Late Talking Toddler

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Our son has been an extremely late talker. At 18 months he only had about five consistent words. We continually brought it up to the pediatrician and were told not to worry about it. It bothered me so much we contacted Help Me Grow, which is an Early Childhood Intervention organization available in our area to send [...]

What Moms Do For Their Kids

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Here’s another story about Kora and her delay tactics at bedtime. Oddly enough it has to do with her nose again. She’s a funny kid. We’ve been having a few problems with Kora going to bed lately. She used to be this amazing kid who would ask to go to bed when she was tired [...]

Grocery Shopping with Toddlers

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How to get to the grocery store always seems to be one of the major questions that arises when you find out you are pregnant with your second child. Now that Kora and Logan are both walking I either give them a choice to sit in the cart with a sucker or to walk around [...]

Toddler Talk – Barrett Feet

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I need to start this post by explaining that Kora and Logan have a cousin named Barrett. A couple months back Kora woke up from her nap and kept telling me she had Barrett Feet. I kept asking her what she meant, was she pretending to have on Barrett’s feet? (weird I know) or when [...]

Kids Change You

Chocolate Candy

When Kora was born I was determined that she would only eat healthy things. No pop until teenage years, no candy or chips or fast food except on special occasions. However, it seems we’ve ended up with a mini-vegetarian. No matter what I do it’s a struggle to get her to eat meat. In fact, she [...]

Mothering Without the Book

Before Yesterday I decided I’ve had enough. I’ve finally put my foot down. There will be no more screaming allowed at my house. Logan screams about everything. He screams when he’s mad, he screams when he’s upset, he even screams when he’s happy about something. I was letting it slide because he is such a [...]