I'll take your word for it. The only toddler I know is my niece who likes to yell that everything bit her. The floor has bitten her, the dog bites her daily... even my son when he was one week old bit her.

I am so not ready for a poodle-begging toddler. Can't they stay five months forever?

We are the same way. Both sets of grandparents are right in town, but I feel so guilty asking them to babysit if it is not an emergency/super special occasion. I am just thankful when the grandparents meet us for dinner so they can feed littlebassoon, who, by the way, has the most amazing ability to always need a…

Not going to lie, he is.

So with keeping epigenetics in mind (I seriously have never heard that word before but I trust you random internet person that it is a real thing) what does that mean for a a child's development? Are they just SOL because their mother gained too much weight during pregnancy and now "doomed" to spend the rest of their…

Not going to lie, I met mrbassoon for the first time at a friend's party, I over heard him say he played college football and his family owned an ice cream store. I had to beg my friend to set us up. Now, a few years later, I get ice cream randomly sent to my office or a shake brought home when he knows I am mad at…

I would recommend everyone marry someone with an ice cream store. It is seriously the best thing ever... Every single time you crave ice cream, it just appears... like magic. I even have ice cream named after me (well my pregnancy but still.)

Not planning on it. I already screwed him up if it is true anyways.

I hope it is the poor eating habits of the child that cause weight gain. I had the worst eating habits ever during pregnancy (mrbassoon's family owns an ice cream store which was of course my craving of choice.) I also could no longer work out during my pregnancy due to chronic knee pain made worse when I had to get…

They were talking about this on NPR the other day. I cannot remember if it was the same study or just the same segment, but they also connected this to amount of weight gained during pregnancy and size of baby when s/he is born. If the baby is on the large size they are more likely to be overweight when they get…

That seems like a much better way to approach it and probably a lot easier for the entire family to get on board with. I really hope the little man wants to continue with the hugging and the kissing, but I really feel like he should have the option to say not right now.

My little one is four months old and I think this is a wonderful idea, however his father's family is really big on the hugging and the kissing. I think it is super sweet (though very awkward for me still) but I don't know how to even begin to set boundaries for this. I want my little man to want to hug them, but if…

It also can barely manage signing up a child in an unmarried household. Holy goodness it took us 2 months, three navigators, and probably 15 different people on the hotline to sign up. Made the deadline by hours and still don't have insurance for the little one because Missouri is just the worst. But good news…

The problem, I think, is men (at least physically active men) have been training to do pull ups most their lives. Women, even very athletic women, don't. I would wager if you kept a young girl and boy in the same work out routine focusing on pull ups and other similar body strengthening from preadolescence until their…

This.