Super Mammy Diaries

Dear Moms, Dads & Parents-to-be, Happy New Year!! Instead of starting the year educating you or talking about toddler health and education, I thought I should entertain you instead with some of the new years resolutions I have drafted for my (almost) 2 year old! Since many will be painfully identifiable, feel free to borrow, and also to send me any that I may have missed. 16 New Years Resolutions Every Toddler Should Attempt:  1. I will not howl every single time my mom gives me a bath (the shrieking shall be limited to when she washes my hair). 2. I will not scream on an airplane, even if there is no internet, I will not yell "Youtube"or "wheels on the bussss" hysterically. 3. I will not pretend my dad's television is a touch screen and shake it when it does not listen to my demands. 4. I should probably try and eat something other than sugar, bread, nutella, cheese and raisins this year.. but I will take this under advisement. 5. I will not crawl on the fl...

As moms, we often discuss what our child eats, and how to get them to eat, but the what tends to be a struggle everyday, unless you are feeding your little one packaged food. (Which was so much easier when I lived in the states and last month when I traveled, but it tends to be expensive when you add up multiple meals a day.) I also find that when my son doesn't like something I have opened, I have to throw the entire packet (for example, he won't eat anything with tomatoes in it so if the broth even smells like tomato he will spit it out. Unfortunately, Ella's kitchen doesn't have much of a market to advertise "smells like..,"). For a 15 month old, one packet is not sufficient quantity, unless it's a toddler size packet but of course my brat still prefers the 7 and 10 month recipes (and any take out I order for myself). He does prefer packaged food and take out food to home cooked (much like his mother), but it is easier (and more affordable) to cater to ...