Jake and the minions are holding up well, in large part because we’re bribing our children with chocolate chips (aka, “tock tips!”) to use the potty. Because we are awesome parents who resort to cheap bribery. It seems to be working, so we’ll go with it. I told Jesse that we need to start doing intermittent reinforcement very soon because… Read more »
Today felt completely and utterly overwhelming for reasons I can’t yet articulate. Well, no. That’s a lie. I know what it is. I just don’t want to admit that it’s bothering me so much because then I’d have to deal with it. Also known as, all that growth I talked about yesterday? I still need some more, preferably soon. Now… Read more »
There’s this thing that happens when you see pure joy on your child’s face and anything that was stressing you out, frustrating you, worrying you, suddenly becomes unimportant. Today was a total perspective reset, and one that I realize now I desperately needed. It seems like the healthier I get, the “better” I get, the more I realize how much… Read more »