Monthly Archives: October 2008

out of the mouths of babes

Our daugh­ter has had a lan­guage explo­sion. I had her out yes­ter­day and she saw a sand­wich board sign and stopped so that she could point out the “Geee” and exclaim for all to hear that she had found the … Con­tinue read­ing

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teach them well

My son has started to get extremely inter­ested in feed­ing him­self using uten­sils so we have pur­chased them their own bowls and cut­lery. The first night we let him feed him­self we were hav­ing stew and he did great. My … Con­tinue read­ing

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Torture by sleep deprivation

The twins are in the mid­dle of the 18-month growth spurt, devel­op­men­tal spurt, a cold and teething to boot. They have never been great sleep­ers but this has been crazy; tak­ing for­ever to fall asleep, wak­ing up every hour or … Con­tinue read­ing

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