February 2011
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Anonymous asked: What's the wingspan of an European sparrow?
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Generation Gap (Part 1)
Last night I had the startling realization that Kidlet will be eight years old the year I turn 40. When my mother was 40, I was 21 years old. What I couldn’t get out of my head was the thought that Kidlet would see me as foreign, and I couldn’t wrap my head around how differently she would see me compared to how I saw my mother. For as long as I lived at home, my mother was young. In...
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Toddler Eating Habits
So I realized tonight that Kidlet will eat most anything, but not dishes like stir fry, lasagna and casseroles. I think my unconscious habit of always giving her food that is distinct and fairly simple (e.g. eggs, broccoli, noodles, carrot, apple, cake, pickle) might be having the effect of her not wanting to eat food with multiple layers and textures. The one exception she seems to make is if...
