At 18 months my triplets are a little shy of the three-to-five year age covered in this article . But I read with interest. It was nice, for instance, to find out that in a mere 18 or so months we will enter “among the most active and frustrating in terms of parenting.” Yeah! Anyway, it never hurts to take a look at what we might be doing now that will hurt us 18 months from now. At the very least I can discern what future behaviour I might want to avoid. Consider this a midterm review. The list is somewhat long and I want to take the time to evaluate my performance and provide advice, so I’m breaking down into two parts. The first four I’m putting up today, with the last four going up next Thursday. Without further ado: 1) Don’t stray too much from routine. I’ve blogged about this a little in the past and there are no problems here. While it might be different, or more “active and frustrating” 18 months from n...
We tried for one, and we ended up with a bushel of fun.