Parenting
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Moms and Dads
From the time Bean was born, he’s had a special connection with Chris. It’s a tight bond that the two of them share. Bean knows it. Chris knows it. I know it. When…
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Child Labor
In our house, we believe strongly in child labor. Specifically of the chore variety. We hadn’t planned on starting chores in our house until Bean was older. But he has shown an early…
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Scenes from Bean’s Weekend
1. We took Bean to the local farmer’s market this weekend. It was a beautiful morning and we needed fresh fruits and veggies for the week. We go pretty often and I love…
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Taming the Bean
A few weeks ago, I was asked on the Q&A page about our discipline methods and philosophy for Bean at this age. I had to actually stop and think about it for a…
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Cookie Monster
Either Cookie Monster is in my kitchen in the flesh…. Or Bean is the only 19 month old child with a 5:00 shadow.
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Dinner Time Conquered!
Well, my imaginary friends, you all helped me a ton. More than the suggestions you gave me on how to get Bean to eat dinner, you just made me take two deep breathes…
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Eat, Child! Eat!
Don’t let this happy “say cheese!” face fool you. Meal times at our house have become exhausting. Well, for Chris and I. Bean thinks it’s a lot of fun. He gets to sit…
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Things I Can’t Live Without
Yesterday I posted about the things I’m probably not going to use again when I have my second baby in April. Today I thought I’d post about the baby things that I can’t…
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A Mother’s Heartthrob
I’m not a particularly emotional person. I mean, I cry at movies and those Folgers commercials where the soldier shows up on Christmas morning. But generally speaking, I’m not a mushy person. I…
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The Second Time Around
When I was pregnant with Bean, I collected baby paraphernalia. It was a hobby. If someone reviewed something, I’d go buy it so we could try it out, too. If I read about…
