NB2.0 just turned 16-months-old, and the most exciting development right now (besides getting in three canines simultaneously and drooling like a bloodhound) is that she’s learning more words! Sometimes learning a new word is something she practices for about a week and then one morning she’s got it. Other times, she’ll pull a Word Ninja on us and parrot a… Read More
Lately, I’ve been wondering if I have some sort of mommy bipolar disorder thing going on. Do you ever feel this way… Like one day I’m June Cleaver Super Mommy on a mission to bake bread, crochet diapers and homeschool all the children on my block. And then, as if someone’s flipped the Jekyll switch, I’m a total Mommy drop… Read More
A few days ago, a family member was asking for suggestions on how to find a good quality preschool — one that isn’t just a glorified day care. While it seems there is this debate between choosing a fun preschool or an academic one, there really isn’t any reason why a respectable preschool can’t be both. As a parent, you… Read More
I don’t know who came up with the term Terrible Two’s, but whoever did, clearly never met my daughter. Otherwise, he would have aptly pissed on the term Terrible Two’s and immediately warned the world about its much nastier successor, the Totally Terrifying Three’s. I sort of imagined that once Noob Baby blew out the candles on her third birthday,… Read More
Noob Mommy Fact: I have six fewer teeth than the average adult. Besides chucking my four wisdom teeth, I had two permanents removed when I was a teenager to make way for my braces. You betta believe there was all kinds of crowd control issues happenin up in this grill. Why the Noob Mommy dental trivia you ask? Well, I… Read More
In no particular order … 1. Eating my weight in ice cream, chocolate, cakes, cookies, cupcakes, candy, Cheetos, and apparently anything that begins with a “C”. In fact, I ate the letter C, too, and now the alphabet only has 25 letters. Suckers! 2. People opening doors for me. This was sweet and all when I was waddling around all… Read More