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The Missing Diaper

We’ve had a pretty good run so far. It was going so well. Everything seemed like it was in order. Everything carefully aligned and balanced. Running to perfection. I suppose, in hindsight, that it was just the calm before the storm. The silence was the only sound heralding the soon-to-be lunacy we could not imagine but would soon confront face to face. Now, after staring into the face of something lacking logic and having devious consequences, I am left shaking. I am shaking my head and I am shaking my hands. Mostly, however, I am shaking my finger. Actually, it’s … Continue reading →

Buying Clothes for Your Toddler

This past week I went shopping for some new clothes for my toddler. He recently went through a growth spurt and half of the items in his closet no longer fit. I always buy clothes that are a little big and he wears them until they are a little small. He had a closet full of 12 month clothes and a small selection of 18 month clothes. I bought him quite a few 2T clothes and a small selection of 3T for him to grow into. There is a trick to buying big. You have to find clothes that can … Continue reading →

Thoughts on Dressing Baby

Isn’t dressing up your little one a blast? Every outfit looks adorable when it’s a foot long. There are no rules when it comes to dressing your baby, either. Do you want your baby dressed up like a cowboy? That’s okay! Will she wear her princess pajamas to daycare? Babies can wear jammies whenever they want; no one minds. Shoes are adorable, but always optional for non-walkers. The only requirement for baby clothes is that they are soft on baby’s sensitive skin. Some of the baby clothes on the racks these days are so soft, I wish I could wear … Continue reading →

Dads & Moms, Did You Know ….

Good morning Moms and Dads! Happy Sunday morning! Welcome to a day of rest and a day of family and for some of you a day of God and Church and more. Let’s play a game of did you know …. Did you know that …. Breast milk can do a great deal for treating your sick baby. You know that the colostrums in breast milk is good for helping your baby’s immune system, but did you know that you can actually use it to treat it a stuffy nose or a mild eye infection? Talk to your pediatrician first, … Continue reading →

I Didn’t Realize Babies Came With Hats

There are many things that I remember about the day and the night surrounding the birth of my daughter. I remember that it was raining, a cold, drizzling rain. I remember going to see my OB/GYN for a late afternoon appointment. I remember my feet were swollen up like balloons and that I was wearing these oversized rope sandals because they were only thing comfortable. I remember walking across the cold pavement and not really feeling the cold at all. I remember that the doctor’s office was unusually busy and that every chair held a pregnant woman in varying stages … Continue reading →

Toddler Talking Tips

One of the neatest transformations that you have a front row seat for is the transformation of your baby into a little person with their own thoughts, ideas and conversational gambits. For months after you child is born, you will have any number of conversations with them. Most of these conversations will be one sided – where you do all the talking. Sometime around their second birthday, your child develops the ability to talk back. Their conversations may only include a handful of phrases and they may not have the ability as yet to say all the things they want … Continue reading →

Teaching Our Children Modesty

Think your children are too young to learn modesty and respect? You might think again. Most parents work with their children at a young age teaching them to respect others. Teaching modesty and self-respect should happen at a young age. Let me clarify a bit on the modesty issue with babies and toddlers. I don’t believe modesty is as applicable to younger toddlers. Babies and toddlers are very into their own world anyway so teaching them self respect in the way I’ll be discussing may not be beneficial until closer to age 3. When our older son was about three, … Continue reading →

10 Least Favorite Parts of Toddlerhood

I shared with you some of the reasons why I love the stage of childhood we call toddler hood. Today, I want to talk about some of my least favorite parts of this particular stage. I’d like to preface the following remarks with the fact that it’s all right not to care for a particular phase your child is in. After all, not everything is pleasing – the rose may be beautiful and have a delightful fragrance, but the thorns can leave your fingers bloody. With that in mind, here are my 10 of my least favorite parts of toddlerhood, … Continue reading →

10 Reasons Why I Love the Toddler Stage

There are multiple reasons why we love our babies and the first and foremost is simply because they exist. The following are the 10 reasons why I love the toddler stage for kids. I’ll ask you for yours after I’ve listed mine. Remember, the toddler stage is roughly between the ages of 12 and 24 months, give or take and it usually begins with their learning to toddle. 10 Reasons Why I Love the Toddler Stage I love their inestimable happiness at the simplest of things – they are delighted by grass and the clapping of hands I love that … Continue reading →

Toddler Tips: Taming the Savage Beast

We talked about tempering toddler tantrums earlier and while you will learn very quickly what works with your little one, here are a few other tips for taming some of the behavior your toddler may exhibit. It’s important to remember, even when you are verging on ripping your own hair out, that toddlers do not necessarily know right from wrong. That’s what we are teaching them. So with that in mind, here are some toddler tips for taming them and teaching them at the same time: Scribbles – Your toddler loves to draw, on paper, on furniture, on their toys, … Continue reading →