My son is perfect. He’s cute, adorable, outgoing and smart as a whip. So imagine my surprise when at his two-year-old check-up his doctor asked me if I wanted a referral to a speech therapist since his vocabulary was so limited. I casually told her that I didn’t need one and that he’d start speaking [...]
This morning I woke up with a start, looked at my clock and realized I didn’t need to get up for another 30 minutes. I attempted to get back to sleep with no success. I also attempted to get out of bed with no success. Here is my dilemma. I felt too restless to fall back [...]
One of my biggest challenges as a mom is to teach my son about what women and men do all on my own. I provide, cook and clean for him. Lately, however, I’ve been finding him getting too comfortable with that. He was getting out of the shower. “Mom, can you get my underwear?” My response? “Get [...]
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My children and I were going through a fast food drive the other day. It was taking a very long time. Suddenly, my five year old daughter piped up from the back seat and said, “Geez! What is taking so long? Isn’t this supposed to be FAST food?” At first I laughed, until I realized that [...]
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