Tag: Toddler
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Before & After Kids: Car Shopping
Every part of the car buying process is now impacted by a needy, whiny, tired, hungry, child, capable of transforming into the devil at a moment’s notice.
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Mama Speaks #20
“It’s kind of like herding cattle…No! Those are dog toys!” The pairing of these two phrases, uttered in succession, is parenting a toddler in a nutshell.
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Before & After Kids: Going out to Dinner
Kids make any situation more complicated. Enjoyable activities shared with your partner before kids are still enjoyable (most of the time), but more involved. There is more stuff to pack, schedules to juggle (like sleeping), and variables to prepare for. Going out to dinner is no different.
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Mamas Speak #19
As parents, I think that loving our kids is inherent, so I would argue that keeping them healthy and safe share the top spot in the “parental duties checklist”. But what are you supposed to do when foreign variables are introduced into your normally predictable life that pose serious danger to your curious toddler but…
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6 Steps to Traveling with a Toddler
We recently took our first real trip as a family. It wasn’t a simple trip, and like anything else new with a kid, we learned a few things. So here are 6 “easy” steps to traveling with a toddler.
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Milk Does a Family Good
If you’ve spent any time around here lately, you’ll know that Isabel is now a toddler. And like all toddlers, the odds of her eating half of her meal, let alone finishing it, are basically zero. However, unlike adults, I have much less of a problem with Isabel drinking her calories.
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DYJ: Answer the Question
There are lots of things I want to teach Isabel. One of them will be simply answering the question being asked.