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Eight Months: Happy Birthday, Tate!
Oh, Tater, what another great month with you! You continue to be so sweet. You chuckle at all of Henry’s poop jokes. You are so alert and always watching what all of us are doing.This month you learned how to crawl on all fours. You get anywhere and everywhere–fast!And you continue to love eating. You are very opinionated about not wanting rice cereal and instead wanting whatever we’re eating. You’re convincing, too. This month you’ve tried and enjoyed miso soup, Lebanese soup, and rice and beans.And you’re getting teeth left and right! I took you to the doctor because I thought an ear infection was making you… Read More -
Meat for a Vegetarian
My and I are both vegetarians and have been for more than a decade now (we were vegetarians before meeting each other).But our son loves meat. He says, “Lions eat meat, and I eat meat.”I very much subscribe to this poem about how our children come through us but not from us. He is his own person. Although we regulate things about his life according to our values and not necessary his preferences (i.e., virtually no screen time until he’s older), there are other times when we honor what he wants and who he is, even if it’s not what we wish he wanted.Like meat. Oh how… Read More -
Montessori Floor Bed: Update About How It’s Working
On Sunday morning, Tate woke up, crawled to his shelf, pulled up, and began rummaging through a little wooden box with toys in it. It gave me the idea that now might be a good time to give an update about the Montessori floor bed. We’ve used it through two infants and are still using it with our toddler. Is three the official end of toddlerhood?
Using a floor bed is similar to using a crib, except that the entire room becomes a crib. For both Henry and Tate, we used a crib mattress (a three-inch one from IKEA). We placed it in the middle of the floor on … Read More
