In the past few short months Graham has:
moved from crib to bed
outgrown his highchair
lost his nap
broke his arm
stopped wearing diapers
started “school”
sprouted molars
learned to talk like a 4 year old
So in a blink he has made a giant leap from baby to kid. No wonder he’s so grouchy. He has no idea what the hell is [...]
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Scene: Driving home.
VIOLET: Mom, when is dinner?
ME: Dinner was two hours ago and you didn’t eat it. That’s it.
V: But Mom! I’m hungry! I want dinner!
M: I guess you missed your chance to eat dinner. I’m not making you another one.
V (furiously): If you don’t make me something to eat, I’m going to EAT YOU!!
GRAHAM [...]
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Rob and I spent half of Labor Day on the phone to various hospitals while helicoptering around splint-sporting Graham, who seemed determined to fall and completely sever his already broken arm. Turns out the clinic doctor was right; no one would cast an arm on a holiday, and most likely the doctors would’ve told us [...]
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“Call the emergency clinic and see if they’re open. There’s something wrong with Graham.”
That’s not the kind of call I like getting from Rob. He did add that Graham was relatively okay… but not before I had nearly collapsed into a heap on the floor.
So here’s the story:
The day after the kids and I came [...]
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That’s how old Violet was when Graham was born. And that’s how old Graham is right now. This blows my mind on many levels… and I can’t really explain why.
Maybe it’s just that Violet seemed so huge when we brought him home…that when she saw him for the first time she gasped and demanded [...]
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That is what time they woke up the morning after their first double-twin bed slumber party adventure. Here is the wreckage:
Father’s Day. Awesome. Not surprisingly, Graham had no trouble taking his first ever nap alone in his big-boy bed.
2nd night: Asleep by 9pm instead of 10. Graham woke up screaming at 2:30am This was my [...]
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Associated Press Release
Scientists around the world are baffled by the seemingly overnight transformation of a sweet, happy, angelic, amiable toddler to a demanding, grouchy, hysterical, selfish volcano of ear-piercing screams. This occurred shortly after his second birthday.
Authorities warn anyone coming into contact with this volatile creature to exercise extreme caution. The causes of his [...]
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The Plan: Move the kids into the same room for the summer.
The Reason: Trip to New York in July. Trip to Oregon in August. They’ll be sharing a room. Graham’s too big for the portable crib.
What we’ve done so far: (will the end result be blissfully rested ready-to-travel children and parents? Or screaming messes? Stay [...]
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Okay, so his hair was totally cute. But his bangs were getting in his eyes and the curls by his ears were starting to look like wings and the baby-mullet was making him itch. So we decided it was time for his first haircut.
We took him to Fast Freddie’s, home of the $8 cut. That’s [...]
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We want the kids to be able to sleep in the same room while traveling. So, for practice we decided to move Violet’s mattress into Graham’s room, right next to his crib. Violet was extremely excited. Graham seemed to be also. They piled on Rob’s lap in the rocking chair to read books.
I tried live-blogging [...]
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