Month: January 2013

• 5 Soft Milestones of Childhood (from the Momplex Blog archives)

  After the baby and toddler years, it sure seems like milestones get fewer and farther between. I have to wonder if that’s just what the baby books with the pre-filled headings would have us think. “Baby’s First Tooth” and “Baby’s First Steps” are in every one of those things. What about the other good stuff? There…

  Jenny

  January 30, 2013

  humor, motherhood, preschoolers, speed-posts

• Forts (from the Momplex Blog archives)

  “Mom, can you help me build a fort?” Ugh. At least once every week, one of the kids asks me this question. Whether I say yes or no, what I’m usually thinking is Here we go making my living room look like a Mumbai slum again. They usually ask after I’ve just cleaned, because as…

  Jenny

  January 25, 2013

  dads, discipline, husbands, intentional happiness, marriage

  forts, humor, joy, parenting, pretend play

• Why (Our) “Redshirting” Is None of Your Beeswax (from the Momplex Blog archives)

  My son, now four, was born a week before his due date and three weeks before the academic year starts. I don’t work in education and we don’t put our infants in school in Wisconsin, but trust me, there’s good reason why I took note of those three weeks. They quickly became the rest of…

  Jenny

  January 6, 2013

  humor, kindergarten, preschoolers, schools, sons

  kindergarten, redshirting, school choice, sons, sports