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At my daughter’s 6-month pediatrician appointment last week, while the doctor was examining her, she grabbed onto the doc’s arm and hauled h...

Like most toddlers, Ryan is always happy to show off his new tricks to anyone who’s willing to watch (or listen). Within the past few days, ...

For the past few weeks, Ryan’s vocabulary has been absolutely exploding. He picks up a new word or two almost every single day. Of course, a...

My son Ryan is reaching the age where he can both understand and speak quite a few words. It opens up a whole world of communication between...

There are many processes in life that are so deeply ingrained in us that we don’t realize how complicated they really are. For example, a tr...

When I was in 7th grade, my English teacher made everyone in the class memorize a long list of prepositions and recite them aloud. We got bo...

This past weekend, my sister got married. She and her now-husband had found an apartment just before the wedding, so they haven’t had a chan...

Yesterday afternoon, Ryan mastered the light switch. He’s been curious about them for a while, and will often reach for one and poke it with...

Last night we watched the movie, “Babies”. The film is a fascinating – and almost entirely wordless – documentary following four babies from...

Yesterday afternoon Ryan was on a tear – marching everywhere, curious about everything, getting into as much mischief as he possibly could. ...

Ryan would happily spend all day long marching around, hanging on to my hands. In fact, he’s got me so well trained in providing said hands ...

This morning was a bit warm and oppressive, so after Ryan had breakfast we wandered out onto the porch for some fresh air. Ryan had a lovely...