Carter, your addiction to the PBS Video App is affecting me in the following ways: I love to hear you call my name above everyone else’s in the morning when you are ready to get up. I love to slowly open the door and see you standing at the edge of the crib grinning from […]
Deklan turns 4 in November and I feel like I’ve started counting down the days as if all of a sudden he’ll wake up the morning of his birthday and have his shit together. I’m trying to be realistic that it’s not like flipping a switch, but at the same time I have to believe it’s going to […]
It seems like every piece of parenting advice I read these days is centered around giving kids choices. Even when it’s not something they necessarily have a choice in, they suggest phrasing it in a way that makes them feel like they have a choice. For example, Deklan has been fighting us all summer about wearing […]
I should have seen it coming. I mean, I knew two birthday parties in one day was pushing it for a 3 year old, BUT I had high hopes we could get through the day with minimal meltdowns. It may have been possible had they gone to sleep at their normal times in their own beds the night […]
Deklan went down for his nap on Sunday like his normal little masterminding 3 year old self and woke up 2 hours later like Caillou’s evil twin brother. I tell you what, it brought a whole new meaning to that saying: “it could always be worse, you could be Caillou’s mom.” I got so used to his whiny […]