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Peace of Mind, Piece of Time

Memorial Day Parade in Peninsula How does time go by so quickly?  We go from little dolphin squeaks to belly rolls to first words to lots of "No's!" to "why do you have a vagina, Mommy" in like, three blinks. This morning, Wild One told me he needed to use the potty.  I expected him to laboriously climb on top of the toilet, scootch over on the seat, centering his positioning just so, as he   always   adorably does, and pee.  Fresh 'Do by Miss Claire Instead, in slow motion, I watched him pull down his pants, pull out his penis, and pee standing up.  Pee was everywhere, but my shock was as a result of never having witnessed this standing-peeing before.  No one in my parenting team had mentioned this new pee positioning (as a working mom, I am fortunate enough to have a pretty stacked team: my husband, Clever, our two amazing childcare providers, and my mother and father-in-law).   Basically, I now have one more tiny man living under...