Because natural isn't always possible — or easy.
Posted in Health, Preventative medicine, Safety, parenting, toddlers on Feb 22nd, 2010
I’ve had three really scary choking kid experiences in my life. Two with my own kids, one with a friend’s kid. The one with the friend’s kid happened first. It was five years ago. We were out at a Mexican restaurant eating lunch. My friend gave her then-18-month-old a tortilla chip. He ate it and [...]
Posted in Emotional development, toddlers on Jan 14th, 2010
Over the Christmas holidays we went to the Long Island Children’s Museum. While we were there, one of my friends ran into one of her old friends. The girl had a 9-month-old and a three-year-old. We started chatting. She asked me how my big girl liked becoming a big sister. She wanted to know, she [...]
Posted in Health, Illness, School and education, toddlers on Dec 23rd, 2009
My last blog post is getting record readership. And it’s spawning a ton of emails and Facebook posts. People say they felt defensive reading it. They say it was harsh against working moms. They say it has the ability to fan the flames of the Mommy Wars. I stand by the post. When I wrote [...]
Posted in Emotional development, Sleep, toddlers on Nov 16th, 2009
I have two good sleepers. Both girls were sleeping through the night within a week or two. (And no, I didn’t nurse, so I know that has a lot to do with it. And yes, I got a lot of crap about not nursing. We’ll get to that in a separate post.) Today, my big [...]
Posted in Emotional development, toddlers on Nov 3rd, 2009
This morning my mom (AKA The Sitter) called in sick. She’s got a terrible headache, is vomiting, and has a stuffy nose. All at once, I had both kids and nothing planned. Since Keira is still in potty training mode, I figured we’d make it a no diaper day. Katelyn could help by being the [...]
Posted in Emotional development, Environment, toddlers on Oct 26th, 2009
What did you do this weekend? I spent much of my Sunday in the bathroom.
Keira, who is 16-months-old, kept telling me, “Poop, Mommy, poop!” My older daughter, who asked me to “sit toilet” at 15 months, was fully day trained by 22 months, so I figured I’d better listen to her. Keira has asked me [...]