http://www.loftykids.org Two kids and no walls! Wed, 04 Jul 2007 12:57:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en No words needed: http://www.loftykids.org/2007/07/04/japanese-toilet-training-videos/ I have been recommending these for a long time for people. Instead of keep repeating the information, it’s time to write up a mini review for them. Carpet and babies/toddlers do not mix well. How can you clean milk/food/drool/etc off carpet, three times a day? We have bamboo floors, which we ... http://www.loftykids.org/2007/06/28/foam-playmats/ Waking up hearing your two toddlers having an actual conversation: G: Where did you go last night? M: I saw people climbing, up and down G: really? M: yes. (We took M to see someone indoor rockclimb.) http://www.loftykids.org/2007/06/26/joy-of-parenthood-23/ There are the usual ways. When we go up and down stairs, we count each step. When we read a story book, we count things that we see in the pictures. There is the “twelve days of elmo christmas” book. But then… It is also good to have the toddler participate ... http://www.loftykids.org/2007/05/27/how-i-teach-my-toddler-to-count/ First time flying with the pair of toddlers? Let’s go for the most challenging trip — Boston to Hawaii, 6156 air miles, 18 hours, Hawaii to Boston, 5167 air miles, 11 hours back. We made it, and it was a good trip. Reason for the long flight down is that we ... http://www.loftykids.org/2007/03/06/boston-to-hawaii-with-toddlers/ Parent Hack has a discussion on giving kids dummy phones to play with instead of real phone. But be careful — you don’t want to wake up talking to the State Police like we did. http://www.loftykids.org/2006/01/06/dummy-cellphone-not-so-fast/ Out of all the toys and tools and stuff that we bought for Guppy and Morgie, some highly effective and not necessarily expensive items stand out: At IKEA, they sell a colorful line of plates, cups and bowls called KALAS that is perfect for Guppy. He loves drinking and eating out ... http://www.loftykids.org/2005/11/21/baby-finds/ We have always encourages Guppy to read. His personal library contains over 20 books by now. One of his favorite is a Disney Look and Find book. He gets oh so happy when he finds a fish or a boat or a ball in the pictures. But that’s not the ... http://www.loftykids.org/2005/10/09/its-a-guy-thing/ It’s all my fault, really. Guppy loves Gadgets. Nothing surprising here, since his Dad loves Gadgets and have so much fun stuff around the house. Since he was around 8 months old, he can imitate us talking on cellphones. Soon after that he can use his little figure to operate ... http://www.loftykids.org/2005/09/05/waking-up-to-the-state-police/ This is a review of the Toyota Sienna minivan (I still have problem saying this M word..), FWD XLE 2005 with XLE package #8. The major content of package #8 are leather seats, heated seats, NAV and Rear entertainment system (RES), backup camera, 115V outlets, second and third row window ... http://www.loftykids.org/2005/08/27/2005-toyota-sienna-xle-review/