Encouraging Strangers
Posted by Rachel Balducci in Family on Wednesday, September 28, 2011
I grabbed lunch with my sister today and walking to our table I passed the sweetest little family.
They were seated at a long table. Mom and Dad sat across from the children—a row of four toddlers who all looked like they were three. I couldn’t help myself, I had to inquire.
“Are they quadruplets,” I asked, being totally nosey but also quite smitten. There they sat, this row of identical looking cherubs,... READ MORE
Expand Our Vocabulary
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Family on Friday, July 08, 2011
For years the Washington Post had a columnist who ran a weekly contest for what he called “neologisms:” new words for common experiences.
It was a Friday ritual to read the winning entries—along with Calvin & Hobbes and The Far Side—while enjoying the morning’s coffee.
None of those clever folks in the pages of “Bob Levy’s Washington,” however, could hold a candle to your average three-to-five year... READ MORE
Backwards
Posted by Rachel Balducci in Family on Monday, March 21, 2011
From the American Academy of Pediatrics comes the new recommendation that we should now keep our children in a rear-facing carseat until they are two.
From Parenting.com:
In a new policy statement published in the April 2011 issue of Pediatrics, the American Academy of Pediatrics now advises parents to keep toddlers in rear-facing car seats until age 2, or until they exceed the height or weight limit... READ MORE
Holding the Baby
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Family on Friday, January 28, 2011
When I was pregnant with Blaise, I thought often about how his birth would mean the end of my one-on-one time with Camilla. Juggling the needs of two children would necessarily change the dynamic around our home, one in which I’d previously paid swift attention to my daughter’s every need and been aware of every change in her life.
I was sure that the gift of a sibling would more than make up for... READ MORE
Two Good
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Family on Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Blaise had a birthday today!
Back in the fall of 2008, I blogged about Camilla’s second birthday. Blaise was born about three months later, and now he’s two himself. Wow.
I don’t have the same introspective thoughts on the blessing of parenthood to share today, but I think that’s okay. With two kids, and especially with one of them being a very busy toddler, I have less time for introspection now.... READ MORE
One Advances, One Retreats
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Family on Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Blaise will be 19 months old on Thursday, but when he was just 18 months, I was worried a mental breakdown might keep me from making it to this point.
Has anyone else gone through this? Dealing with an 18-month-old who makes you think you’ll lose your mind?
I don’t remember this with my daughter, but when Blaise hit 18 months it was like someone flipped a switch. A BAD switch. His already not-stellar... READ MORE
Keep It On!
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Family on Monday, August 09, 2010
Blaise toddled past me, as he often does, and I noticed him out of the corner of my eye.
It took a few seconds… and then my head whipped around. Because the kid was not wearing a diaper.
We are not particularly uptight about cleanliness in our household, but we have to draw the line somewhere, and in the past we have always drawn it in a place that results in our non-potty-trained children wearing... READ MORE
Pretty… Boys?
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Family on Thursday, July 29, 2010
A college friend of mine came from a family of six girls followed by two boys.
She told me a story of a time her father came home and his son tripped into the room to meet him. He’d been playing dress-up with his sisters, and he was decked out in a skirt, heels, and jewelry: the whole dress-up package.
Apparently this kind of dress-up was a common occurrence in their home (with six girls, of course... READ MORE
Fighting Bath Fear?
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Family on Thursday, June 24, 2010
My formerly bath-loving toddler now hates the bath.
Back in March, he took a tumble in the bath. We were on vacation, it was a bigger tub than usual, and he went under. It was no one’s fault; my husband was sitting right there, but would have needed unrealistically fast reflexes to stop the dive. Accidents happen.
Blaise was only underwater for a second or two. He might have inhaled a teaspoonful,... READ MORE
I Can Do It Myself!
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Family on Monday, June 07, 2010
Both my kids have gotten their first-ever haircuts in the past month. And I did them!
Blaise is sixteen months and his hair had never been trimmed. I was loath to take that step, since it seemed to symbolize the end of his babyhood. But he was starting to get a mullet. The hair growing off the back of his head was looking ridiculous.
I asked my stylist and she said that there was no point in bringing... READ MORE
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