Children are notorious for being picky eaters. Toddlers get an especially bad rap in this department. And it’s. for good reason. Young children have limited palettes. They haven’t had time in their young life to get used to a variety of tastes and textures in food. Also, let’s be real. We all know that ice …
Summertime, and the livin’s easy! Or something like that? Summer with kids is equal parts magical and disastrous, am I right? We have 2 weeks of school left, and then it’s just me and the 3 kiddos all summer long! My oldest, Theo, goes to preschool 5 mornings a week, and my 3-year-old twins stay …
Josie and Margo, my three-year-old twins, and I were walking to pick their brother up from preschool when it happened. They were running a little bit ahead of me on the sidewalk, when I saw a car backing out of the driveway, just a few feet from them. “GIRLS, STOP NOW!” I shouted. They immediately …
If you’re a parent to a highly sensitive child, you’ve likely struggled with figuring out how to discipline appropriately. Discipline strategies that work for most children don’t usually work with highly sensitive children. It can be incredibly frustrating for both the parent and the child… trust me! I have been there. It is crucial that …
Flying with twins: is it possible? We have traveled often with our children, but it’s always been by car. With a singleton and twins just two-years years apart, the idea of flying with that many toddlers was just absolutely overwhelming to us. Now that our oldest, Theo, is 5, we knew he wouldn’t be that …
Signs of a Highly Sensitive Child When my son, Theo, was a young toddler, I knew he processed things differently than the majority of children. He upset much easier than other children his age and was harder to calm down. He refused to go barefoot. I’m talking straight up sobbed hysterically if he had to …
Let’s talk about twin toddlers fighting. Oh, toddlerhood. The joys of parenting small children who don’t have the ability to fully communicate, lack the skills to reason and if their demands aren’t met, mass panic ensues. This is toddlerhood, right? And when you have two toddlers… aka twins… you know that things can get loud …
If you’re a parent to twin toddlers, congratulations! You survived the baby years! You’re probably getting used to the fact that you have twins, and hopefully a bit more sleep. Unfortunately, parenting toddler twins is a whole new level of difficulty than newborn twins. There’s a new level of frustration that parents with one toddler …
I have to tell you a secret about this post. It should be written by my husband because he found a really awesome way to get our kids to stop screaming at each other and listen. I mean, I took his idea, ran with it and tweaked it a bit, but it was still his …
How We’re Helping Our Children Process Grief and Death It’s been a little over a month since I lost my father and my children lost their grandfather. While I’m no expert in helping children deal with grief, we’re learning as we go of what works and what doesn’t work. A big difficulty as a parent …