My kiddo really loves all aquatic life (including fish, seahorses, sea stars, jellyfish, etc). So much so, she asked for a sea star (with snowflakes) to be painted on her face.
I may have a budding marine biologist or ichthyologist on my hands. We'll see where this goes! #StemKid #lifewithatoddler

Nothing like tiny fingers tickling your feet at 6am, asking if the sun is up yet.
🫠
#MomLife #LifeWithAToddler

Nothing strikes fear into a parent's heart like hearing "I do it by myself!" when you're already late. The 10-minute shoe ordeal is a rite of passage, but you can avoid the stress.
#ToddlerIndependence #ParentingTips #MorningRoutine #Tantrums #MomHack #LifeWithAToddler

#lifewithatoddler

Frankie comes home: what's that smell?
Knox (almost 3 years old) : it's not poop, I think 🤔
Me and Frankie: .....
Me: did you poop, Knox?
Knox: Nooo....🤥

Missing #HATM again due to #LifeWithAToddler but glad y’all are doing Tombstone! 🤩
1) Don’t think anything can top Val’s performance in Tombstone. Without him, this film would’ve sucked. This is one of the few movies I remember multiple lines from.
2) Homemade pizza with a nice Sangiovese-blend.

Awake feeding baby (sadly too cloudy to see #LunarEclipse), I hear 2yo on the monitor singing “Mommy mommy” repeatedly to the tune of Frère Jacques 🤣

#LifeWithAToddler #NoIdeaWhereSheLesrnedThat

Bebje insisted on being in the bathroom with me, but then decided it was taking too long. As he left, he shut the door behind him. But he stopped looking enough to look over his shoulder and say, "have a nice poo"

#Blessed #LifeWithAToddler #BebjeSays

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#LifeWithAToddler prevented me from participating in #HATM again, but I didn’t know F&F took place in LA so I will have to watch it sometime. 😅

1) www.ucpress.edu/books/a-peop...

2) Leftovers because Tue/Wed will be days of feasting #LunarNewYear

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I’m really up making sure this toddler who still wants to cuddle with me doesn’t pee on our bed after refusing to use the bathroom again and after I actually forced him to drink water - 😩 #lifewithatoddler

In the last 24 hrs, 2yo learned to say “Mama is sick” and “Mama can’t talk” (my URI ➡️ laryngitis). She’s recovered, now hubby and I just have to catch up 🤧

Hoping for a restful #Christmas and healthier 2025 especially to my fellow long-suffering parents #LifeWithAToddler

All I want for Christmas is a house that looks tidy for more than 5 minutes 🎄✨ 🫠 #lifewithatoddler

New credit card 💅

#swag #princess #lifewithatoddler

I received my Spotify Wrapped today..

no shame whatsoever! #lifewithatoddler #wiggles

Unable to join #HATM again tonight due to #LifeWithAToddler but love seeing y’all here w/o Musky’s algorithm 🥳
1) Tonight, a 22yo Bordeaux-style blend from Australia (photo below)
2) Currently reading books (plural) about White supremacy & American Christianity
3) Got some bratwursts in the oven

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I give back again and am greeted with a full on cheese and the sweetest “Thank you Mommy” the earth has every heard.

#lifewithatoddler

So I took it back.
She tells me it’s hers and I should take it.
So I give it back.

She SAID she didn’t want it= Meltdown

I took it back again and took a bite.
Now she wants to report to MY mom I took HER banana.

#lifewithatoddler

I asked if she wanted a banana, she said yes.
I confirmed it was a banana she wanted.
I asked her to tell me what she wanted.
So I gave her a banana.

She didn’t want it= Meltdown.
#lifewithatoddler

Bowl of soup with lotus root, shiitake mushroom, carrots, peanuts, and chicken

#SelfCare Sunday: fighting off a cold so made Asian-style chicken soup with lotus root, carrot, shiitake mushroom - may not look fancy but 2yo even ate some lotus root! #LifeWithAToddler #DoctorsWhoCook #TastesBetterThanLooks #GoodLunch

More Sunday fun. #tracks #lifewithatoddler #iliketrains www.instagram.com/p/B9OJ_FuKOV5/

"Because being so small they unfortunately only have room for one feeling at a time". Exactly like toddlers... #peterpan #fairies #onefeelingatatime #bedtimestories #lifewithatoddler #terribletwos www.instagram.com/p/B63zJLzCDJd/

Found Nemo. He's being served for dinner. #foundnemo #fishsoup #lespoissonslespoissons #lifewithatoddler www.instagram.com/p/B4A322aIstN/

In vacanza con l'estinto / Dinosaur gone fishing #lifewithatoddler #dinosaurs www.instagram.com/p/B3xTHqNi-RZ/

Le parole che ogni madre vorrebbe sentire "Mamma stai là. Nico fa sandwich. Col formaggio". Peccato fosse di legno... (sia il sandwich che il formaggio) #lifewithatoddler #toddlerchef www.instagram.com/p/B3oMgV_itTD/

Sick child at home. Still life with dinosaurs, Legos, puzzle book, scattered stickers, abandoned breakfast spoon, slippers, a drunk stuffed bunny on the couch and a tired mother on the floor. #lifewithatoddler… www.instagram.com/p/B2jAtHaCbyr/

In some hotels you get a mint on your pillow, or a small piece of chocolate. In our home you get a half-eaten cookie on your mattress #lifewithatoddler #pillowmint #mattresscookie… www.instagram.com/p/Bvo3VvBApsh/

Anche mio figlio si è ispirato alla mystery box dell'ultima puntata di @masterchef_it #playkitchen #lifewithatoddler #plastilina #mysterybox #multicolor www.instagram.com/p/Bta4M5ygxWr/

There's a rabbit in my kitchen. But this one is not for dinner. #bunny #lifewithatoddler @ Erlangen, Germany www.instagram.com/p/BtYTluenofa/