I’m so happy to hear this message in general and definitely needed it with my first child, but my second is 4 and 1/2 and it feels a little different. She poops on the potty regularly but can’t seem to feel w
Because now we know,Oh wow, they’re feeling eyes upon them, they’re feeling that we have an agenda. They’re uncomfortable and needing to hide.That’s a sign that it would help for me to back off and trust more and not let all those voices in my head get in the way. Here’s...
Eventually we strolled our loud, mobile carnival over to the Ikea cafeteria where we gave the overworked college student behind the prison buffet glass quite a shock when we announced we’d be needing 7 FREE Swedish-meatball-meals, plus two regular ones. Kids eat free on Tuesdays, which almo...
TheSpy Kidsuniverse gets a modern update in this Netflix Original. Robert Rodriguez brings in a new cast of super agents, including Terrence Tango (Shazam! Fury of the Gods‘ Zachary Levi) and Nora Torrez (Gina Rodriguez). But they find themselves needing the help of their children, Tony (...
The graphic above is from theWorld Childless Weekwebsite. You can see that you’re not alone in needing someone to talk to. Can you discuss your feelings about this with your partner? Do they sympathize, get angry, or simply refuse to talk about it? I know some readers have to read th...
excited to learn whatever the parents know how to do, delighted to follow the parents around learning their skills. There should be no thought of having someone around the house who doesn't share in work needing to be done. Children, if they are to become adults, should be functional and...
Annoyance, disobedience and needing to pull kids out of the pool for their behavior were all parts of the trip. There was complaining that it was too hot or too sandy or they were too hungry. It’s amazing to me that kids will be content one minute and then suddenly be “STARVING” ...
(at the same time), then a second round of injections in December. Today was going to be the third round of injections. The doctor said he wants to see me back this summer for another check, which is good because I don’t think I’m totally in the clear yet, but not needing the...
The Thursday before he passed, I was working from home and he was constantly needing to go out, sometimes not making it in time. He went to the vet that afternoon and was diagnosed with colitis, given some pills and we were told he’d feel better in a few days. I remember thinking,...
since we were all doing school at home and we decided it was best for the rest of use to stay in as much as we could. He and I shared these first masks, and of course washed them after each wearing. At that point no one besides him was even really needing them, so we had only...