Stephanie Klein Greek Tragedy

"What do you want to be for Halloween Lucas? A spider or a sheep?"
"A train. No, a train track."
"Wait, not a turtle? Do you want to be a turtle or a train?"
"A swimming train."

"Abigail, what do…

Lately I’ve been receiving a lot of requests asking me to share my favorite books for children. Maybe there’s something in the water. I happen to believe, of all the baby gifts we’ve ever received, or I’ve ever given for…

How not to potty train? Be more immature than your offspring.
"Okay potato bugs, it’s time to go play ‘dump truck’ at home."
 
2 YEARS AGO: Fellow Fat Camper
4 YEARS AGO: Blood and Babies
5 YEARS AGO: Pups…

Since you’re so great at planning days out in NYC, what do you recommend for a day out in NYC with a 4 year old?
 
Puppies ARE cuter than any baby in the world.
Face it, all babies look…

two trundle beds and a partridge in a pear tree
I need a wee bit of advice. Abigail’s crib is falling apart. Phil says it’s just loose, needs some glue or nails or something, but I say, it’s done. I…

At the end of the month, I’m toddling off to New York with my 3 Little Beers. We’ll be there for twelve full days, and I have to believe it will feel like The Twelve Days of Christmas: a frenzied…

Bedtime Rituals
Every night, when tucking the radishes into their beds, we have a ritual. It’s what you’d expect: your basic ongoing, never ending, hell. It’s not as bad as when someone forces you to talk to their mumbling kid…

Big Red’s Baby Girl, For Sure.
Abigail’s favorite word right now is “sure.” Given this, you’d think she’d be a lump of sugar, all candy canes and rainbows. Perhaps one could even surmise that she’s a “yes man” in a…