Raising Three Boys

Ah……even more adventures in potty training…. So recently, we moved Kwabena out of pull-ups completely (only allowing him to wear a diaper at night). He’s been doing really great at daycare! He’s still not at the point where he’s consistently saying he needs to pee. In fact, it seems like he’s had more accidents recently, along with a bit of… View Post

So last night, according to Kwabena, and I’m absolutely sure he would never lie to me…..a big monster came into his room. Yep, that’s right. According to him, that is why he was awake in bed, crying for a whole hour before I finally had to go in there and coax him to sleep. When I first went to his… View Post

Wow, it seems like I haven’t written much lately. A lot of exciting things are going on. First……CONGRATS to Kwabena for being out of pull-ups COMPLETELY!! I am very excited about this, because it seems like it’s been so long since he’s been potty training. I really haven’t been stressing it. Some progress is better than none, right? But lately… View Post

Kwabena, for some reason, loves to talk about poo-poo. He likes to joke about it……..(“I eat poo-poo for dinner!”)…….he likes to pretend that his poo-poo takes on fun shapes in the toilet……..(“I made a turtle!”)……….he just simply loves the idea of POOP. (That’s my boy!). So tonight, when I asked him what his favorite food was, he pretended to really… View Post

Man….quite amazing the effect that Barack Obama’s political campaign had, even on a 2 year old! Kwabena saw this picture on someone’s Facebook this evening, and said, “That’s Barack Obama’s doggie!” and he got a total KICK out of it! LOL. Funny how he instantly recognized this iconic image, regardless of what the actual image was. WOW. Anyhow, last night… View Post