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Adventures In Potty Training
This past Presidents’ Day weekend, my husband and I spent the entire weekend potty training our 2½-year old son, The Littlest E. It’s a rite of passage for every child and parent. For a while our son had showed signs he was interested in going potty in his little potty and it had become part of his post bath routine. My husband and I talked about it and figured we’d give it an official try. …
A Durable Power Of Attorney For Health Care Decisions Is A Good Thing To Have In Place
In the summer of 2009, my father was vacationing in Reno, Nevada and had a heart attack. He’d had one twenty years before and this time the doctor told him he needed quadruple bypass surgery. Prior to his surgery (which had something like a 98% success rate), he was asked to fill out a Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care Decisions which would state his wishes if things went south during surgery. My dad’s…
Watching Our Words
As parents, we all know to watch what we say around our children, but sometimes it’s easier said than done. The Littlest E is almost 2½ and is quite the sponge and mimic. It’s so cute when he sits at the dinner table trying to emulate the way his Daddy sits. He notices everything. Most of the time, it’s wonderful that he’s so observant. It’s not so wonderful when either my husband or I forget…
Are The 2s Really Terrible?
For years I’d heard about the terrible 2s, stories of endless tantrums, inexplicable behavior, screaming, throwing things, and major craziness. I built up this expectation that on the day our son, The Littlest E, turned 2, we would not find him in his crib on awakening, but a little hellion sent to torment us for the next year. The Littlest E turned 2 in July and he is in the thick of what I call…
Cloth Diapers…Not So Scary After All!
So, I’m proud to say we’ve finally made the switch to cloth diapers, and I am LOVING it!! Back a year and a half ago, this working mom, who knew she wasn’t going to get much in the way of a maternity leave – I played a concert the day before I went into labor, and was back on stage two months later – was skeptical about having enough time, patience, and gumption to deal…
Financial Ruin..The Snowball Effect
In my blog entry from Monday, September 13, I ended it when Chloe became ill. That was when the snowball began to roll and roll and it is still rolling today. Chloe became very ill and proceeded to miss 24 days of school or nearly 5 weeks well into April this year. When Chloe is ill her dad and I generally have her stay with me vs. going between houses. Chloe just likes to be…
Financial Ruin…. How Did I Get Here?
Here I sit as a 44 year old single mother with a Master’s degree and a substantial resume but I am basically penniless. How did I get to this place? Why did I let myself get into this position? I hit an emotional rock bottom 6 years ago due to my divorce and as I mentioned in my post nearly a month ago, I seem to just to be coming out of the “divorce fog,”…
Who Takes Care Of Mommy?
My poor baby was sick recently. She was running a slight fever, her body was achy and her allergies were acting up. Like most moms, knowing your little one is not feeling well is the pits. Gosh, my heart broke for my baby girl! Then, on the same day, what do you know, my husband woke up sick too. Except he came down with a stomach flu where nothing we ate stayed down. He called…
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