Basic Mom Week in Review - 01/31/16
/5 Things That Actually Happened This Week and the Lessons I Learned
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5 Things That Actually Happened This Week and the Lessons I Learned
Read More5 Things That Actually Happened This Week and the Lessons I Learned
Read More5 Things That Actually Happened This Week and the Lessons I Learned
Read More5 Things That Actually Happened This Week and the Lessons I Learned
Read More5 Things That Actually Happened This Week and the Lessons I Learned
Read MoreI understand that kids can be picky when it comes to food. I know it's unreasonable to expect every meal I make to appeal to my toddler. But it would be nice if she ate more than three bites of her dinner at least every once in a while. Instead, it seems that our dinner table is a battleground with my husband and I on one side urging my toddler to "just try the chicken" or "take three bites of your broccoli" and her resolutely on the other side, throwing rice on the floor and saying "done" before I've even had a chance to sit down. Meanwhile she spends the rest of the day attempting to eat various disgusting and mostly inedible things.
Read MoreValerie Jackson is a basic mom, a tolerable wife, and a self-deprecating writer. She is attempting to raise two young monsters into nice young ladies in Michigan. She has a law degree that’s only current use is to win arguments with her husband.