Hellobee

“Don’t forget that your older child is still quite young. Don’t expect them to act older than their age.” I replay this advice in my head often these days as a stay-at-home parent of two young children. I first heard it last year in a two-year-olds parenting class when the discussion was surrounding sibling relationships. It […]

When I worked as a child life specialist at a children’s hospital, I often thought about the choices I could offer to the children I interacted with. A hospitalized child has very limited choices, from being at the hospital to receiving medication, to allowing endless strangers (aka medical professionals) to enter the patient room. A […]

I always loved babies. I was the teenager that always wanted to help in the church nursery so I could rock babies  I love to listen to their tiny little noises, feel their itsy bitsy fingers wrap around my own, and see those little baby smiles. There’s nothing better in the world to me than […]

Lion just hit 2.5 years and I have to say that this was a really fun stage! Yes, there are challenges, but toddlers are just so adorable! Biggest Challenges: Tantrums. Tantrums, again. We have entered the terrible twos! Although the tantrums subsided dramatically between 18-24 months, they came back with a vengeance around age 2. They’re […]

At 18-24 months, our little one started wanting to do things on his own, had a huge language explosion leading to full sentences and showed us how much fun imaginative play could be! He developed a better memory, able to recite lines from books and sing songs. There was so much to love about this […]

I’m just entering this stage with Panda and remembering all that I loved when Lion was this age! It’s so much fun seeing the communication skills start to take off, but it’s also the age where tantrums started for us. I really enjoy toddlerhood, even in spite of massive tantrums, because the upsides are just […]

I was inspired by Mrs. Garland’s post and decided to write my version of “you know you live with a toddler if…” post. Like any parent with a toddler, I’m sure you would agree that while this is the best age it also comes with challenges. On the bright side, I love watching Max exert […]