Ceiling fan’s got nothing on testy toddlers

I started taking Kendall to Gymboree classes when he was 3 months old. I willingly jumped into the…uhhh… stimulating, looks like Crayola puked all over it, world of clowns and bubbles, and songs about clowns and bubbles, when I realized that I pretty much sucked at entertaining my immobile infant. He just laid there and [...]

The age of defiance is upon us

And, frankly, I don’t know what to do. He’s 14 months old.  In many respects he still seems like a baby. In many others he seems like he’s one step away from snatching the keys to the car from my hand and flying out the door before I even have time to shout, “don’t do [...]

Top Ten Reasons my Toddler is Like a Dog

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10. He smells 9.  He’s always dirty 8.  He will eat anything off the floor 7.  He slobbers 6.  I am forever cleaning up his shit 5.  He pooped in the backyard yesterday (result of some naked time at the sand and water table) 4.  I can’t sleep with him in the same bed without [...]