January 13th, 2011 by Busy Mommy

At least a portion of each day, often the early part of the morning when Nolan wakes up at 7:30 all bright and perky and I’m half-dead, trying to wake up by the heater, is spent like this:

January 13th, 2011 by Busy Mommy

Probably one of our biggest challenges.  Of course little kids don’t like to sit, especially ones who recently started walking.  However, we have some special books for him, and I found that he does like to sit by himself in his own chair more than on our laps (apparently he has an independent nature like me), which is totally fine, so we’re working with that and he’s managing to do a little sittin’ at the meetings lately.  Good for you Nolan!  We know it’s tough.

January 13th, 2011 by Busy Mommy

I’ve decided to be a parent who feeds their child healthy food, but who will not make a big deal when someone else offers them a treat or something I might not normally feed him.  I don’t feel an occasional treat will undermine his healthy habits, and it’s rewarding and important to be gracious with friends and family, another important life lesson that hopefully Nolan will learn.  So when a friend offered to take a whole group of us out to doughnuts, his treat, Nolan had the chance to have his first doughnut (hole).  He actually only ate half of it and I had a mandarin orange out as well that he munched on.