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The Terrible Threes

The Terrible Threes

Sunday, May 8, 2011 15:44

Isn’t it funny how one minute your kids can be really sweet, and the next you want to hang them by their feet from the rotary drier in the garden and give it a good spin? My eldest – Isaac – is 3, and in that phase of constantly pushing ...

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Da-da’s New Aging Classification System 3000

Da-da’s New Aging Classification System 3000

Wednesday, April 20, 2011 17:48

The Terrible Twos seem to echo forever. Even though Da-da's oldest is six, he seems perpetually two, especially when his four-year-old brother is within his incalculable event horizon. However, as the world has accelerated past the world and into a wor...

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Now entering the terrible twos

Now entering the terrible twos

Thursday, August 26, 2010 0:56

Last week was Marc’s 2nd birthday. What an amazing feeling to watch my son blow out his own candles, to now hear him babble out words that sometimes I understand… weird but I’ve developed an hear for toddler-ese. I know he’s understand about 70-80% of what I’m saying these days, ...

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On saying no

On saying no

Monday, August 23, 2010 8:00

An old post from when I was the stay-at-homer, just after Segundo was born: I think of myself as a much better parent than I actually am. In the past when I saw frustrated mothers wrenching the arms of petulant children in the aisles of grocery stores, I shook my ...

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He is expressing himself, let’s just call it that

He is expressing himself, let’s just call it that

Tuesday, July 6, 2010 8:04

Segundo is two years old and everything that two conjures up. His vocabulary is doubling in size each week, and his coordination is building as well. With that new found ability to express what he means comes frustration that we don’t understand what he means all the time. He changes ...

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The Trouble with Kittens Is That They Grow Up to Be Cats

The Trouble with Kittens Is That They Grow Up to Be Cats

Wednesday, April 28, 2010 5:33

Dear Mr. Dad: Our adorable little girl has turned into a difficult, rebellious teenager. She’s only 14, but she already insists on wearing make-up, and screams things like, “I hate you!” and “It’s my life so you can’t tell me what to do.”...

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I don’t think that word means what he thinks it means

I don’t think that word means what he thinks it means

Friday, February 19, 2010 8:16

Lately little man has been acquiring quite the vocabulary, so much so that I have to think twice about what comes out of my mouth for fear that he will repeat it. For the longest time the only things he really said were were ‘kitty’, ‘mum’ and ’spoon’ and ...

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He’s Just Tired

He’s Just Tired

Friday, August 14, 2009 0:52

For the thirty-six childless years of my life I’d heard the following phrase whenever a small child was being a brat: “He’s/She’s just tired.” And for thirty-six years I would think to myself “Yeah right! What a lame excuse! Your kid is just a spoiled brat and you just haven’t done ...

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