There I was waiting for the elevator to the subway with my stroller. Unfortunately, three yuppies (also with strollers) were ahead of me in line. There were two women and a man all with fancy Maclarens and well-dressed toddlers all waiting to head underground. Meanwhile, I was lurking in the background with my semi-broken stroller [...]
I'm proud to announce that Ari is featured in Parenting Magazine for repeating himself.Check it out here.
A terrible thing just happened. Wil, Ari and I were sitting outside in the Fader garden. I was reciting the letters of the alphabet and having Ari repeat them. Here's what happened next:ME: AARI: AME: BARI:BME:CARI: CME: DARI: DME: EARI:EME: FARI:Fuck!My jaw dropped open."Fuck!" He repeated."Did you hear that?" I asked Wil incredulously."That's not what [...]
Old School/New School Mom presents the first in series of arbitrations. Without further ado, I give you: "Who is Right?"The Situation:This morning at 5:30am Ari was whining a little bit because it was too bright in his room. As I was sleeping right beside him, I managed to calm him down enough to go back [...]
When I was a child there were many toys that could have been considered a "craze." One of my favorites were slap bracelets.These were bracelets that you could literally slap onto your wrist. They were a lot of fun, until they were deemed dangerous (because apparently one could injure oneself in the slapping process) and [...]
I've previously talked about my dislike for the baby boy wardrobe options in my post What Not to Wear Baby Boy. Essentially, baby and toddler boys have limited clothing choices, and they mostly consist of shirts and pants with fictitious sports teams on them. Toddlers are obviously not ready to play for the NBA, so [...]
My Pet Monster is a 1980's toy that looks like this:Ari's Uncle Mike passed down his own childhood My Pet Monster toy to Ari. There is a missing item in this picture, My Pet Monster's orange handcuffs. They will be accounted for shortly...I thought Ari would like My Pet Monster, but he was terrified of [...]
