Parenting – Page 11 – Chris Loblaw, Author

You say it’s his birthday?

Well, happy birthday to him! It was Max’s third birthday yesterday. I am a little surprised at how big a milestone this one felt like. Birthdays 1 and 2 were steps along the path to maturity, but both were still clearly within the baby/toddler era. This birthday really feels like the entrance into the nextContinue reading “You say it’s his birthday?”

Are you sure that was a good idea?

Parenting is hard. wickedly hard. Magical too, sure, full of wonder and delight and yadda yadda, but hard. Throw away the notion that every woman has a secret manual on how to be a mom and cope with the stress. There aren’t as many expectations for dads. People expect that dad will go to work,Continue reading “Are you sure that was a good idea?”

I was going somewhere with this,but I lost it

I had a topic picked out, one that had been sitting around for a few days and should have made a good, full post. But, it fizzled during the execution and so instead, I’m going to ramble. Ha! We’re experiencing an upswing in independent behaviour from the little dude, and it’s hinting at an excitingContinue reading “I was going somewhere with this,but I lost it”