There’s a children’s book by Rosemary Wells, titled: Mama Don’t Go! If you aren’t familiar, it’s about a little girl named Yoko, who’s excited to start school and make new friends. But the problem is, she doesn’t want her mom to leave. So she stays. Eventually, they take baby steps, until one day the mom …
Preparing for Preschool: What you Didn’t Expect and Dealing with Transition Read More »
Do you offer your child 5 fruits and vegetables daily? UM… Check. [?] Key word: Offer. Since my 3-year-old’s toddler days, she’s come a long way with veggies. She went from a very strong and adamant: not going to have anything to do with greens. To: ok, I think I like these greens after all. Which …
Here in LA, it’s been a LONG heat wave kind of summer. And what did we do to beat the heat wave?! All kinds of things… Played with water balloons, water balloons and water balloons! Buried our hands in colorful, cool rice. Hugged trees like a Koala. (Did you know Koala’s hug trees to cool …
Before I had a baby, I didn’t know much. I thought I did, but I didn’t, if you know what I mean. And everything I thought I knew, I was completely wrong, including, what I thought were going to be, the terrible two’s. The two’s for me, were actually quite amazing. And now that Els …
1. When you’re 20 minutes into driving alone and realize you’ve been listening to your two year old’s music the whole time. And singing along. 2. When you’re on the freeway and you realize you packed the snacks in the trunk. 3. When you reach into the diaper bag and realize you forgot the wipes. …
10 Things That Make You Go ‘*%$#@*!’ When You’re a Mom Read More »
A mental list to myself, from myself for the next time, if, BIG if, there is a next time… 1. When they say breastfeed every two hours, that doesn’t mean forever. Ok… So I didn’t do it forever, but I was pretty much waking my baby every two hours long after it was okay not …
10 Mistakes and Lessons Learnt As a First Time Mom Read More »
When I was pregnant, I always pictured my baby to look just like me. So did my husband. His playful wish was always for the baby to resemble me, and act like him. But of course, we got the exact opposite. And like mother like daughter, my tiny 2-year-old, does not want to live at home. She’d …
Otherwise known as: Extended Breastfeeding. Who would have thought?! Period. I remember one of my biggest shocks after giving birth was how ‘complicated’ breastfeeding was. Complicated being the perfect word. Part of me wished I didn’t know anything at all, so that I could have just pretended that I was doing everything right and everything …
1. Spending a significant amount of my time doing Melissa & Doug wooden puzzles for toddlers. Whether for play or clean up purposes. Nevertheless, spending way too much time putting them back together again. 2. Eating half eaten, half chewed, practically regurgitated food like it’s nothing. 3. Sitting in a bathroom singing pee and poopie …
5 Things I Never Pictured Myself Doing, Until I Became a Mom Read More »
I saw this list from Hollow Tree Ventures today and I couldn’t help but think: we have the same toddler. And then when I read her hilarious post, I thought, we really have the same toddler. And it’s almost serendipitous, that this came my way today, because I was this close (fingers 1mm apart) to having …
