As part of our nighttime routine, The Little Empress usually enjoys a half-hour or so of playtime in her bedroom before getting ready for bed. It is a great way to help her wind down and allows us to do the essentials such as pick out her pajamas, etc. She’s been playing pretend a lot [...]
As The Little Empress’ 2nd birthday draws ever closer, it seems that she is growing exponentially more independent by the day. She started walking and standing around her first birthday. Around this time, she also began to refuse to be spoon fed. Rather than fight about every meal, I would simply cut her food into [...]
Well, it looks like the current Big Issue ™ is whether or not to get your child vaccinated against the H1N1 flu. I’m honestly really surprised at the number of parents who are so vehemently against their child getting the H1N1 vaccine, even if they’re not staunchly anti-vaccination. And then I’m more confused when reading [...]
In an attempt to claw my way out of the pity pool, I present: The Toddler Manifesto. NOT written by me but instead one of those things that has circulated on the internet for god knows how long and unlike most chain emails, is totally true.
If it is on, I must turn it off.
If it [...]
Charming little one
Something my sister and I have noticed is that The Little Empress is quite the flirt! Whenever we go out, it seems like she’s made it her personal mission to charm the pants off most everyone she meets. Whether she’s smiling at someone from the shopping cart while we’re at Target or [...]
Yes, yes, another Jon & Kate Plus 8 post. Sue me, I got sucked in to TLC’s weekend marathon and ended up watching way more of them than I ever planned to.
Since TLC marathoned the episodes from beginning to the present, you could see the evolution of the Gosselins from a young family, struggling to [...]
I have a confession to make: I’ve been following the Gosselin family, ie. Jon & Kate Plus 8. I remember hearing about them awhile back from their first TLC special, about how they were a family with twins and sextuplets. I didn’t take too much notice when Jon & Kate Plus 8 was made into [...]
While reading a friend’s blog entry about Mommy blogs, I followed a link to Ayelet Waldman’s 2005 article for the New York times called Truly, Madly, Guiltily where she talks about her relationship with her children and her husband. As she puts it, she loves her children but is in love with her husband, a [...]
Ugh, writer's block…
The past few weeks have been pretty dismal for my writing muse. The picture above is a screenshot of my current dashboard which, if you’ll notice, is full of posts marked as DRAFT. These are all posts that I’ve started and just couldn’t find the heart to finish. On just [...]
So while continuing my hunt for a replacement diaper bag, I came across the Kemby Sidekick Baby Carrier. Wait, wasn’t I looking in the diaper bag section? How’d I get to baby carriers? Thinking that perhaps my love of babywearing had made me read something wrong (again), I squinted and double checked the description. Yes, [...]
