Search Results for: blog favorite phases

Favorite Phases

When daughter was a toddler she absolutely adored watching Blues Clues. However, most of her viewing came courtesy of DVDs which I would have to set-up for her. By the time she was three, my daughter knew that it required a few button presses by mom before Blue and crew would show up on our television screen. While I adjusted settings, my daughter would grab her stuffed Elmo chair and settle in the middle of the living room smack in front of the TV. She would wait anxiously as I powered up the TV and DVD, made some menu selections … Continue reading →

My favorite Firefox Internet Browser extensions

Posted on by

The Firefox Internet browser is a useful alternative to Internet Explorer. One nice feature of Firefox is the ability to customize your Internet browsing experience with the use of what are called Extensions. Extensions for Firefox are small add-ons that enhance the functionality of the Web browsers. Today, I want to pass on three Firefox extensions that I recommend for all Firefox users. Below, I’ve pasted a screenshot of my current Extensions list. I also encourage you to go to the Firefox Extensions homepage and browse through the endless add-ons you can use to customize your Firefox Internet browser. Forecastfox … Continue reading →

Wisdom from Week Two of the Atkins Diet

Posted on by

In the second week of the Atkins diet, I learned a great many things. No matter how prepared and informed you might be before beginning this diet, you will still end up learning something new about how to make Atkins work for you. The wisdom I have gained this week might be helpful for people who have just stated trying to navigate their way through this diet. If you are using the Atkins website to keep track of your carbs and weight, you have the option of entering your weight each and every day. Personally, I prefer to check my … Continue reading →

Which Child is Most Like You?

Every once in a while a friend or family member will ask me which of my three children do I think is most like me? It is always a tough question and I probably answer it differently every time. While all three of my kids have little snippets of their personalities that are similar to me, they are also very much their own people and they have been through so many different phases and stages that it is hard to pin down. The one who I thought was most like me ten years ago, is not necessarily the one who … Continue reading →

The Early Bird Gets the…Nookie?

Earlier this month Lyn wrote an article posing the question “What do you do when you are not in the mood?” I chuckled at her title because what wife hasn’t had that dilemma? However, I didn’t think about it again until I was reading a recent copy of Woman’s World. One of their health articles had six tips for getting more vroom in the bedroom. The tips ranged from getting more exercise to soaking up a little extra sunshine to eating certain intimacy-boosting foods. But it was one of the sidebars that really caught my eye. As long as I’ve … Continue reading →

Head Start with the Book of Mormon – Vicki Lynn Rasmussen

“Head Start with the Book of Mormon” shows LDS parents how to teach their children to read using the Book of Mormon as their text. While it is specifically geared toward LDS families, I can see how the methods used could easily be adapted to fit young readers of any denomination, using religious works that are applicable to that sect. The author begins by sharing her strong belief in the importance of teaching children to seek out the scriptures, and how implementing religious philosophies while the child is young can help build a stronger foundation for their futures. She quotes … Continue reading →

Preferred Parent?

It is normal for any parent to feel jealousy if a child seems to bond with someone else more easily than with them. Perhaps those feelings are exacerbated for adoptive parents who’ve waited a long time to be parents and who may secretly wonder if they are missing some primal biological connection. But it’s important to keep the situation in perspective. In reality, all children, adopted or not, will go through periods of seeming to prefer one parent over another. One common reason is simply time spent together. This works both ways. Naturally a child may bond first to the … Continue reading →

Mr. Meow Meets His Match

Mr. Meow in his blue and yellow hut Not much phases Mr. Meow. Thunder and sudden, loud noises might send him scampering for cover. The key word being “might.” He’s really a pretty sturdy cat. After all, he survived being abandoned, being found by me and Budly, saying goodbye to Budly, the Murphy adoption, Hurricane Frances, the 600 mile move from Jacksonville to Nashville, and a 2,300 mile round trip family Christmas road trip in a rented minivan. I call him the Antagonizer and the Instigator, because I’ve seen him purposely provoke Murphy’s best friend Tucker, the 80 pound wonder … Continue reading →

The Sense of Taste

As we discussed earlier in Your Toddler’s Sense of Smell, taste is somewhat less than refined when your baby is born. Their taste buds are still developing and they are resistant to changes – even those of the sweet kind until they are ready. You’ll notice a reticence in tasting some foods when their sense of smell begins expanding and the same can be said for their sense of taste. Toddlers are, by their very nature, finicky. One good rule of thumb to get into where eating and new tastes are concerned is to let them sample flavors. Never fix … Continue reading →

Murphy’s Law of Toddlerhood

Your toddler loved to eat oatmeal and ate it for three meals out of four in the day. Now you can’t pay her to eat it. She went through an apple juice trend, refusing all other drinks if it wasn’t apple juice. Now she just turns her nose up at the offering. In our house, it was treasure. That’s what the midget called chocolate chip mini muffins. She developed an obsession with them. We couldn’t swap them out for any other food when she wanted treasure for a snack. Then one day, she just stopped eating it altogether – leaving … Continue reading →