Sometimes it takes a rare celestial event – like the alignment of the sun and the moon – to make you drop every thing and alter your crazy busy schedule to witness a breathtaking event. [Read more…]
The War on Vegetables
At my son’s 36-month appointment (that’s what his Dr called it, can we just say he’s 3!), I got a lecture about how he needs to eat more vegetables.
MORE vegetables? Can you get him to eat ONE vegetable?
Girl, bye.
There’s a war on vegetables in my house and my toddler is winning. He went from being the adventurous avocado eating, sweet potato-slurping, pureed peas-pooping 18-month-old to the two-year-old who wouldn’t eat anything but cheerios. And chicken nuggets.
Add a year and the war is still on. [Read more…]
Have you ever lost your kid in a store?
Code Adam is the phrase some retailers use to quickly alert employees to be on the lookout for a missing child.
I’ve never lost track of my kids in a store.
Not yet. I actually try not to go into stores with them. I’ll go out of my way to pick up a girlfriend so she can stay in the car with the kids while I run errands or do grocery shopping. Or I’ll just wait until the hubby gets home and run to the store while he’s home with the kids. [Read more…]
5 Myths About Raising A Bilingual Child
Is my child too young to learn a second language?
Will a second language delay his English?
Could another language confuse her?
10 Tips to Survive Road Trips with Toddlers
Just us, two car seats and with babies, and a HEAP of luggage.
I am now living proof that you can survive a road trip halfway across the country with toddlers.
But you need STAMINA. Which includes the ability to make decisions and be coherent with very little sleep. FLEXIBILITY is important. Pack a CREDIT CARD for impromptu hotel stays and a SENSE OF HUMOR when the little ones have decided YOU WILL NOT DRIVE ANOTHER MILE WITHOUT ME SCREAMING AND PUKING. [Read more…]