In January this year, I emailed Matthew's physical therapist (PT) at school to ask how he was doing during his PT sessions. One of the t...

I love great ideas, especially if it's a fun, productive, educational activity for the kids. I recently picked up two great resources fo...

Teaching Matthew independence starts with the little things - like wiping his own chin. Matthew is generally neat and likes to be clean. B...

Incorporating some fine motor work into our meals, we use training chopsticks from amazon.com (Fred Party People Chopsticks, set of 6) for ...

"Use your lips, not your tongue." That was what I'd say when we started with Straw #4 in the beginning of June. I doubt many p...

It was time for a morning snack. In her little toddler voice, Elizabeth said "no! no!" to yogurt and happily nodded "yes!...

Forget M&M's or any food as a "reward" for using the toilet. That never worked for Matthew anyway. Unless his bladder ha...

Pouring a drink from a shallow pitcher is one of the fine motor skills that I plan on teaching Matthew this year. A watering can is one of t...

The kiddie toilets at Matthew's preschool are about 2 inches shorter than the ones we have at home. But Matthew is still too short to ba...

I was asked this question last week. Matthew is an escape artist. He doesn't take off running 100% of the time but the times he did we...

Not Matthew. We took the scenic route. But Bridget Murphy's son, now 19 years old and in college, was completely potty trained in 4 days...

In addition to using the ListMaster iPhone app, I now also use the I Go Potty app by Huggies. It's a simple app that I use for potty r...

By 2pm on a Saturday, Matthew had already sat on his potty chair 15 times. He'll be going more times after his 2-ish to 4-ish pm nap. I ...

Sitting on his potty chair for the 10th time today, Matthew was successful with a pee potty. Unfortunately, he wasn't sitting quite righ...

I've never taken Matthew to the dentist. That task has been delegated to Bill since it would be easier for him to hold Matthew in the de...

Matthew's interest in checking our mailbox for mail daily was my cue to find him a mailbox toy. I scored a used Little Tikes Mailbox at ...

Matthew played with the Easy-Grip Pegs & Pegboard for the first time when his developmental therapist in the Early Intervention program...

Add me to the list of moms who answer "YES!" to the question: Has your child ever locked you out of the house? I told Matthew I...

"Bup bup bup bup bup bup," says Matthew as he puts the stethoscope on Elizabeth. He also likes to listen to my heart and his teddy...

Matthew and I went to the zoo last month. We were looking at the elephant when I heard a young boy ask his mother, "Why does he keep hi...