Watching your baby scrunch up their face while tasting veggie puree for the first time is adorable, and seeing the sense of accomplishment they feel after taking their first steps is one for the books. These major developmental baby and kid milestones are undeniably life-changing and kick off new stages of childhood. But there are so many milestones in between the big ones that vastly improve our daily lives as parents.
Potty training is awesome, but have you ever had your kid go poop and actually wipe themselves" Starting solids rocks, but have you ever prepared a meal that your whole family willingly eats" And if you’ve recently set out on a road trip in a car bursting with gear and toys, you can’t imagine what a gift it’ll be when each kid only needs a bag of clothes and couple of books or toys. It’s not that we’re wishing away the younger years, because they go by so quickly and there’s a lot to love about our weirdos when they’re little. But parenting really young kids is so hard, so why not look for a few extra excuses to celebrate the little wins" You deserve it!
They are the paci captain now
It’s such a tease for newborn babies that they literally have a love affair with their pacis but can’t get them back in when they fall out. It’s pure Montague and Capulet (why must their tiny useless hands keep them apart"!). Hence the blood-curdling screams in the middle of the night (and all hours...