Toddlers

Toddlers are hard. That is an understatment. They are brutal, from about the 12 month stage to about the 30 month stage. Luckily, I am out of that stage with my children. But for the next two weeks I will be chasing around Logan Hayes, aka "Logey Bear". I have only had him for two days, and I already adore this child. He is around 18 months old (prime terror), but so cute you could spread him on toast and eat him up. He is a good baby, he rarely cries and is very loving. He bonded with me immediately and decided that I was the one he could trust. The kids love him. Sarah has begged me the last two mornings to let her stay home from school to play with him, and Ethan asked me if we could keep him.

As I said though, toddlers are hard. As mothers, we get out of practice. Ethan is 3 1/2 now, and only two years ago, he was the same age as Logan. I am not saying that 3 year olds are a walk in the park, but they are almost self sufficient when compared to a baby. I can trust Ethan to feed himself, walk up the stairs by himself, play by himself and to just be by himself. You cannot do this with a toddler. In the blink of an eye, you can find them on top of a table, climbing the stairs, or trying to stick something in the DVD player. They require constant supervision, and I am serious about that. You CAN'T take your eyes off of them, ever! That is why, as parents, naptime is Eutopic!