In the How To Raise Laurel handbook, I have noted the challenges of day-to-day activities involving my amazing four year old. Getting her to put on clothing appropriate for going out into the world is a daily challenge. Getting her to go to the potty is a challenge, and one I have decided to give [...]
Some may ask why there are always more photos of my younger daughter in my gallery. Some even hint that maybe I LOVE one more than the other, or that I play favoritism.
I don’t play favoritism. I charge for it. I take cash only, as you just can’t trust the credit of kids these [...]
My four-year-old has declared her independence from pants. As well, she would like to be liberated of all shirts that have collars or turtlenecks, and any long-sleeved shirts where the sleeves are too long. Rolling up the sleeves is not acceptable.
In addition, she will not wear the color white. Even if there is white [...]
There’s a lot going on developmentally with Laurel, who just turned 4 on January 8. She’s becoming a very social child, one who soaks up the social and then withdraws to form her own boundaries when she’s all social-ed out. She is so like her father in this regard that sometimes they both disappear in [...]
We decorated our tree this morning, and Allen thought it would be a good time to get some video of what Christmas really means to 3 year olds.
Here, for your enjoyment!
Laurel trained herself to poop on the potty in about 3 hours yesterday.
Oh, wait, do you mind if I talk about my kid’s poop again? I know you never tire of reading about poop on my kids’ site. It’s only been five and a half years of blogging about drooping, leaking diapers, piss and shit, [...]
Reading a book with my five year old this morning before school, we get to the part about colors. I ask her to give me the Spanish names for red and blue. “Rojo?” she says, with some hesitation. “Good. Now, how do you say blue in Spanish?” Pause. She clearly is struggling to remember.
From the [...]
The shit storm has been unleashed. The poo levee has broken. In short, we’ve got brown.
Laurel has finally unloosed. The constipation that defined the last few weeks of her short life is in remission.
Thank you to my mom for bestowing a crate full of Glyco-Lax on us. And to Kitty, for the recipe for “Go [...]
9pm, the three-year-old’s eyes are WILD as she fights sleep while awaiting dinner at a restaurant, celebrating her cousin’s middle school graduation. To fight off that bastard sandman, Laurel begins to rock.
Hair flopping in her eyes as she nods her head to this rhythmic beat, she sings in a low raspy voice, with a slight [...]
Your first preschool classroom photo, the one where you look like someone just ate your puppy. You’ll wonder about it later, thinking that you were a sad little girl. Maybe you’ll tell your friends that you were denied candy, and your mom made you wear dresses, that you were mercilessly taunted by your peers for [...]
