Category: Parenthood

  • Time Hack: Mother’s Day Shopping

    Time Hack: Mother’s Day Shopping

    Leaving the house with a toddler is always an adventure. Sometimes we get the angelic toddler who willingly sits in the shopping cart or stroller for the duration of the trip eating gummies and raisins; other times we get the whiny, finicky, “I want to be carried” toddler, who can’t be pleased (in her defense, this…

  • Not All Toddler Noise is Bad

    Not All Toddler Noise is Bad

    From the moment I first met my daughter she was loud. Her small heartbeat was loud on the ultrasound; she entered the world screaming her head off; as an infant, she made it quite clear when she was hungry, tired, mad, sad, or gassy; and now, as a toddler, she can go from playful chatter…

  • Speaking Toddler: A 13-Word Quiz

    Speaking Toddler: A 13-Word Quiz

    (This image was chosen because it makes about as much sense as toddler-speak.) It’s a known fact that toddlers make no goddamn sense. Their grasp on the English language is loose, to say the least. And while I would love to always give my kid an A for effort, sometimes it’s merely a B-.

  • Before & After Kids: Car Rides

    Before & After Kids: Car Rides

    The next time parents arrive at your house for a dinner party party or family holiday with child in tow, and they look like they’ve been to hell and back, just offer a glass of wine and let them regain their composure, since they might have just endured the wrath of an unhappy child.

  • Little Things

    Little Things

    Isabel loves to read. And she loves when we read to her even more. She grabs her books from the shelf and assumes the position in our lap, without fail. But for some god forsaken reason, she has been insisting that we read to her the minute she wakes up at 6:30 am.

  • 6 Toddler Meltdown Triggers

    6 Toddler Meltdown Triggers

    It’s has been well-documented across the internet that toddlers lose their shit over the most random things. Inspired by an off-hand comment made by Mrs. FWL a few days ago, this is my short list of meltdown triggers.

  • Up, Up, Up, UP, UP

    Up, Up, Up, UP, UP

    The language journey begins when our kids are still in utero. We sing to them, speak to scream at them, put our earbuds against the womb so they can hear Beethoven, the Beatles, and Beyonce, and beat ourselves up when we don’t do any of the aforementioned frequently enough. Because, if you don’t do this for…