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Act Like a Child

Somedays it seems like things seem to snowball against you. Like this morning, up before 5. Which is rarely a good sign, especially when I’m woken up by a tantruming child. Somehow when I wake up on my own before 5 instead of being actually woken up I’m less tired. But this morning I was [...]

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A Question of Tantrums

According to my host, there is only one question that I’ve been searched under this month: “is it wrong to discipline your kids why or why not. also what should you do when your child throws a fit? how do you solve the problem using love and logic” Given that I have written on Super [...]

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It’s Complicated

People are bored with the never-ending conversation about parenting styles. Except it’s not a conversation. It’s a competition. But there aren’t any winners or losers. People who compete just end up looking like idiots. But really, people are far too complicated to be contained by a parenting style. And far too human to be a [...]

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Holiday Hangover

This photo was taken while we were on holidays before the tired, cranky, grumpy, tantrum prone toddler was unleashed on the home front. I expected her to be a little bit out of sorts for a few days after we got back but admit I was ill prepared for the sheer scale of it. I [...]

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112/365 Thank You, Swimming

It’s no secret that my little munchkin has been a little bit emotional of late and just a teensy bit tantrum happy. And while I don’t see that changing any time soon and I feel much better for knowing that it’s a developmental stage and not something that I’m doing wrong, every now and then [...]

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Oh Hello, Terrible Twos

I didn’t think the ‘terrible’ twos were that bad. That is until last week when I realised that this was because they hadn’t started yet. The last few weeks have been high maintenance city. I have to watch her do everything, and instead of being quite happy to play for periods of time on her [...]

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38/365 The Purple Patch

I’m probably jinxing myself right now. This very second, I am probably shooting myself in the foot. Because I haven’t seen any trace of the ‘terrible twos’ in awhile. Home life has been great fun. There are always going to be tantrums and defiance – it’s the nature of having an independent spirit. But they’ve [...]

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The Push and Pull of Independence

‘I love you. I need you. Don’t touch me. Don’t help me. And please, don’t even look at me the wrong way’. That seems to be the message I’m getting from Miss Riley at the moment. She craves her independence with a fiery passion. And yet, at times she cannot bare to be separate, or [...]

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Supermarket Meltdown

We had our first full-blown supermarket meltdown today. You wouldn’t think it to look at her. She looks all zen and serene and peaceful here. Like she could give Ghandi a run for his money. She’s always been a pretty good shopper. She’s usually so excited to be out and about that it’s rare for [...]

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The Googy

Fair Warning – this is going to be one of those super mooshy posts where I wax lyrical about how much I love my baby. If it’s not your kind of thing you may want to skip over it or get a bucket. But don’t say that I didn’t warn you. I’ve had a rough [...]

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