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Sensitive Sally

On February 27, 2014 · 4 Comments · In child development, nora, preschoolers

“I don’t want you to be mad,” she pleads.

We don’t even have to yell. Nora breaks down any and every time we have even a hint of firmness in our voices.

I’ve noticed lately that she is seemingly becoming very in tune with her emotions. Happiness, sadness, goofiness, annoyance, anger, fear, love… she’s letting […]

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Go Fish

On April 1, 2013 · 4 Comments · In child development, nora, toddlers

When we were in California back in January, we stayed with a friend of ours, Jay. And Jay had a goldfish. Nora really liked it, and at the time, we were preparing ourselves mentally to tackle potty training. So we told Nora–when you are a big girl and go on the potty, and don’t need […]

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A Thaw

On March 13, 2013 · 2 Comments · In child development, nora, spring season, toddlers, winter season, work

Sorry for my silence so far this week, my friends. It has been a crazy busy one in my work life, so I was spending evenings putting extra hours, unfortunately. But at the end of the day today I was able to heave a big sigh of relief and hopefully life will return to some […]

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Normal

On February 18, 2013 · Leave a Comment · In child development, ketchup day, toddlers, work

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Blogging vacation recaps is probably my least favorite thing about blogging. Yet I love, love, love having the posts to look back on, so they are a necessary evil.

So it took me two weeks to wrap that up. And now we are halfway through February […]

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Crib —> Toddler Bed Transition

On January 22, 2013 · 4 Comments · In child development, nora

I first asked for input on transitioning Nora from a crib to a toddler bed way back in September. We were having a very challenging time with getting her out of bed in the morning and I wondered if it would help. But alas, it turned out to be a stage and we kept […]

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