Parenting
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Teaching My Son Not to Share
“Mom!” said Bean. “I LOVE MY TREAT CUP!” “I’m so glad, Beanie!” “I just love my treat cup so much!” “Good, Beanie! That’s so great! You’re such a big boy!” “See? I just…
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Bean Speak
Before I had Bean, I would hear moms talking about how much their young children talked. They’d say things like, “…And then little Johnny said he wanted to eat Goldfish for dinner! Can…
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Clean Bean
Bath time is still mine and Bean’s favorite part of the day. He sings all his song with me and does all his tricks…but never on command…
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Cool Things in Bean’s Life
In the past week, I have had two unexpected gifts fall into my lap for Bean Man and they both were just the coolest, so I had to share them with you! First,…
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Rebel Without a Cause
When Bean turned one, all hell broke loose in his little world. First, we switched completely over from his bottles to sippy cups. I even packed up the bottles. An act which caused…
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These Cheeks Are Gonna Kill Me
Bean grows like an inchworm. He gets pudgy and fat and then he stretches out. Then he gets pudgy and fat and then he stretches out. It’s pretty much awesome. My favorites are…
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How Motherhood is Forcing Me Out of My Comfort Zone
Being a mom has thrust me into lots of situations where I wasn’t comfortable. There was the whole modesty issue that I had to work through. There was getting used to cleaning up…
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What I’ve Learned: How To Have a Play Date
This post is part of my series called “What I’ve Learned.” In these posts I talk about areas of motherhood that I have learned recently. Not that I’ve mastered them, but that I’ve…
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Bits of Bean’s Weekend
I read a blog called, “Six in the City” that I really love. It’s about a family of six (go figure) who relocated from the suburbs to New York. One of my favorite…
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Chanting Ovaries
Last week my friend, Catherine, had a little baby girl. They named her Nora and she was beautiful. She didn’t come out all squished up like a lot of newborns. She was pretty…
