Tag: emotional development

October 2, 2015

Petra is Three!

With Silas, I feel like, “Wow, you’re five already?” but with Petra, it’s more like, “How…

September 24, 2015

Five seems like such a big age, you know? I’m having a hard time wrapping…

October 13, 2014

Now that it’s safely passed, I feel ready to talk about the experience of having…

April 18, 2014

I do still have the two children, although Petra has been getting more airplay lately…

March 26, 2014

I’m so glad I read Bedtiming, by Dr. Marc D. Lewis and Dr. Isabela Granic. I’m not…

March 25, 2014

Silas is, unfortunately, in the age of irrational fears. I know it’s developmentally totally normal.…

March 12, 2014

Silas wants to learn to eat with chopsticks (“Because when I live in China, I…

January 24, 2014

This year, at Christmas time, I took Silas to a [thrift] store and tried to…

January 21, 2014

I love you. What does “I love you” mean? It means you are very important…

November 27, 2013

Petra and Silas, on the days when they are both not hungry, tired, teething, or…