Tag: Toddler

  • Looking Through the Window

    Looking Through the Window

    Whenever I pick Isabel up from school I always do the same thing before she can see me. I stand inside and peer through the window, watching her as she plays outside. I look not to make sure she’s ok, because I know that if she wasn’t they would have called me earlier. I look to see…

  • “Butterfly” – Convos With My 4-Year-Old

    “Butterfly” – Convos With My 4-Year-Old

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    We have yet to find a stall tactic we have not been able to avert. But the disappearing toddler trick, that’s a new one for me.

  • 8 More Toddler Tantrum Triggers

    8 More Toddler Tantrum Triggers

    We have officially entered the Terrible Twos and parts of having a 2-year-old are terrible. But, parts are also pretty cool. This is not about the cool parts.

  • Am I Insane?

    Am I Insane?

    I swear I’m clinically insane, because I fall for the same sick joke again, and again, and again, each time thinking it will be different and each time proving me wrong.

  • 10 Advantages of a Fake Baby

    10 Advantages of a Fake Baby

    Isabel started attending “school” (aka structured day-care) a little over a month ago and she loves it. There are new kids to swap germs with, new books to read, and new toys to entertain her. Well, apparently she became obsessed with the toy babies, so mama decided it would be a good idea to get…

  • 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-.

  • Mama Speaks #21

    Mama Speaks #21

    Isabel is in this stage where she goes from adorable to satanic to hilarious to unbearable to adorable, within the same breath.