Category: The Mom Scene
Why your child needs a knitting loom
Our six-year-old son had tried knitting in the past. We’d bought him knitting needles and the turquoise yarn* he wanted. I’d YouTubed how to ‘cast on’ and vaguely remembered my grandmother’s instructions from a long, long time ago. I think the plan was to… Continue Reading “Why your child needs a knitting loom”
Do you really need ALL of those "meaningful" baby clothes?
You can never have too many nicely-organized storage bins, right? Especially when they’re storing the most precious thing of all — memories! What about those bins of baby clothes, though? I’d limited myself to one bin per child, but they were really big bins.… Continue Reading “Do you really need ALL of those "meaningful" baby clothes?”
The family sleepover solution
I was in no rush to send my eldest for his first sleepover. He’s a homebody and he is especially fond of his bed — the same bed (sheets, pillow, blankets, everything) he’s had since he was a year old. He once cried before… Continue Reading “The family sleepover solution”
Helmets for sledding? Really?
I sent my son to Grade 1 with a helmet today. It’s not that his classroom is particularly rough — it’s because I don’t want him to get a head injury during gym class. Times have changed, you see. His school sent home a… Continue Reading “Helmets for sledding? Really?”
The ever-changing stages of punishment
“You used to give a lot of time outs.” “I did?” My sister was flipping through the photo books I make every year for the kids on their birthdays. She pointed to photo after photo with a toddler pouting on a little chair in… Continue Reading “The ever-changing stages of punishment”
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