Does it ever amaze you, as a parent, the things you have to teach your kids? There are some things that I just assumed were innate or an auto-learn feature of childhood. I was wrong. So far, here's the list of things I never knew I had to teach my children: How to nurse...it's not as innate as many lactation specialists would like you to think. How to sleep. When to sleep. How long to sleep. How to sleep in their own beds. When to wake up. How to dress themselves. How not to dress themselves. How to wipe their own bottoms. What to put in the potty. What not to put in the potty. Not to touch bottoms other than their own. When not to touch their own bottom. When it's appropriate to talk about bottoms. How to eat. What to eat. How to tilt a sippy cup up so that the drink comes out. To not tilt a straw cup up. How to drink out of a regular cup/glass with no lid. How to dial a phone. How to make an emergency phone call. What is an emergency. When th...
A parenting, travel & military family blog