Category Archives: toddler tantrums

Lily Gets a Smiley Face

Posted on February 25, 2014 by yogamamame

Snow days, I’ve had way too much of an opportunity to discover lately, are a lot like the holidays. There’s that sense of excitement that accompanies any weekday when you don’t have to get the kids up for school. The … Continue reading →

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She’s Leaving Home (for One Night)

Posted on August 22, 2013 by yogamamame

I should probably be more ashamed than I am to admit this, but until last Friday I had never spent a night away from Lily. The number of nights I’ve spent away from Jake doubled with his two sleepovers this … Continue reading →

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Tenacious

Posted on July 17, 2013 by yogamamame

I didn’t think she could do it. My tenacious little four-year-old decided to pass the deep end test at the JCC pool last night. And darned if she didn’t do it.

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Lily Is Not a Morning Person

Posted on April 22, 2013 by yogamamame

Lily is not a morning person. I fully expect this to be as true twenty years from now as it is at this moment, when she is four years old and apt to act at any random time of the … Continue reading →

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Thank You. I Love You. I’m Sorry. Please Forgive Me.

Posted on January 16, 2013 by yogamamame

If you’ve been reading my posts regularly, you may have assumed that my long silence has been caused by a whining-three-and-a-half-year-old-induced fit of hysteria. You’d be close. The holidays held their own trials, with disrupted schedules, too much stimulation to … Continue reading →

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Santa Pause

Posted on December 13, 2012 by yogamamame

Yep, I said it. “If you don’t start acting nicer, I’m going to tell Santa not to bring you any presents.” Way to go, Mom.

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The Threat of Using Threats

Posted on September 17, 2012 by yogamamame

It’s a cruel lesson we all learn early in the toddler-parenting years: Don’t make a threat to your raging three-year-old if you aren’t prepared to follow through on it. This sounds innocuous enough until you realize its corollary: If the … Continue reading →

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Does the Baby Ever Really Go Away, and Do I Want Him To?

Posted on August 1, 2012 by yogamamame

A couple of days ago, I received the thrilling news that a dear friend has just become the single parent of twins. He realized, he explained to me, that life’s too short, and he didn’t want to miss out on … Continue reading →

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Compassion, Wisdom, and Mean Girls

Posted on July 23, 2012 by yogamamame

This morning felt like a new leaf turning over. Maybe a new leaf unfurling because I haven’t a clue how or why a new leaf would turn over. At any rate, things felt new and fresh and full of forward momentum, … Continue reading →

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Childless for Father’s Day

Posted on June 18, 2012 by yogamamame

It hit me as I walked out of the Whole Foods near my mother-in-law’s house in St. Louis two days before Father’s Day and two hours before the start of our two-day, ten-hour drive back home to Asheville. As I … Continue reading →

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