Fast times and wild living with (the former) Baby Whozit…
Posted in Jessica, Simon says..., Toddler! on May 5th, 2009
Sunday was a tough, tough day over here. (And Monday started off pretty rough, too.) Simon was in whiny mood, and by dinner-time I was ready to throttle him. Nothing grates on my nerves as much as when Simon looks at me, screws up his face, and whines and cries for no good reason. This […]
Posted in Jessica, Simon says..., Toddler! on May 3rd, 2009
Simon is learning names. His names, our names, the names of his friends and teachers, all of them. First came our names, Mommy and Daddy. They’ve been around since he was under one. Then came his own name, Si-moan. That’s newer. Next up came extended family, friends, and teachers and pets: Bubbie, Grandma, Lola, Greta, […]
Posted in Jessica on May 1st, 2009
If I had to guess what the most universal piece of parenting advice is, I’d go with “Enjoy them while they are young.” The only thing I’ve heard even half as much is “Trust your instincts” or “You know your child better than anyone.” This latter advice, frankly, strikes me as well meaning but terribly […]
Posted in Jessica, Simon says..., Toddler! on Apr 28th, 2009
Simon-isms, that is. We’ve had some amusing ones crop up in the last few days. Scene 1: It’s the evening wind-down, and Simon is supposed to be getting ready for his bath. He’s been summoned to the bedroom to disrobe, but instead turns towards the stairs and begins the head down them. Matt: Where are […]
Spring has sprung here in Louisville. A week or so ago, I had hosta tips and unfurled fern fronds in my front yard, and I knew my shade garden was about to wake up and take on its summer form. Then we got sleet on Wednesday, I watched and worried as the tree workers’ hands […]
Oh boy. I’ve been hitting the books again, this time Positive Discipline, and the experience is forcing me to give a serious re-think to much of my day-to-day parenting. Most of the books I’ve read to date have given me solid advice about a range of practical matters (What to Expect the Toddler Years), have […]
Posted in Jessica, Simon says..., Toddler! on Apr 20th, 2009
I’ve mentioned before that Simon can be incredibly loud and used these exact words while doing so. But this isn’t about yelling; it’s about counting.* Some time this winter, I noticed that Simon had begun to count to 10. At first, he’d count like this: Un, Too, Fee, Foe…[pause]…Eight, Nine, Ten. Then, he began going […]
Posted in Jessica, Simon says..., Toddler! on Apr 20th, 2009
A compendium of recent sayings that caught my notice. Yesterday at the park: Mommy go running that way. I go running this way. That was one of several times he used “this” and “that” correctly. Yesterday night, at pre-bed story-time, he sighed happily, leaned into me, hugged me, and said: I love you, Mommy. He’s […]
Posted in Jessica, Simon says..., Toddler! on Apr 18th, 2009
Today, as the family walked through the BBC Brewing Company parking lot after dinner, Simon turned back and said Bye, bye restaurant! Bye, bye ABC. How cute! we both thought. What a funny little boy we have. Then, later, we watched Cars (AKA “Race Cars”) for the umpteenth time. Matt started to talk about the […]
Matt and I are generally opposed to toddlers running around in diapers. Yet somehow, a few days ago, we needed to take a breather between wrestling Simon into a new diaper and wrestling him into his pants. During that time, he decided to try on my gardening hat, which got hilariously close to fitting him (I’m […]