Comments on: Vinaigrettes — Roodled, Doodled and Done

By: Deanna

Deanna — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 09:09:24 +0000

Great post! I look forward to stopping in and ‘visiting’ you again! Have a great day!

By: Lisa C

Lisa C — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 22:17:47 +0000

I learn so much from you, thanks. The time out rules I know, and am stern with, but I have been taking Lanie’s approach, I know you did this, it’s not nice / messy / etc, please don’t do it again. But to give the chance to lie to teach from it – brilliant! Next time the blue marker appears in our kitchen flour grout, I’ll give it a whirl! =)

By: Rowena (Malta, EU)

Rowena (Malta, EU) — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 19:35:42 +0000

This is sooo just like our son Robert!
I consoled myself that the lying is normal, the tactlessness too, the cattering also, the bargaining…it’s so Robert!!
Thanks for giving me this insight! My family feels less loony now!!

By: Echo

Echo — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 05:03:56 +0000

What a hoot! Love the single-minded determination to get gummy bears. Ren is a force to be reckoned with.

By: Genelle

Genelle — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 04:34:01 +0000

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By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 04:25:35 +0000

Amanda — “In my weak and tired moments, parenthood is such a complexity of comparison.” AAAAAAAAMEN to that, Sister! Happens to me every day.

I bet if we were together in a room there’d be something I’d watch you do and think, “Man … why can’t I do that?” or look at your kid and think, “Why doesn’t my kid do that?”

We’re merciless on ourselves, we mothers.

By: Yankee Amanda

Yankee Amanda — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 04:08:23 +0000

When I read Ren stories, I keep thinking how articulate she is. My daughter Jadyn is about a month older than Ren but she doesn’t put those kinds of thoughts and words together. And I think, “Am I not talking with her enough? Is it because Jadyn is a first and doesn’t have an older sibling? Am I not reading enough books with her? Where am I going wrong?”

In my weak and tired moments, parenthood is such a complexity of comparison. *sigh*

By: Lauren

Lauren — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 01:15:29 +0000

Am I imagining things, or did Mary go through a similar-but-different period after Ren was born?

(soapbox) I actually get very, very upset at the idea that an adult feels as though they are absolutely allowed to touch a baby/toddler/child. I mean, of course that’s not an across the board statement, but for strangers in public….I just feel like them waltzing up and stroking a baby cheek or tousling toddler hair or ticking an older kid — I get that the intention is probably 100% positive, but I don’t think it’s honoring to the child’s — not humanity, exactly, but their PERSON-NESS. I guess it makes me sad that some adults haven’t taken the time to realize that children are people and worthy of respect and that, hey, you probably wouldn’t like it if a stranger in the mall strolled up and chucked you under the chin — again, this is just a sad, nerve-touchy area for me, so, you know, grain of salt. And good for Renna (and, by extension, you) for knowing how to use her words so perfectly in that situation.

By: Eva

Eva — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:41:58 +0000

My favorite response when my children as me the same question again and again, even if they phrase it differently. “I”ve already given you an answer to that queston.” Sounds simple but it actually works.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 22:23:00 +0000

Just wondering if you have made sure it’s okay to Purell a baby’s hands. I’ve heard that stuff does nasty things if internalized and I have no idea what your policy is on keeping your baby’s hands out of her mouth, but I thought I should mention it just in case.