(No, not the rockin Guns n’ Roses album, but the force of nature that is Carmen…)
Of all the trials and tribulations in my nearly five years of motherhood, I’d never suffered public humiliation until last week. I have a thick skin– I can handle my toddler unloading in her swim diaper every single time we [...]
Tags: destruction · library books · toddlers
At a loss what to get the children in your life this holiday season?
Try the latest toy craze— Zhu Zhu pets, fuzzy electronic hamsters that mimic the intelligent responses of live animals. Said hamsters love to play and explore the house, making 40 different noises, purring when you stroke them.
My 4-year-old periodically asks [...]
Tags: discipline · toddlers · two-year-old
There were certain things I thought I’d never do when I became a mother. I wouldn’t yell at my children, share my marital bed, or nurse through toddler-hood. As my husband said with authority when we first discussed breastfeeding: “If you can ask for it, then you’re too old for it.”
Never say never when it [...]
Tags: breastfeeding · c-section · cesarean · nursing · Parenting · toddlers
Saturday, pouring rain.
I could’ve gone to Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Philip Levine at the Brattleboro Literary Festival. Instead I brought my toddler to Touch-a-Truck in the hospital parking lot.
Why? I figured I’d already heard Levine– one of America’s most beloved and esteemed living poets– back when I was in college. Then I took for granted [...]
Tags: toddlers · Touch-a-Truck
I confess, my three-year-old eats only white foods. Despite my early efforts to offer a rainbow at every meal, she now lives on yogurt, bread and butter, pasta, tuna with mayo, crackers, and sometimes mild cheddar. My mom friends are shocked but try not to show it. “Have you tried disguising tiny pieces of broccoli [...]
Tags: Parenting · picky eater · toddlers