Tag Archives: toddler

I am  trying to teach my son how to make new friends. Being 2 years old, and not knowing what to say to someone you just met, can be a difficult and scary experience. I am 40 years old and I’m still not sure how to make friends with people I just met… And, now I am trying to teach …

It has been really hot here for the last month, so going outside has been pretty tough. Evening trips to the park when it is cool seem to be the norm as of late. To break up the same-ole-same-ole, we went to the Natural History Museum today. As always, we spent a lot of time around the dinosaurs–T-Rex being his main …

It is starting to get warm, and it is really getting warm here in this house, as the A/C is out. If dealing with a little guy is tough, dealing with a youngster who is hot is even more of a good time. Cold baths and Otter pops can only cool you for so long, and it doesn’t really work well …

My son was right, and I was wrong. The teacher becomes the student, and the student–the teacher. Well, I was reading an article the other day, and I have learned I have been wrong all of these years (and not just me but my parents, their parents, their parents’ parents, and just about every parent for a few hundred years …

The love of books–what does that mean? To some it is the endless joy of reading from your first waking hour to your last blink of your eye before slipping into the restful bliss of sleep. To others it may be book collecting, finding books that may otherwise be lost–buried in a garage or estate sale, a bookstore, or dusty …

Well, my son has decided to embrace his inner Picasso, and is drawing on anything and everything. I  have art on my walls, doors, floors, it even finds it’s way on him tattoo-style (arms,legs, hands and stomach)  and every now and then on some paper. He uses pens, markers, pencils, paint, and also chalk–to produce his masterpieces around my house. He …

Well, another week has gone by. This is what I’ve learned or what I think I learned: “Milk  can’t fly.” My son has been experimenting with his milk for some time now. Sadly, each experiment ends the same way–with the cup-and-milk going up and cup-and-milk going down. It’s easy to think: he is just making a mess; and, if he is …

My son, who has his father’s awesome booty-shaking moves, is now dancing to all any song he hears, no matter where he is… We went to the park yesterday. I was pushing him on the swings, and we were finally just about ready to head home… Of course, he wanted to go down the slide before we went home. He …

My son is starting to get more vocal when it comes to what he wants to eat. The problem, of course, is to get him to eat more then just what he likes. I believe he would eat chicken nuggets for every meal in a day (plus snacks) if we would allow it. Therein lies the problem. How do we …

Well, this week, I learned… When I put together an oak full-size/twin bunkbed, I should find some other place for my son to be. I love my son, but it was a chore to put the bed together, while he ran (and climbed) around. He had a knack of taking off with the bolts just when I needed them. And, …