Play time!
The little guy is easily amused. Smile at him and he’s already gushing back at you, bashfully burying his face only to look up again and smile. How awesome that the most effective “toy” is simply a...
View ArticleI love the Moby Wrap
I love our Moby Wrap. It’s a 9-foot piece of cotton fabric that we tie around in a particular way that enables us to stick him in and carry him around nice and tight. We initially used the Moby when he...
View ArticleMy dream home
We live in a one-bedroom apartment right now—perfect for my husband and me, but not so perfect with the little guy in the mix. His dad and I moved in together a few months before getting married, so a...
View Article“Terrible 19-month-olds”?
LO has been acting up these past few weeks. Granted, he’s not as bad as other kids his age when I google’d up about this issue, but he’s frequently upset about something. Sometimes there are valid...
View ArticleAlone time with daddy
Last week, LO was particularly extra-attached to me even when his daddy was around. One strategy we’re doing to alleviate that is for LO to have alone time with his dad. It wasn’t enough that I was off...
View ArticleMy toddler prefers mom over dad
“Hahaha! Six ninety-nine… are you out of your mind?” That’s my husband and toddler’s inside joke (I have no clue either, but hey, whatever works). They’re both laughing it up, rolling on the ground...
View ArticleWhen is parenting hard?
My two-year-old has been relatively easy for the past several months. We haven’t had any major tantrums or patience-testing phases. He’s been sleeping through the night like clockwork. And he has been...
View ArticleWhat you should know about separation anxiety—an interview with Kim Peterson
I remember when my then 18-month-old son wanted to be with me… and only me. Little that his dad or regular caregiver did could pry him away from me without tears. “Where’s that kid who would ‘go to...
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