Parenting
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It Could Be Worse
Today I went to the doctor about my back. She put me on bed rest for this week. The hope is that if I can rest it up really good this week, then…
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Learning to Discipline My Child
This is the newest game that Bean and Chris have started playing. Every night while we’re making dinner, Chris and Bean back up to different sides of the kitchen and then run straight…
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Romper Womb
On Friday, I will be eight and a half months pregnant. At this point, I should be looking forward to Gracie’s arrival. I should be washing her little tiny new clothes and fluffing…
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Phase One: Bean Meet Potty
Last week when our daycare teachers confirmed our own suspicions that Bean might be interested in potty training, Chris and I decided it was time to begin. But it’s overwhelming to think of…
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Has Anybody Seen My Baby?
This weekend I was doing something in the living room and Bean wandered off to play somewhere. He was gone for about 10 minutes when I heard him cry out, “Momma!” And that…
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The P Word
On Monday morning when I dropped Bean at daycare, his teachers decided to drop a bomb on me. “We think it might be time to start potty training Michael,” they said. Together. In…
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Hokey, Hokey, Hokey
When we’re driving in the car, Bean and I listen to the local Christian music station on the radio. It’s good for both of us. Normally, Bean doesn’t sing along. Because it’s a…
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TV Time Out
I’m not one of those mom’s who keeps vigilant watch over how many minutes or hours of TV Bean watches. As long as he has more hours doing active, creative, stimulating things than…
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Man Down! Man Down!
Bean’s sick again. But this time it is pretty bad. This past weekend his little chest cold took a turn and became a raspy, congested, hard-to-breathe virus. His fever spiked up to 104…
