After months of flak from Bryan, I decided to get serious about potty training Olivia. Ava was fully trained at two years and three months (after one horrible week in which we decided to do away with pull-ups cold turkey). Olivia is two and a half, and so it seems she should be ready. I’m [...]
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22 Oct
Then how will they hear me?
An article in the New York Times claims “for some parents, shouting is the new spanking.” I distinctly remember being in Target shortly after Ava was born. She was sound asleep in her carseat in the shopping basket, perfectly still and angelic, and I was completely, helplessly, impossibly in love. As I shopped, I saw [...]
3 Aug
Troublesome teething toddler
For the past few days, our normally sweet toddler has been holding us captive, torturing us with her most powerful tool of terror: sleep deprivation. Instead of snoozing soundly for 11 hours a night, she’s waking multiple times, screaming so loudly I’m surprised we haven’t had a visit from the city police. Apparently, she’s cutting [...]
26 Apr
Shoe shopping
It’s been a hectic few weeks (months) at our house, and a few (many) things have slipped by the wayside. One of them is appropriate footwear for the girls. Ava has a number of shoes, but her preschool teacher has some very specific guidelines about what’s appropriate (no laces, no flip-flops, nothing that remotely hard [...]
25 Feb
In this morning’s news…
Local Mother Breaks Three Cardinal Rules of Parenting KANSAS – In what parenting experts across the U.S. are calling “unadvised at best,” local mother Rebecca Smith broke three cardinal rules of parenting before breakfast early Wednesday morning. The incidents, all of which involved Smith’s three-year-old daughter, Ava, occurred between 7 and 8 a.m at their [...]
18 Feb
Shear Excellent Parenting
Bryan here. I’m home alone tonight with both girls. I assured Bec that everything would be okay leaving the girls with me. After all, I have almost 4 years of experience in responsible parenting. However, within just 30 minutes of arriving home with both girls tonight, I went to check on Ava who was playing [...]
31 Jan
Mad at Dad?
From the NYT magazine: The most read story on parenting.com today is “Mad at Dad,” a 4,000-word look at how very angry mothers of young children are at their husbands. Based on a what author Martha Brockenbrough describes as a survey of 1,000 “nationally representative” mothers from MomConnection, an online opinion panel, the article is [...]
6 Sep
Ode to the Mom Purse
I always used to carry small handbags–just large enough to fit my wallet, keys, phone and maybe a compact and lipstick. About a year ago, I decided to take the mom purse plunge. It was fabulous! Suddenly, I had room for everything. I could throw in a sippy cup and a Diet Coke, or stash [...]
26 Aug
The best doctor’s advice ever
I took Olivia in for her nine month well baby check this morning. She weighed in at 22 pounds and 12 ounces, putting her in the 98th percentile. She was 29 inches long, which is the 96th percentile, so at least she’s proportionate! Our doctor was surprised to hear that she’s still waking up twice [...]
