The other day my toddler son was really pushing it, not listening, throwing things at my head and generally driving me crazy. So, what do I do? Yell “Keelan stop it right now! Mommy’s getting mad! You won’t like me when I’m angry!” And then I realized I […]
My life for the past few months of potty training has been a constant refrain of “Where does poop and pee go? In the potty. Poop and pee go in the potty. Are you sure you don’t want to potty? Why wouldn’t you want to put poop in […]
In yet another installment of “I was wrong about everything,” today it’s about the way we talk to children. Before kids I didn’t understand the difference. I was like “Hi, small child. How’s the weather? OK, now go away.” But now, I put a little enthusiasm in my […]
*** Updated Intro – Funny thing about this post. I ran across it in my drafts and realized I’d never published it. This post is from the viewpoint of having a freshly minted two-year-old. I now have an almost three-year-old and it’s a world of difference. A lot […]
Yesterday I sat watching my son gleefully crash his toy cars into piles of dirt. I got a big wide smile on my face seeing how happy he was digging, building little mountains and destroying them. He squealed in delight, “Mommy watch!” Then, as I looked up at […]
