My toddler doesn’t always play the “right way.” For instance, he actually complains when I try to sit him in a swing. Instead, he wants to be on the ground so that he can pull the swing, let go and watch it sway back and forth. He has even added a few variations of this [...]
Tag: curiosity
We were at my mother-in-law’s house yesterday when my toddler noticed his 10-year-old cousin G tossing a tennis ball with her hand. “Want to play,” my toddler said. So G threw the ball towards him and he picked it up, but rather than throwing the ball back towards her, he pretty much threw it at [...]
In the midst of very stressful work days, this past three-day weekend could not come in more deservedly. We had so much fun going on outings and just not having any agenda other than to be out as a family and relax at home. In addition to climbing Baldwin Hills and eating at Cafe Brazil, [...]
LO and I were at our local playground yesterday where there was another little girl playing. She was slightly older and was accompanied by her mom, who was just on the phone the whole time and didn’t seem to care about what her daughter was doing. Now, I’ve talked on the phone too with LO [...]
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. [...]
I’m reading a helpful book called Becoming the Parent You Want to Be and am in the “discipline” section. One of the topics it talks about lit a light bulb over my head: distraction vs redirection. When a child is doing something inappropriate, the first thing a parent should do is assess what the underlying [...]
Yesterday I was playing with him and had his books spread out on the floor. Out of curiosity, I said, “Where’s ‘Farm Friends’?” to see if he would actually recognize the name as well as pinpoint the book that the name belongs to. Well, to my delight, he did! He grabbed “Farm Friends” and looked [...]
I still don’t know if I would classify LO as an easy baby or a hard baby. Today we visited my husband’s family where little S was there. He was tired and started crying, which, compared to LO’s cries sounded more like gentle cat meows. Later when LO was being put to sleep, his cries [...]
