tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2566055197730422533.post6089613471135227279..comments2023-10-17T02:54:55.895-05:00Comments on Concordian Sisters of Perpetual Parturition: All I really need to know about toddlers, I learned from my kindergartener.Rebekahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11129136210164478753noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2566055197730422533.post-53113317938074028932010-07-03T18:33:42.021-05:002010-07-03T18:33:42.021-05:00"your response is your responsibility."
..."your response is your responsibility."<br /><br />Yep, better said than my feebality.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2566055197730422533.post-46186006455507858162010-07-02T20:47:05.053-05:002010-07-02T20:47:05.053-05:00Gauntlets and Marie, I don't know why I always...Gauntlets and Marie, I don't know why I always catch myself expecting the toddler to act 6 and the 6 to act 10, but guilty I am!<br /><br />Shrew, :P<br /><br />Lisa, you sound really nice. :) We occasionally play "Baby ToddlerDude" around here too... another of the distraction techniques in my arsenal. I must admit that I can't help doing this ironically, because the dude is such a bulldozer. He thinks it's a funny game. We do both enjoy it :) <br /><br />Anon, not sure if we're getting at quite the same place, but at least we're traveling congenially ;) Worlds do fall apart, but a mantra around here is also, "your response is your responsibility."Reb. Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06827521306898397100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2566055197730422533.post-15490350520201660522010-07-02T17:30:34.803-05:002010-07-02T17:30:34.803-05:00Whole post: So nice.
>> To a certain extent...Whole post: So nice.<br /><br />>> To a certain extent, those moments in which his world falls apart deserve to be taken seriously.<br /><br />So true. I try to feebly explain it (if I read your meaning correctly, forgive me if not) as "it's not your reaction, it's your recovery that matters (most)".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2566055197730422533.post-67021817567820464352010-07-02T15:34:00.796-05:002010-07-02T15:34:00.796-05:00And then there are moms like me - who totally enjo...And then there are moms like me - who totally enjoy babytalking it up with their, well, 1.5yr old baby guys.<br /><br />I mean he'll only be this painfully adorable little guy once. And maybe it is filling momma's need - but well, he's got his whole life to grow into a normal functioning articulate adult :)<br /><br />Then he'll go study and cleave and do what he needs to do. Bless him!<br /><br />But for right now he's my wittle, wittle guy ;)<br />-<br />U. Shrew: Sigh. Ditto :)lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16371999768381631125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2566055197730422533.post-52961156163376874052010-07-02T14:29:39.934-05:002010-07-02T14:29:39.934-05:00>>If you talk to a toddler like he’s an actu...>>If you talk to a toddler like he’s an actual human being (without the condescending and simpering)<br /><br />Oh goodness. Would that all the world would read this sentence.Rebekahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11129136210164478753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2566055197730422533.post-931861163793803212010-07-02T14:25:58.986-05:002010-07-02T14:25:58.986-05:00I'm probably the one in our house who should a...I'm probably the one in our house who should act her age.Untamed Shrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07273110800292712897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2566055197730422533.post-65473901927346716232010-07-02T13:21:44.805-05:002010-07-02T13:21:44.805-05:00Good reminder- thanks! I find it hard, as I was tr...Good reminder- thanks! I find it hard, as I was trained for teaching elementary school, to remember that they should act their age=)Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08479968112307646145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2566055197730422533.post-19400730308083668352010-07-02T11:00:25.023-05:002010-07-02T11:00:25.023-05:00>> ... you need to remember that the two-yea...>> ... you need to remember that the two-year-old is still ... two.<br /><br />I have trouble remembering that my children are just children. I often expect more of them than they are developmentally ready to deliver. Once the oldest one hit eight, I was ready for everyone to act like eight-year-olds. Too bad for the baby. :PDawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14546489539063088564noreply@blogger.com