Consider this scenario: Your child knows not to climb on the couch, yet right when you need it the least, she pulls herself up on to the arm chair, apparently oblivious to the rule you’ve drilled in her head from the get-go. You feel your patience draining and would rather ignore her defiance to save [...]
Tag: fighting
I’ve been short with my toddler. Rude. Frustrated. And there are days when I seriously can’t wait until he’s down for the night. But in over two years, I have never yelled at him, thanks to one miserable day when I vowed never to do so again. The little guy was a mere eight weeks [...]
How often do you eat together as a family? For those of us with young ones, eating with our kids is most likely a necessity rather than an ideal. After all, babies and toddlers still require a bit of supervision while eating, never mind that they still can’t fetch their own food from the fridge [...]
My toddler has blessed us with yet another episode of defiance. In the morning, he insisted on staying home instead of heading out the door, and no amount of coercing or encouraging was making him budge. Even though I managed to get him out into the hallway, he was determined to stay put and literally plopped himself [...]
I love farmers markets for so many reasons: Farmers tend to sell chemical-free produce. Local farmers mean less commuter pollution. Purchasing goods from local vendors keeps more dollars within the community. I’ve come to know the vendors, I shop outdoors, and I often attend their festivities and music. Plus the food just tastes so darn [...]
The other day my two-year-old was fussing about his diaper. “Itches,” he complained, scratching at the diaper where the flaps were taped. Every time I suggested changing his diaper, he’d vehemently say, “No!” Okay, fine. Live with your itchy diaper then. But he whined about it again so I picked him up and tried to [...]
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 [...]
It was one of those “Boy am I glad it’s 7:30″ days. LO was acting up a little bit, thankfully nothing outrageous, and thankfully again that it was just for the last two hours of the day (he was perfectly fine earlier). But it all started out with a kitchen cupboard. Yesterday, LO banged a [...]
