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Sometimes it’s nice to have a post title that is completely guileless.   See? Guess whose babysitter introduced her to nail polish today?

Proud and content in her new pink Chucks. Yes, pink. Boobaby can’t throw a ball more than a couple of feet. And she’ll only try if cajoled to, or, as yesterday, when promised a pretzel. She dropped the ball when she saw a boy climbing a high wall that had stymied her. Immediately she ran over and [...]

Life is truly a play. No — make that a soap opera. Overheard at the playground today, a mom to her 5-year old son who was reluctant to leave: Mom: “Remember what I told you about your friend Matthew, and where they sent him this summer?”Son (sulkily): ” Yeah.”Mom: “Well that’s what we’re going to do [...]

“I’m not sleeeeeping!” Boobaby is almost 2 and a half and she won’t go to sleep by herself more than once or twice a week. At best, she’ll let me or Working Mom lay her down and rub her back until she drifts off. In very rare circumstances involving a level of precision that would make [...]