I originally wrote this as a Facebook note, back when I was new to both FB and to blogging. Now, two and a half years later, I keep thinking back to it as I watch Theo attain each one of these. So here it is again, with some updates in honor of the little man….
Category Archives: milestones
Toddler progress report
I’ve written many a progress report in my decade of being a teacher. Recently, however, I received my first one. For my child, that is. Theo’s not even one and a half and only goes to Montessori two days a week, but his teacher dutifully marked out what he can and can’t do so far…
Baby books in progress
I’m on day 3 of my 33-Day Challenge, and so far I’ve done one and a half tasks out of 30. I began with baby books because (I thought) each of them was about half done and mostly just required me to sit down and focus on it. That was true of Theo’s, and I…
Theo, the late bloomer
You begin hoping – and, perhaps, praying – that your child is developing normally from the moment you see two lines on the stick. At first, there aren’t too many clues: a blob on an ultrasound that your OB tells you looks great, a racing heartbeat, the constant weight gain, perhaps a blood test or…
Snapshots
>Sebastian, age two and a half: Milestone: toilet trainingfavorite pastime: counting and making jokesfavorite book: last month was Thomas’ Christmas Delivery, but now loves any numbers bookbest manners: “May I please have more yogurt please?”favorite song: “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da” by the Beatlesfavorite color: pinkfavorite color to wear: navy blue favorite food: Me:…
