Eric sent me this link and it made me feel warm and smile: http://www.viruscomix.com/page528.html I would say it is an accurate representation to how I tend to view the world. I wish it weren't true, but it seems better to acknowledge my fears than try and pretend they are not ( Read more... )

Finn will start at a new daycare part-time starting next week. It's going to be a slow two week transition from where he is now. I hope this eliminates the influence of older children telling him things such as "I hate you" and "I'll tear you off and kill you." Seriously disturbing when your child says these things to you and thinks they are a ( Read more... )

I've been talking to Finn about the potty, showing him how I go potty and encouraging him to watch Eric potty. I put his potty out when I felt he might need to go soon, but then got distracted. A few minutes later, he announced that he had peed. I looked over and he was standing over his potty and had peed like Eric does standing up. Ha! So ( Read more... )

I apologize that these may be redundant from other books I've read on kids ( Read more... )

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Sometimes I get so hung up on what isn't working that I forget some people might like to hear what IS working for us as a family with a nearly 18 mo old ( Read more... )