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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...

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Big 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,...

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Bye 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...

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Twins 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...

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Toddler 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...

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A 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...

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Twinfant 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...

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Toddler 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...

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Toddler 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...

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Raising 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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