One of Maria Montessori’s more radical recommendations is to give your baby and toddler water in glass cups. Yes, as…

February 24, 2015

Until we got a car (more on that some other day), I hadn’t realized that much of urban parenting means…

February 24, 2015

OK. We’re doing this. Get back in the chair. That guy on Supernanny did this over 100 times. I got…

February 19, 2015

When Bean’s soccer coach started barking orders for the toddlers to line up against the wall, getting ready to run…

February 17, 2015

Ikea even surprised me this time. When you log onto Pottery Barn Kids, Land Of Nod, Restoration Hardware baby&child, and…

February 11, 2015

One of the most interesting and thought-provoking books I read on baby/toddler behavior was Dr. Burton White’s New First Three…

February 10, 2015

Rain has become an uncommon event in Northern California these past few years. When it does rain, San Francisco delights in…

February 9, 2015

Maria Montessori put a lot of emphasis on what she called the “weaning table.” Two of the most common tenets in…

February 4, 2015

I’m having what I’d call a bad-mom day. When things aren’t going according to plan already, and then there’s the poop…

February 3, 2015

Other parents, how do you deal with total strangers’ unsolicited and unwanted random advice? Well, other than a swift kick…

February 2, 2015

Up until a few days ago, Bean and I traveled exclusively by transit, nearly daily. With all that experience under…

January 28, 2015

Bean’s room is scheduled to get torn up in T minus 15 minutes (a window is getting replaced). So, let me…

January 27, 2015

It is too bad that pregnancy and baby care books continue to mostly speak to women. Men have been taking increasingly…

January 23, 2015

Here are some Montessori trays that have been a hit around here recently. I started some of them more than…

January 21, 2015

Six months ago, when Bean’s hair finally started coming in, we were delighted with her little pixie curls. She looked…

January 20, 2015