Two hit us hard. The moment my child turned two, I knew we were in for it. Not only did her temper tantrums get a whole lot worse, but she quit eating variety and became quite the picky eater. She went from being a happy baby willing to try anything to slowly but surely only …
I don’t think I am wrong when I say a lot of us have more than one kid in part because we want our kids to have siblings. Built in friends for life. Preventing sibling rivalry was an important goal for me. I was never really close to any of my siblings, but it …
After having a baby I really thought nothing could be harder than those sleepless nights. I was wrong because I hadn’t met my toddler yet. I love my toddler to pieces. My toddler is my world, and I could never imagine it any other way. However, that being said, my toddler has brought me to …
There should be a long section in the parenting handbook (that never came with my baby) on why won’t my toddler eat? In our household, outside of dealing with sleepless nights, getting our toddlers to eat was the biggest battle! Nothing is worse than continuously trying to make food for a toddler when you know …
As a first-time mom, the idea of potty training my toddler scared me to no end. If done incorrectly, I imagined pee and poop gracing every inch of the house and the hours I would spend cleaning the carpets. Once I finally reached my breaking point of trying to tackle a toddler for diaper changes, …
My first child talked early and was speaking in sentences in no time at all. Speech came to her effortlessly and I never gave a thought as to how to help baby talk. I never gave baby language development a second thought until my second child came along. My second child didn’t have more than …
It felt like the only advice I got to prepare toddler for new baby was to get my toddler a gift from baby. Which was great… for helping me through the first five seconds of parenting two. When your second arrives, the hardest part will be your older child. You already know how to care …
I am always surprised by my child’s energy and curiosity. Besides wishing my coffee each morning could give me even half that amount of energy, I am always looking for more ways to engage her curiosity. I wanted to set up her day in a way she can work on her skills and truly explore …
I have studied language as an adult. I have studied abroad twice. I have learned both Spanish and German. However, I have never learned one well enough to teach my child a second language. In addition to the benefits of brain development, there is a bigger reason I want my child to speak two languages. …
Dear Baby, I hope to watch you grow up, Find your passions, Have adventure, Fall in love, Start a family My list could go on forever, however all of these goals for a child are abstract in a way. You can’t work on these the way you work on riding a bike. Instead, you need …