Well, potty training is not advancing as quickly as I anticipated. Don’t get me wrong, Nathan loves sitting on his potty. WITH HIS DIAPER ON. The moment I take his diaper off, however, he starts crying and refuses to sit on his potty anymore. I don’t make a big deal out of it, because Nathan …
I think Nathan must be going through something like an Opposite Phase. He says exactly the opposite of what he means. Me: “Nathan, you’re not minding me. Do you want time out?” Nathan: “Yes!” Me: “You do? You want time out?” Nathan: “YES!” Me: “Fine. Go to time out.” Nathan: “Yes, Mommy! I sorry! Yes, …
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Why is it whenever you are busy doing something (such as making lunch), children have this inexplicable desire to stand RIGHT behind you in the exact spot where you can’t see them, causing you to trip over them, bump into them, or accidentally knock them down as you bustle about the room? Nathan has this …
Nathan is in this phase where he LOVES to group all his toys together. Especially when said group happens to be somewhere rather inconvenient. Like in doorways. Because I have a bad habit of not watching where I’m going (I know, how can I do that with a toddler in the house?), I end …
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“Nathan, does you dump truck belong on the kitchen counter?” I asked Nathan as he rolled his dump truck all along my freshly cleaned, pristine counter. I am now wary of him rolling his toys along surfaces where I put food after the pooping incident we had just the other day. “No?” he said as …