Mothering Mommy

Finally 2 years old...yayyyy! My LO is potty trained,sleep trained and super chilled. I was ready to celebrate, Diaper bill gone ✔ Mini chilled coffee buddy with ability to have convo✔ Sleep filled nights ✔✔ all this excitement, then I came across a post about toddler sleep regression and thought, "Thank goodness I am not going through that." As the title of this post suggest, boy was I WRONG. It was a normal night, my LO was home from daycare, had dinner, a bath, a book and all relaxed by 8 p.m. I did the usual,  put the night light on, kissed my LO goodnight and left the room. About 15 mins after, a small shadowy figure appeared in the doorway of my daughter's room, followed by a small voice..."mommy!" I was all too sympathetic looking at that cute little face, plus, this is the first time it happened. So back to bed we went, a little more cuddles and kiss goodnight. This, then happened every 15 mins until I realized she was having a real problem sleeping. ...

TODDLER TIME OUT WADDLE My little, sleepy, giggly, baby fresh bundle, is now , a 2 year old. She seriously has only one speed - GO!, she finds a ‘why’ in every scenario and yes she has the trademark, transition episodes. The transition phase brings on episodes, the inevitable ‘No’ now comes coupled with meaning and it can be hard to deal with, especially seeing that they always seem to happen in public (que the judgmental stares...lol). But seriously, your cute and playful little bundle, will suddenly begin to make their voices heard and wants known. Unfortunately, unlike us they can not adequately verbalize their wants, nor do they know how to adequately channel the frustration of not being totally understood, so they let us know the only way they know how, and that is quite normal and generally does not require anything more than patients, reassurance and mommy’s full attention to decipher what is bothering them. However, this is also the time when your kid will begin to be ass...

I can’t believe it’s August already, every year it seems that time flies faster and faster. The same can be said for my kids. I still remember holding my son in my arms and playing with his little feet now he is 14 years old, motivated and growing into a wonderful young man. My daughter seems to have been born yesterday and already she speaks in sentences, using the potty and giving the best hugs in the world. I seriously feel like I was just changing her diaper, and cuddling up to that all too familiar baby smell, as she slept on my chest. Sigh...it all went too quickly. Every opportunity I get, I delve into gushing about my kids. From the silly, to the hysterically naughty and definately the cute moments. That’s why I wanted to have a place in my blog to exchange stories freely, giving us moms, that much needed moment to laugh at our little ones silly antics and melt at their all too cute moments. This space also welcomes stories about the littlest to the biggest babies in our life...