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Sunday, September 7th, 2008

Clean and Dry at last

My darling two and half year old began asking me to potty train about a week before vacation, so I told her we would do it upon our return. She did not forget, and immediately asked again about it once once we were home sweet home. Isabelle’s best friend has been potty training and therefore [...]

Comments Off - Posted in Preschool, Toddlers by Connie Wood

Monday, September 1st, 2008

“One More Story, Mommy”

Have you heard something in a GFI class and decided you’d handle that when it “becomes a problem” for your child? Let me elaborate on our dilemma.
Our daughter, Isabelle, is 2 and 3/4 (every month counts as we close in on the end of the two’s) and my husband and I love to spend lots [...]

Comments Off - Posted in General Development, Toddlers by Connie Wood

Friday, July 18th, 2008

Retraining after Caregivers

I work as a dental hygienist two days a week which means my two and half year old daughter, Isabelle, is at my mother-in-law’s one day a week and spends one special day with her Daddy. I was asked to share my thoughts on retraining after a caregiver has been with my child. In my [...]

Comments Off - Posted in General Development, Parenting/Society, Preschool, Toddlers by Connie Wood

Sunday, July 6th, 2008

Dinner with the Ezzo’s

Okay – ‘dinner with the Ezzo’s’
Yes, you read that title correctly, my husband and I were recently invited for dinner to the Ezzo’s home, with clear instructions to please bring our 2 1/2 yr old daughter, Isabelle. We are so privileged to have Gary and Anne Marie Ezzo living near us, and we have been [...]

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Monday, June 30th, 2008

Mommy Friends

“Two are better than one because they have a good return for their labor. For if either of them falls, the one will lift up his companion. But woe to the one who falls when there is not another to lift him up…A cord of three strands is not quickly torn apart” Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 [...]

Comments Off - Posted in Parenting/Society, Spiritual Life by Connie Wood