The Benefits of Giving Your 3 Year Old A Camera

The dangers of giving a 4 year old a camera

We gave our 3yo son (now 4yo) an awesome little camera for Christmas. It was one of the few gifts he was excited about. To be honest, he’s just not a toy person – at least not our toys. He’d rather be getting into something he’s not supposed to be getting into – messing with his […]

How To Sabotage the 3-Day Potty Training Method in 2 Days or Less

How to sabotage the 3 day potty training method in 2 days or less - @toulousentonic

In honor (actually in horror) of the fact that I’m entering the potty training phase with child number 2 (heehee, I said #2), I thought it was time for me to reshare this little gem with you from my first potty-training attempt with Asher, when he was 2. We tried the 3 day potty training […]

How A Toddler Is Like Your Insurance Company

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I don’t  know how many of you have had to deal with your health insurance company very often, but if you’re like us, it’s a lot.  There’s almost nothing I dread more than that call to the “representative” to straighten something out — and that something is almost always related to a “we’re not gonna […]

5 Perfect Punishments for Slapping Someone Else’s Child.

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“Joe Rickey” woke up on the wrong side of the bed the morning of February 8. Luckily, he was taking a flight to Atlanta in a few hours, which meant he was getting DRUNK!!! He headed to the airport for a little pre-partying. A couple of hours later, old Joe Rickey was still knocking back […]

Shame on Me. And You and You and You.

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I gotta warn you — this time it’s personal. Last week’s mom shaming trend was a little controversial on the internets. A friend got the trend started (Divine Secrets of a Domestic Diva – her current post features a load of mom-shamers) and then a bunch of other hilarious and honest women carried it on. […]

The Indulgent Idiot

Someone gave me a taste of my own medicine Friday night and my first reaction was to get up and figuratively kick her ass. But as it was, all she got was what we in the South call “an ugly look” because I was too shocked to do anything, and then she was gone. First […]

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