
I must’ve been naughty this year cause Santa brought me the terrible twos early. I don’t know what’s happened to my angelic,agreeable little child who is 19 months old now. Santa, if you’re reading, here’s what I want for Christmas:
1. For Saioa to stop fighting me every time I have to put her in her car seat. Why does she hate her car seat so much? Sometimes I stay in the house all day because I dread having to put Saioa in her carseat. Now that she’s older and stronger, the struggle is harder. Does anyone have any ideas of …

She's happy to be forward facing too!
This week marked a major milestone in the life of Joshua – we finally turned around his car seat! We didn’t make it as long as I had hoped we would with him rear facing, but it was time to make the switch. And everyone is happier for it.About a year ago, the American Academy of Pediatrics came out and recommended that children remain rear-facing in their car seats until the age of two, instead of until their first birthday as they had previously recommended. And so, when Joshua turned one, we dutifully …

I have come to the realization that my baby is extremely LARGE. Correction: Not just LARGE as in, roundy and chubby, no. My baby is pretty much a gargantuan when it comes to his height. This is nothing new to me as all my babies have been pretty tall and have always seemed to be on the upside of the growth curve at all their visits, but August is not normal tall. You know there’s something crazy going on when your 10 month old is just inches shorter than your 2 year old (who is also considered to be pretty tall himself).
The good side about this anomaly is that …