one of her oddest, is an action. Make a huge sniffing sound as you wipe your nose and rub your hand up over your forehead and back through your hair. Lovely. […]
For the past several days, Little Man has been calling us to party with him several times a night. No matter what we did – feed him more, be extra quiet, beg profusely – he refused to sleep through the night. His gum line has been growing, but despite my several attempts to gag him […]
There’s a monster in our midst. It is a very ugly beast that challenges everything I thought I knew and struggle to learn. Despite all the classes, books, moms groups and research, I feel like this monster and all it’s relatives are staying just a step ahead of me, threatening to take over and destroy […]
As soon as Sweetness started walking, she wanted to be doing what we were doing. I found it most encouraging that she loved mirroring my house cleaning. Images of me sitting with my feet up as she polished the silver were probably a bit premature. But she was serious about wanting to help. In fact, […]
One of the things I’ve found so very handy from my mommy pals is advice on things that make life a little easier. This is one thing that I’ve been really liking. It’s a trash bin for your car. It’s weighted and has Velcro on the bottom so it sticks to the carpet right where […]
With Sweetness sneaking up on 2 years and 5 months, we decided it was high time she started to get serious with this potty training business. Last spring we got her her own potty – a pink Baby Bjorn thing that was just the right size for her. She sat on it with her clothes […]
