Toddler Thursday: Mispronunciations
What could be cuter than the mispronunciations of toddlers? My firstborn has always been a very verbal child. I’d consider her speech now at almost 4 to be distinct and clear, but it was so even when...
View ArticleBig Kid Steps: Self-Care Milestones
My daughters turn 8 next month. There is no question that they are big kids. When they were infants and toddlers, I looked out for the milestones that would indicate their growing: rolling over,...
View ArticleBye Bye Blankie
My daughter J is the snugglier of my twins. She’s sought tactile comfort more than M starting at a few months old. She’s always had two lovies, a simple flannel blanket with a satiny border named...
View ArticleTwins vs Singletons
Having a set of b/g twins 2.5 years after their sister puts me in a position to be able to compare and contrast the experiences of having twins and having a singleton– really having twins vs having two...
View ArticleToddler Thursday: Biting
When the twins were about 15 or 16 months old, I started noticing what looked like bite marks on Baby Boy’s hands. It was an anomaly, as no one had observed him biting himself or being bitten. For a...
View ArticleA Little Bittersweet
My twins turned two years old two weeks ago. With the hustle and bustle of Halloween then Thanksgiving, I hadn’t realized until the other day when I turned their carseats to forward-facing that my...
View ArticleTwinfant Tuesday: Transition to Toddlerhood
I was not a person who had a lot of experience with babies before having my own. I actually am fairly certain that the first diaper I ever changed was one of my own babies’ in the hospital. I didn’t...
View ArticleToddler Thursday: Why Kids Ask “Why?”
It was 2008. I was cutting 2-year-old M’s nails. (She was 25 months old, if you seek precision.) M: Mommy cut my nee-uls. Me: Yes, I’m cutting your nails. M: Mama cut my toe. Me: Yep. M: (pointing to...
View ArticleToddler Thursday: Sharing a Bedroom
After obsessively searching for about two years, my husband finally found us a new house. It isn’t too far from our current house, conveniently closer to our chosen dual-language elementary school, and...
View ArticleRaising Readers
Spending time reading to children isn’t a matter of convincing parents whether or not to raise literate children. That’s a no-brainer in North America; either be literate or be left behind in this big,...
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