how not to parent

Wordless Wednesday: learning letters everywhere

now my parenting needs analysis

So this ADHD diagnosis for Fluffy is turning into a probe of our parenting skills. I’ve been the one visiting the child psychologist. You’d think I’m a bit too old, but noooo. I get to go in every two weeks and tell the doctor about how things work at our house. She is a very [...]

Wordless Wednesday: playing in the tide

hairy subject

“Mom- I think there’s hair growing out of my butt.” -Fluffy, 7 and a half

feet in my butt

Everytime Mike is out-of-town, the girls sleep with me. For a long time, it was just Fluffy. Her need to physical presence has always been high. I think 2 weeks in the NICU made Bear a solo sleeper. Until recently, she could never settle in to sleep anywhere but her bed. Now she’s all social [...]

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Fluffy forgets that there are other people on this planet. She’s a conundrum. She is a deep-thinking empathetic girl some days, then when she gets in trouble or is denied her desires, it’s all about her. She’s emo and she doesn’t know it. Add Daddy on the other side of the Pacific, it’s escalated. She’s [...]

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