Category: Parenting

  • An awesome, easy & inexpensive Birthday present for a 2 year-old party

    An awesome, easy & inexpensive Birthday present for a 2 year-old party

    If you are like me, you are starting to get invitations to Birthday parties for kids as young as 1 or 2. A trend in this neck of the woods is that most parents write “no gifts. Just come enjoy!” on the invitation. Boy did I mess that one up the first time around. I…

  • Update on Potty Training

    Update on Potty Training

    So…… we tried to start potty training.  I had been convinced by others that 20 months was too early (and the summer schedule was so busy, there wasn’t a convenient time anyway). But now Chunky Monkey is 23 months and I have started to see so many other children around me (around age 2), who…

  • My Top 3 Favorite Positive Discipline Tools

    My Top 3 Favorite Positive Discipline Tools

    Parenting is a lot like learning to drive in Montana winter weather. In the most heart-pounding moments, you are told to go against your natural instincts. As a Californian, when I moved to Mt, I told my husband I was really scared of driving in the snow. My husband gave me 3 small but challenging…

  • Have you sold out if your child goes to pre-school?

    Have you sold out if your child goes to pre-school?

    Ladies and gentleman, the day has come that I am reaching out for some regular help with my little man (now 1 1/2).  I always knew I would consider pre-school at SOME point for Chunky Monkey.  But, I wasn’t sure when.  I guess in my mind I thought it would likely be around age 3…