Toddler Tales
Toddler Tales: Trick, then treat
Having abandoned any attempts at learning how to parent my toddler through baby books, I've honed my own sort of parenting technique: Part Pavlovian rewards system, part random acts of desperation when the situation calls for them
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Toddler Tales: Uh-oh
Diana's vocabulary is expanding with ferocious rapidity, and last week, she learned the interjection: 'Uh-oh.' It has swiftly become her favourite (only?) expression.
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Toddler Tales: Hair-raising
Seeing your toddler grow and change from a very small person into a growing child, and the fun you can have with each development stage
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Toddler Tales: She understands me!
At almost 18 months of age, Diana has reached a huge milestone: she understands me when I speak to her, even though she still isn't speaking back in English yet.
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Toddler Tales: A lover and a fighter
Diana has become very affectionate lately. She'll blow kisses, give hugs - unprompted - and assume a funny sort of expression where her mouth puckers and twists, a sign that she is ready to give someone a huge smooch. Mwah!
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Toddler Tales: The panic button
Yesterday, I bit off a piece of lime green crayon in Giraffe, chewed and swallowed it - all in the name of toddler safety.
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Toddler Tales: Bookworm
Diana has recently developed a hunger for literature. She has gone from a babe who couldn't even pretend to keep her eyes open when I read to her to one who eagerly and proactively initiates reading sessions.
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Toddler Tales: Babe of few words
The inevitable has happened. Diana has learned the word for her favourite being in the world (after Daddy): "Dog!"
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Toddler Tales: Hats off!
I thought I'd got through the phase of my daughter hating to get dressed every morning. And then winter came.
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Toddler Tales: Chaotic Christmas time
Having a toddler in your house at Christmas changes everything. There is so much more energy and excitement in the air that it makes you feel like you're experiencing the event afresh.
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Toddler Tales: The impossible schedule
I never thought I would be the type of person who would ever be able to stick to any kind of schedule (kind of why I decided I needed to work from home long before baby came along – although conveniently for me, that now looks like a rather brilliant strategic choice rather than one necessitated by paralytic levels of laziness).
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Toddler Tales: Grooming issues
Nail cutting, teeth brushing, hair taming – toddlers have the same grooming issues as the rest of us. While I may roll my eyes at the prospect of flossing, Diana's reaction to grooming is a little bit more ferocious.
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