The Bulletin Board
One of my favoritest blogs ever is Marriage Confessions. It is one of only two or three blogs that I purposefully check every day for new content. Mostly I love it because Katie is my age and hilarious. I’m pretty sure we’d be very good friends if we were, you know, real life friends. Or [...]
Eating Where the Grownups Eat
At 19 months old, Bug has decided that he is d.o.n.e. with his highchair. We went through 3 or 4 days of screaming fits and armadillo-ing (the act of a child curling up into a ball whenever you try to get them to do something… such as put them in their highchair) each and every [...]
The Brushing of the Teeth Part Deux: The Battle Subsides
Back in November, I posted about the daily battle that was brushing Bug’s teeth. Well, guess what? I WON. I had some really wonderful suggestions from some really wonderful readers. I tried just about every one of them… upside down teeth brushing as a fun game, giving him a novel toy as a distraction, Unfortunately, [...]
Talky Talky
At long last, I think Bug is starting to talk. I mean, I’ve heard that boys are generally on the slower side of the whole developing their vocab thing… I just didn’t think it would take THIS LONG for decipherable words to come out of the boy’s mouth. He’s been saying a few decipherable things [...]
The Brushing of the Teeth
Let me tell you how much Bug likes to brush his teeth. Oh, wait. He doesn’t. He would rather nobody touch his mouth. Or his toenails, but that’s a whole different post. When he was big enough to hold a toothbrush and successfully get it into his mouth, I got him a little baby one. [...]
Independent Streak / Skater Baby
Bug is a pretty independent kid. He likes to sit on your lap to read books and he likes some snuggle time now and again, but for the most part he likes to do things on his own. He is a problem solver, which makes his Momma very proud. If, after several very concentrated, tongue [...]
Ditching the Bottle
Ugh, I know. I haven’t posted in, like, YEARS. Ok, it’s been 2 weeks, but still. I’m sorry, OK? Accept this adorable photo taken by the wonderful Peter Acker as my formal apology. Onto business. At Buggy’s 15 month doctor’s appointment, his pediatrician asked if he was still taking any bottles. At that point, the [...]
One Nap a Day
As of a month ago, Bug is a one nap a day kid. As of, oh, about a week ago, he is ok with that. Though he was beginning to show signs that he might possibly soon be almost ready to go from two naps to one, he wasn’t actually quite ready. However: the preschool [...]
Transitions
So the other day I was asking Bug’s preschool teacher how he is doing in general at school. General answer – he’s not napping well (not surprised) but otherwise he’s a pretty happy camper & he eats all of his food (also not surprised). And then she added on that he doesn’t transition well. SUPER [...]
