Since he entered daycare when he was just a wee three-months-old, I thought O had gotten the bulk of his illnesses behind him. Silly me! You know how parents of kids who used to attend daycare always tell you how their kid is never sick now that they in “regular” school? Well, I believed them! [...]
Let Sleeping Babies Lie
So, this has been a crazy busy week for me–more in the “personal” realm than work (although I’m equally busy there)–so I just wanted to post something cute and quick about my boy. Because everyone LOVES hearing stories about other people’s kids, right? Right! Well, O has a penchant for talking in his sleep. It’s [...]
The Art of Choosing
Any working mom has her reasons for choosing her child’s childcare situation. Be it daycare, family, babysitter, nanny, I’m 98.5% sure the mom has a reason (or reasons) she’s chosen the way she has. Maybe she chose a babysitter/home care because of the cost or lower ratios; or she’s chosen a nanny so her child [...]
Yellow
So, I think O might be ready for a little potty training. He tells me when he pees and poops. The two times he’s had accidents while I was letting him run around diaperless, he ran to the bathroom and peed on the floor in front of the toilet. He yells “Pee Pee, Potty, Yellow!” [...]
Alpha Dog
As O and I walked into daycare today, one of the other little boys (I’ll call him “GN”) looked at O and said “O bite” as he held out his arm. “GN, O didn’t bite you,” one of the teachers said. As an aside to me, she said, “Ever since O bit him that one [...]
Once Bitten, Twice Shy
I picked up O from daycare yesterday and saw an “incident report” on the front desk. I cringed. Usually this meant O had been bitten. The kids in his class are at “that” age, and lots of people like to take a bite outta O. But this incident report was different. It read: “O had [...]
Mommy Says
From time to time, I thought it might be interesting if WMAG would review baby/toddler/kid products: Give their honest opinions on what’s out there in childworld. Look for some reviews on diaper bags to come soon, but for my first piece, I feel compelled to review Dr. Brown’s baby bottles. As some of you may [...]
A New Chapter for Our Little Family
Just after our sweet girl turned 1 year old last week, my husband got a new job. We were both thrilled, because the job is perfect for him. But there was one down side: He’ll be working full-time from an out-of-home office. No more daddy day care. Since I went back to work full-time in [...]
Ch-ch-changes Part 2
While Sara was off getting herself a dang good freelance job, I was at home crunching numbers. They weren’t adding up, and our family was feeling the ill-effects of my part-time gig. I wasn’t able to find acceptable part-time home care for O, so we were still paying for full-time daycare, in addition to all [...]
