Her obsession with H’s, and what they have become. What does YOUR kid draw obsessively?
What we play with together; what she plays with on her own. And how they are often the same things.
Sasha has reached an age where she can request her own playdates. It’ll go down like this: She’ll ask to play with a certain kid, usually a girl. She’ll be nearly hyperventilating with excitement to see that kid. And then she and the kid will spend almost the entire time arguing. Arguing over what blanket […]
On Wednesday I told you about how a baby is built. There are books that will teach you about that. Like I said, Sasha was not ready for books like these. But I had a whole stack of them sitting by my desk for at least a month, and I developed some favorites. Cory Silverberg’s […]
Something that has terrified me ever since Sasha turned three is the idea that she is now capable of forming memories that will stick. She doesn’t remember breaking her leg; she doesn’t remember the neighbors she used to play with every single day when she was one and two . . . and zero. But […]
Pretty soon after Sasha turned three, it dawned on her: she could say no to naps. No more dutifully climbing into bed, listening to music, and passing out for, oh, three hours. Thing is, when Sasha is not sleeping she is constantly moving. And it seems to me that every motion she makes is an […]
I tell ABC News why I started the Longest Shortest Time, and why I think new parents need it. Excerpt below. Click here to see the full story, and what Joyce thought of the episode we did about her daughter going naked for a month. The Longest Shortest Time may earn a small commission from […]
A very pregnant Jasmine Moir of DailyCandy Kids interviews me about our nonjudgy tone, and what we plan to do with Season 2. Excerpt below. For the full interview, click here. The Longest Shortest Time may earn a small commission from products linked on this site. Using our affiliate links helps support our work.
So far, the Longest Shortest Time has been a pretty solitary endeavor. I mean, aside from talking to all of you, which is why I do this in the first place. Thanks to your enthusiasm, this show has reached about 100,000 listeners, mostly by word-of-mouth. Which is hard for me to even believe. The thing […]
For two weeks now, I’ve been sending out a new batch of *spark*cards almost every day. People have been ordering them from all over the country, and in Canada, the UK, and New Zealand, too! I have been amazed by the variety of uses people are finding for these cards—playgroups, book clubs, church groups, a […]