Toddlers

As with most toddlers, my 18 month old has a very short attention span, so I'm constantly looking for new ideas to entertain her for a few minutes. Since my mom was an early childhood educator for over 3o...

It was a busy, sunny day in the narrow streets of Luxembourg City. We were browsing around a small shop when our son woke up crying. Uh oh, somebody's hungry! These shops are tiny, crowded, and hot. Definitely not enough room...

I had all three of my children pretty much back-to-back-to-back.  Each time my husband and I found out we were expecting, we dreamily envisioned our little stair-step kiddos developing close knit friendships, and we were excited that our children would all be close in age. What I...

Eight years ago this December, I graduated college with the intentions of teaching high school English. Life happened, and well, teaching DIDN'T happen. I took a corporate job (or three), moved multiple times, got married and started a family....

Don't get me wrong. I love my son. I love him more than life itself, and I would bend over backwards and bend time itself to make sure he has everything he could ever want or need. With that...

I'm sure we've all heard it from someone, or read it somewhere, but my current life motto is this: having a toddler is hard. In all honestly, they're kinda jerks. Of course, infancy is spent mostly in an exhausted...

When my daughter was a few months old, I started researching food and the best ways to introduce solids to her diet. I had seen friends on Facebook lamenting the food struggle woes and I had ALL the delusions of...

One of the most exciting times of my kids toddler years is getting their own bed!  We have tried to make it a special coming of age tradition in our household as much as possible and it is something...

My daughter is about three and a half years old.  Her name is Lyla, and until last week, she couldn’t say her “L” sound correctly.  We never stressed about Wywa learning the correct pronunciation, but were also never the...

I recently read an article claiming that moms are asked, on average, 23 questions per hour by their preschool aged children, (or about 300 per day if you're staying home)!  As the mom of a three and half year...

I say potty training is a saga because so far I've seen 3 different versions and am looking forward to the 4th! I'm pretty sure the 4th will start soon. There have already been indicators that he might be ready....

So far in my 3.5(ish) years of parenting, I have found that the trials I have struggled with most are the ones I was completely arrogant confident about pre-children.  I worked in child care throughout my college years, so...