I remember when my then 18-month-old son wanted to be with me… and only me. Little that his dad or regular caregiver did could pry him away from me without tears. “Where’s that kid who would ‘go to anyone’?” I glumly wondered. Separation anxiety proved difficult for everybody—for my toddler who was clearly unhappy being [...]
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My two-year-old has been relatively easy for the past several months. We haven’t had any major tantrums or patience-testing phases. He’s been sleeping through the night like clockwork. And he has been so patient and compliant even when I would never expect a toddler to be (such as sitting calmly in an over-crowded Costco while [...]
“Hahaha! Six ninety-nine… are you out of your mind?” That’s my husband and toddler’s inside joke (I have no clue either, but hey, whatever works). They’re both laughing it up, rolling on the ground and acting like drunk BFFs, all the while talking about being out of their minds. Rewind to about an hour ago [...]
Last week, LO was particularly extra-attached to me even when his daddy was around. One strategy we’re doing to alleviate that is for LO to have alone time with his dad. It wasn’t enough that I was off somewhere in the house or out of view; LO would still seek me out. So now we [...]
LO has been acting up these past few weeks. Granted, he’s not as bad as other kids his age when I google’d up about this issue, but he’s frequently upset about something. Sometimes there are valid reasons why he’s upset, like he is told to leave something alone, or not to do a certain thing. [...]
We live in a one-bedroom apartment right now—perfect for my husband and me, but not so perfect with the little guy in the mix. His dad and I moved in together a few months before getting married, so a two-bedroom didn’t make sense at that point. We didn’t know exactly when we’d have kids, and [...]
I love our Moby Wrap. It’s a 9-foot piece of cotton fabric that we tie around in a particular way that enables us to stick him in and carry him around nice and tight. We initially used the Moby when he was a newborn to help him sleep. After a few quick steps, he’d be [...]
The little guy is easily amused. Smile at him and he’s already gushing back at you, bashfully burying his face only to look up again and smile. How awesome that the most effective “toy” is simply a face smiling at him. But since we like variety around here, we play all sorts of games with [...]
