I am supposed to be excited that I’m going to the French Quarter Festival in New Orleans this weekend. But I’m not. Because right now I’m sitting in a hotel room for the 3rd week in a row and I have another business trip next week. So instead of being excited, I’m feeling guilty that […]
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Life with Caleb, my 19 month old, can be really frustrating these days. We spent 15 minutes listening to babbling screams last night before we figured out he wanted a straw! A straw. Well, researchers have the same trouble. These researchers were trying to figure out if babies younger than 9 months have the concept
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Kids have been losing their freedom – because we’re afraid. I’m proud of this woman for letting her nine year old find his own way home on the New York subway. She knew he was ready, he knew he was ready, and she "took the risk". Although judging from the fact that she blogged about
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When I first saw the title "Put young children on DNA list, police urge", I thought of those fingerprint cards. The ones where you take your child’s fingerprints and keep it in case they ever get kidnapped. So when I read the article, expecting to see a "keep kids safe" theme, I was horrified to
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The best gift for that new geek mom or dad? A one handed keyboard. I wish I could txt msg better – that might work too.
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It’s related to when they can tell that you are lying. I knew that kids could start lying around two years old – or even 18 months. ("Is your diaper dirty?" – "No!") A new study shows that: Toddlers as young as 19 months are able to distinguish jokes from mistakes Before this, mistakes are
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Caleb talks a lot and we try hard to understand – but our lack of understanding leads to a lot of meltdowns. Yesterday Caleb walked over to me, jabbered away and then lifted up his arms to be picked up. I picked him up and went to sit down and Caleb screamed! So I took
… would you like to hire him? He’s quite good at redecorating the kitchen.
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I really need to find a ritual to undo the "uh-oh morning." This morning I was greeted with an uh-oh (again.) It wasn’t as bad as last time, but it wasn’t good. Caleb’s uh-oh was that his pajama legs had come down so far, he was tripping on them. (Easy for Mom to fix.) My
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I should have known I was in for it when the baby greeted me this morning with "uh-oh." "What’s uh-oh?" "Uh-oh." When your diaper comes off under your pajamas, that’s uh-oh. So I put him in the tub. Turns out there was more uh-oh coming. I know there was a Dirty Job show about how
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