When something goes out, something goes in
Mat has a shelf in the fridge just for him. It’s on the bottom shelf of the fridge. That’s where we keep his bottles, his juice cups, his drinkable yogurts, his regular yogurt and fruit. It’s pretty accessible for him. He can reach in and grab what he needs from the fridge and be on [...]
Gud neet dahdee!
Translation: Good night daddy! That’s what Mat said tonight. It was the first time that he said a string of more than two words together. And it was freaking fantastic.
The hardest talk of my life
Millhouse and I had a talk about racism today. More specifically, I spoke to Millhouse today about the fact that his boys are going to experience racism. Just some background, Millhouse is white. I am not. I am a lovely shade of brown. Our boys are a combination of milk and chocolate and are a [...]
We moved Maks’ footstool to the bathtub
Maks has a foot stool. It’s red and has Lightening McQueen and Mater on it. He’s had this foot stool for years. We keep it in the bathroom. It helps him reach things like the faucet, his toothbrush, toothpaste and the soap. He’s tall for his age but he still can’t quite reach everything. So [...]
Before Kids / After Kids
Before kids: the ghost light is when you think you see the red message light on your blackberry blinking and you check your phone but there is no new message and the light mysteriously stops blinking. After kids: the ghost light is a Mater cartoon that gets played over and over again until the [...]
Parental Separation Anxiety
In 15 days I leave for Trinidad Carnival. This is something that I have wanted to do since I was 18 years old. And after many, many, many years of coming up with reasons to not go, I am finally going. I am beyond excited. I wake up thinking about it. I go to sleep [...]
Regression, especially when it comes to sleep, is a bad, bad thing
Mat is getting up every two hours again. His days of sleeping through the night are a distant memory. I tried to get him back on the sleep doula program but he is not having it. He doesn’t fight me when I put him down. He still goes to sleep like he did on the [...]
Mat’s Report Card
Mat got his report card last week too. Just because he just mastered walking and doesn’t really speak words right now doesn’t mean that the daycare won’t evaluate him. His report card was just as I expected. His teachers like him. He is a loving child that isn’t destructive or rambunctious. He likes to look [...]