TV for kids and V-Tech to the Rescue

A recent article was released saying that children under 2 should not watch any TV because it can retard a child’s ability to learn new vocabulary.  And that may be true… if parents use it as a crutch instead of interacting with the child.  My child has been watching Dora and Diego and other Noggin shows since he was one and a half, and I can honestly say he has had no trouble learning new words.  In...

If I weren’t a dentist, I would be broke

And not for the obvious reasons.  You see my child has a peculiar collection going.  He loves toothbrushes.  He has about ten of them at any given time.  They come and they go.  Sometimes he’ll leave one on the floor, where the dog will find it and proceed to destroy it.  Sometimes one will simply disappear, presumably into the same blackhole that eats my socks.  And when he loses one, he wants...

I’m supposed to pee where?

Hilarious potty training stories. Nathan is just 2 years old, and my wife has decided to start potty training him.  She must have taught him the word penis, because I sure as heck didn’t. My wife told me to show him how to pee while sitting down.  I prefer not to.  I think he’s smart enough to watch me pee standing up.  Anyway, before bath time, he’ll sit on his potty and watch me pee.  And...

I Miss Dora

I miss Dora and Boots.  And I miss Diego and his annoying pet jaguar.  I miss them because I have learned that the alternatives are even worse. Have you ever seen Wonderpets, the adventures of a baby duck, turtle and hamster?  Its horrible.  It;s so sugary sweet with the lessons that it  rots the brain.  My wife loves it, thinks the lisp the duck has (his name is Ming-Ming) is adorable.  It drives me...

Onions, Avacado, Beets- Oh My!

So we went to my wife’s sister’s house on Sunday for a little birthday gathering, and she has all of this leftover food prepared for my two year old: Beef and noodles, potatoes, string beans, sweet potato and a variety of other things.  Does he want any of this?  Of course not! What does he want?  Yummy beets, the onions that are stewing in the beet juice, and plain avocado chunks in lemon sauce. ...