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 [...]
Tag: TV
I did it—I unplugged. I decided to honor the National Day of Unplugging by disconnecting from technology for a few hours, not nearly the 24 hours originally called for, but enough to pose a challenge. Right away I noticed that not having my computer or phone turned on freed me from any guilt about sending [...]
This year, National Day of Unplugging started sundown on March 23rd until sundown on March 24th. Of course in typical blogging- and iPhone-addicted style, I ended up spending a ton of those 24 hours writing posts and swiping my phone on. I wish I could say I didn’t get the memo, but it’s more like [...]
This past weekend, our toddler kindly reminded us that the terrible-twos have yet to go away. In the blink of an eye he would go from yelling at the top of his lungs to happily singing and talking. For instance, we went to the market, and he wanted more bread to eat (what’s new?). When [...]
There are things my husband and I do that probably marks us as the weird parents. Or over-the-top parents. Or even strict parents (although I will argue that we’re not). For instance: LO doesn’t eat junk food or sweets. LO sleeps by 7:30 almost every night, even if this means we can’t attend family parties [...]
We don’t really LO watch too much TV. Probably the only times he ‘s ever seen the TV on is when there’s an important soccer game on that my husband has to watch. Usually I’ll take LO out of the room, and even if he’s in the same room, he thankfully doesn’t stare at it [...]
I’ve always heard the benefits of having family traditions, from daily traditions to once-a-year celebrations. My husband and I both grew up in large families filled with traditions that I’d like to continue. I also want to start new traditions for my own little family. Below are some ideas that we already do or can [...]
He seems to understand what’s allowed and what isn’t. For instance, whenever he crawls towards a place we’ve told him “no” to, he turns around, almost waiting for us to say “No” or to ask whether he can continue or not. I read that it’s wise to specify what it is that he can’t do. [...]
Before my husband and I got married, we considered moving out of this city so that we could own a large home for a good price (that combination does not come easy around here). But once I got pregnant with the little guy, those plans quietly slipped away, because this city has something that no [...]
