It's my birthday. Let's get sentimental...about kids, and cake. I love my job. And I love cake. If you asked me what my passion in life is, I would tell you I have two: kids and cake. I bake without boundaries. I don’t make chocolate cake, I make chocolate cake with orange mounds of buttercream … Continue reading Cake
Here it is people. The very first controversial blog post. Are you excited? Are your fingers itching to fill the comments section below? Are you ready to read my rants on gun laws and Donald Trump? Oh stop. Get real. I know nothing about either of those things. Nor do I care to. Let’s talk … Continue reading Perpetually Unimpressed about Ear Infections
Let’s start with a disclaimer: I have a fit thrower. He is two and he throws tantrums with the best of them. I am quite sure that the word “toddler” means “tiny tyrant” in Dutch. He throws fits over completely ridiculous things. He wants to wear the same basketball shirt every day. He wants to … Continue reading “Toddler” is Dutch for “Tiny Tyrant”
This weekend was delightful! We hung out with family. Dyed a bunch of eggs. Spilled a bunch of dye. Ate a bunch of candy. Saw a bunch of chickens. And now all we talk about is chickens. Chickens aren’t new to us. We read A LOT of farm books. But until this week, we never … Continue reading Chicken 7 Ways
Happy Spring! And Happy Easter! And Happy Winter Is Almost Over! We have a big Easter party coming up. My Grandpa Schafer throws a mean Easter party. It is one of my favorite family traditions. All of my aunts, uncles, cousins get together for an always competitive shin dig. I always dye the most beautiful eggs … Continue reading Speech, Language, and Butterflies
I was a picky eater. I spent the majority of my childhood in staring competitions at the dinner table with my father. I still have to take 4 more bites of my meat loaf before I can go to Angie’s birthday party. It was a rough childhood. And it makes the fact that I am … Continue reading Celery and Slim Jims
Self-talk. It’s kind of like description. If you missed the Description post, check it out before you go much further. Self-talk is Description’s very mature cousin. Instead of providing play by play of what your child is doing, you are providing play by play of what you are doing. There is only one thing that … Continue reading Scrub the Dish!
Don’t you just love when a medical professional spends seven minutes with your child in an unfamiliar office and suddenly knows everything about them? Me too. (Enter sarcasm here) No education, degree, continuing education, or journal article could have made me the kind of clinician I am today like Hank and Gus have. Hank and … Continue reading A PhD in Your Child
Language development is huge. HUGE. Not just for kiddos with autism or Down’s Syndrome, but for every kid. Every single one of them. If you aren’t talking to your kiddos they aren’t going to talk to you. Is there a right way to talk to babies and toddlers? Yes. Yes there is. Take a seat … Continue reading The Cow Jumps, The Puppy Says Woof
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