MAY
2
2005

Church Voice

Keeping a talkative 1 year old quiet in church is one of the most complex challenges a parent can face. There’s no way to discipline a child during a church service. Despite what you may have seen, stern disapproving looks made by desperate parents really have no effect on a 1 year old. All you […]

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APR
20
2005

Battle!

For all of you trying to figure out how to spoon feed your baby, here’s a tip that may work: hand him another spoon. He plays with one spoon while you feed him with another. It keeps him from trying to grab your spoon while you put the food in his mouth. Thanks to J’s […]

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APR
18
2005

A Bad Idea

This one’s for all the new dads out there. When you’re sitting on the couch with your family, do not show your son how much fun it is to pick up a pillow and bop his mom. Even though it is incredibly tempting – and I realize that it is incredibly tempting – resist. Yes, […]

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APR
17
2005

Look at Me!

As you may have guessed by now, C is what some people might call "willful". He wants to do what he wants to do, and he doesn’t want to be told "no". Of course, this makes it all the more important for us to say "no". In response, he developed all sorts of ways of […]

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APR
15
2005

Time Out for Daddy

Time Out is a difficult thing for both parents and kids. The idea is simple enough: you find a place in your house that is safe and relatively isolated. When the child is bad enough to warrant punishment, you put them in Time Out. This means they have to go sit in that place for […]

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APR
14
2005

Outsmarted

The other night was beautiful here, so we packed up dinner and went to the park to have a picnic. The park we go to has mulch covering the playground, however, and this is a problem. C likes to throw mulch when he’s Being Bad. So, we’re sitting on the blanket eating, and C decides […]

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APR
13
2005

Good Morning America!

[First a little setup: Our house is set up with baby gates so that the kids (and dogs) are confined to the den, kitchen, and their bedrooms. This means we don’t have to worry about baby proofing the entire house. I work upstairs in the mornings and come downstairs to have a brief breakfast and […]

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