Comments on: Stuff one-year-old parents should know

By: Jen

Jen — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 05:42:46 +0000

What a great post. I actually have no tips for handling a one year old despite having had two of them already. I don’t remember, I must have been tired.

Phoebe is 6 months and still in that “I am happy just sitting here” phase.

By: mom

mom — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 22:01:57 +0000

glad to see you still have a wonderful sense of humor about this whole trip as mom and parents! Great job! love,

By: Jessica

Jessica — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 05:17:08 +0000

LOL!!! This is sooo true!! Made me laugh and smile thinking of my 18 month old son…love it!!!

By: Melissa

Melissa — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 01:22:19 +0000

So good. Be prepared to know how to make all the sounds that animals make. When I see an animal, whether on tv or in a book, I find myself yelling, with delight, the sound the animal makes. Even when I look around and my little girl is not in the room.

By: Heather Flett

Heather Flett — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 00:22:45 +0000

Hannah and Lucy, I hope its not sexist to say that I’m happy to hear that little girl toddler mamas are exhausted too.

By: Lucy

Lucy — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 21:49:39 +0000

My 11 month old daughter is on the verge of walking and all of the above occurs on a daily basis. She’s a fast crawler, so I’m constantly trying to keep up, especially if she’s spotted a soggy cheerio she’s thrown on the floor from an earlier meal (yuck!). Changing diapers often times requires two adults and, putting her into the car seat is a nightmare, and sometimes I want to just wrap her in a cape instead of fight to put on her jacket. But I’d do anything to make her laugh, and her curiosity and play skills are developing so fast. Great post!

By: Heather Flett

Heather Flett — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 20:12:04 +0000

@RGT, I think that very thought all the time: “Sawyer, get your feet off the kitchen table, but let me take a picture first!”

By: RGT

RGT — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 16:39:46 +0000

I have a picture of my 1 year old standing up on his tricycle just like the one you posted! I am constantly asking myself, “Do you have time to get the camera before he falls off that thing?!”.

By: Heather Flett

Heather Flett — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 01:13:22 +0000

@AKD, Napping the stander-upper is a whole different thing, huh? I use the timer on my phone to let him fuss for up to 12 minutes when I lay him down. Some kids like to squawk before they settle and it doesn’t mean anything is wrong.

By: AKD

AKD — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 00:57:14 +0000

The thing that surprised me is that you have to keep sleep training the kid over and over again. I guess I thought that after we got him sleeping well on his own as a baby, we were done (ha ha!). When he could stand up in his crib (around 1 yr old) then it was a whole new round of sleep trouble. He would play with the light switch and stand at the foot of his crib screaming when he was put to bed. I don’t quite know why it was worse to have him standing up and crying/screaming, but it was. And of course it’s something different with the sleeping every few months.

By: Hannah

Hannah — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 00:42:03 +0000

You are so right! Being mom to an adventurous 1 year old girl is a full time job/work out!

By: RookieMom Heather

RookieMom Heather — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 23:51:48 +0000

Jess, you’re so right. I feel like every day Sawyer knows or does something new. It’s incredible.