Toddlers
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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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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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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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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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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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Bean’s Christmas Presents, Part Four
Bean was a lucky little dude at Christmas this year. His grandparents on both sides of the family went all out and he now has all new toys to entertain him. One of…
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Sleeping in the Big Boy Bed
For Christmas, Santa brought Bean his big boy race car bed. Christmas night was the first night he slept in it and he was so exhausted from the excitement of the day that…
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18 Months and On the Go
Over our Christmas vacation in Pensacola, Florida, with Chris’s family, Chris’ mom, Jackie, took us all to the Naval Air Museum at the Air Force base in town. Chris and I had been…
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Santa Stole My Bed!
This year was Bean’s second Christmas and oh, what a difference a year makes! It was absolutely magical to see Christmas through his eyes. I know that sounds corny, but there’s just no…
