Today in the car home from the Caffe Lena Poetry Festival, Nadia suddenly took exception to being in her car seat and began demanding to be out of it. After we reiterated all the reasons why she knows full well that won't happen in a moving car, she resorted to "eh eh eh" whining.

In an attempt at distraction, Robin said "Is there a monkey in the ( Read more... )

Seeking funny stories of the most bizarre/trivial reasons for a toddler tantrum...

Nadia: "Milk!"

Robin: "I think you just want milk because you're bored."

Nadia (wails): "Noooooooooo!"

Robin: "OK. It was a theory."

Nadia (cheerfully): "No, it was a yell."

For all of lunchtime, through nap, Nadia declared that she was pretend Zack, Becca was Zack's mama, and I was Zack's mommy.

Becca asked what that would make Daddy when he came home.

With no pause, Nadia said cheerily, "A cow!!!"

(Um, kombu, yip95  is there something we should know?)

Someday your friends will find this: Toddlers in Love

(It should be noted that I originally pitched this for their "bad parent" column and thought I was writing it for that, so my concerns are probably a bit overstated. Also, I wrote it several months ago and Babble decided to hold it for V-day. Those of you know know them will be able to tell it's ( Read more... )

Nadia (as a non-sequitor to the ongoing conversation): Maybe it's because you didn't want to read the dinosaur book!

Becca: I didn't know the dinosaur book was on the table.

Nadia: It's not! It's on the couch.

Becca: (attempts to explain phrase "on the table," which probably goes over Nadia's head)

a minute or two later...

Nadia (muttering under her ( Read more... )

Nadia, waking up in bed: "I'm chilly!"

Me: "OK, come here under the comforter."

Nadia: "No, I want raisins!"

Me: "That's not going to help with being chilly."

Nadia: "It will if you put them in the microwave!"

(We tried it. It didn't help. We moved on to slippers and had more success.)

Nadia, stirring after we'd thought she'd fallen asleep: "I want you to carry me somewhere ( Read more... )

Simon Eccles, then chairman of the junior doctors’ committee of the
British Medical Association, voiced the concerns of NHS professionals
in 2005. “People are in hospital to get better, but a lot of the food the
NHS serves up simply isn’t nutritious,” he said. “Patients aren’t getting
enough fruit and vegetables and what they do get is often over ( Read more... )

At least that's my guess given the other errors in the piece. But I found this one funny:

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