Posts by cloudbutterfly

I had a somewhat similar experience with my DS when he was tiny (for what it's worth, he was also an unusually alert, early communicator with a low sleep need; I'm guessing he'll turn out to be gifted given that I was and my husband...

Mine will be 2 in a week and a half, and he prefers to at least be naked from the waist down at home.  He'll often let me get a shirt on him, if it meets his aesthetic approval.  He never seems to feel the cold, even when I'm...

DS drinks his smoothies out of a straw-top Thermos.  We just love it.  Maybe a different type of closed-top cup would be different enough?  We have that OXO training cup with the training lid...I don't think smoothie...

You might try the occupational angle.  DS was always practical with hats...he'd keep them on only if they were immediately useful in a way he cared about.  Then at about 16-17 months, I sat him down in front of a mirror and...

Here are a few things that have been especially successful for us.  I'm not sure what all would translate to an older toddler, especially if you're going right to the "big potty".  We started potty learning off and on at...

Quote: Originally Posted by PoetryLover  DS loves playing with cardboard boxes. I think they may be more durable for him if we stuff them with newspapers. I have to find a place to store them, though, as we live in...

I remembered one other thing.  I can't remember where I got this idea, but it's been fun.  We get a lot of cardboard boxes thanks to doing most of our shopping online, and DS loves to paint or draw on them, or turning them...

If you live near an Ikea, I highly recommend getting one of their easels.  I think ours was $15 for a wooden easel, and it has been a huge inspiration to my 22 month old.   We've been doing a lot of painting with tempera...

I think that's about the age when my DS became obsessed with wooden trains.  Or rather, the age when his prior obsession was allowed to develop at home because he got some of his own and wasn't only able to play with them at...

I just went through this!  Google helped a lot on this one.   The issue with the playsand and most other sand you can get at hardware/home improvement stores is the silica particles of respirable size.  It's...