How Old Is Your Child?

The following is a special post written by our very first

Guest Blogger, Lisa Hopkins

It dawned on me in the last month that referring to my daughter in months (she is 20 months old) was absurd. It sounds stupid. It doesn't seem natural and it's not natural. Was it just b/c I now hit the 20's? Is it the pressure because everyone else does it? Do we think other parents will judge our baby's development if we don't give the exact month? Is it because that's how the pediatrician marks how our baby is growing? Not sure what the answer is but what I do know is saying my daughter is 20 months old sounds STUPID!

Does this aggravate anyone else?

I was at a 2 yr olds birthday party yesterday and this women asked me how old my daughter was.....I respond, 20 months! In this moment I thought to myself, "God, that sounds so dumb. It doesn't even sound like an age!" To be polite I asked how old her daughter was.....her response was, 27 Months!! OK, NOW I HAVE HAD IT! In that very moment I declared that I would no longer refer to my child in months. The line has been drawn. This is crazy! Your child is 27 months? She's not 2? Are you having trouble letting go of the fact you don't have an infant that is 3 months old and thats why you continue to say 27 months? When she turns 3 are you going to say she is 36 months old? How about just have another baby to cure your infant depression and stop referring to your TODDLER as a 27 month old!!!!

So where should the line be drawn? At what "month" does it start sounding ridiculous? In my opinion, I think when they hit 18 months you should say they are 1 1/2. They are still babies at 13, 14 months old that I think as parents we should have the luxury to hold on to saying "months"!!! However, we need to recognize when it starts sounding stupid.....hence the women above telling me her daughter is 27 months!!! End of story!

So with all this said, as of yesterday my daughter is 1 1/2 OR if I am feeling sassy I might say she is "almost" 2 yrs old!!!!!

Cut the chord parents and let go of referring to your toddlers in Months!

The End Is Near...

The end is near…

Hi my name is Joe Greco and I am not-so-secretly checking out my wife’s Facebook page to see what people are up to.

Yes. Its true. I have to come clean about this. If I keep it bottled up inside I fear I may one day crack and end up with one of my own pages with status updates like….

“Joe Greco is so bummed tomorrow is Monday!”

“Joe Greco is psyched its Friday”

“Joe Greco is having writer’s block. Ugh!”

Or just as worse I may have to make comments about other people’s posts like…

“OMG congratulations on your little girl. She’s soooo precious! I just wanna squeeze her!”

“I’m so jealous!! Looks like you guys had SO much fun!”

Now do you realize how dire a situation this could become? God forbid I didn’t take this opportunity to talk about this. I’m thankful its not too late to come clean! This desire and societal pressure is beginning to build up inside me like an Icelandic volcano.

One of my loyal readers succumbed to the pressures that is Facebook. It was a shocking announcement from a guy I always thought would steer clear of all things "social networking." It might not have been necessary had he had a blog of his own at the time. He collapsed under the pressure and, quite frankly, as I am now learning its hard to blame the kid.

Facebook pressure is building up steam. I can hear it coming around the bend and chugging along. My only fear is that it comes to a stop and I hear the “Aaaaall aboooard!”

“Joe Greco is finished with his new blog! Can’t wait to post it!!”

Who Is That Hideous Person Anyway?

We’ve all attended weddings in our life. Whether it be a fanciful affair with several hundred people or an “intimate” gathering with, say, 100 people. The best part about going to weddings is the chance to people watch. At least in my overly-opinionated-opinion it is. How often do you get a chance to have a formal get together with hundreds of people you don’t know? Even better if you are single but even us married folk can still people watch.

Call me what you will but I enjoy people watching because I want to see what people decide to wear. Has the fool sitting across from me decided to wear a ridiculous tie and if so what in the hell was he thinking. Has his ugly date decided that since this was not a “Black Tie” wedding she has the right to show off way too much leg in that body hugging shirt she calls a dress? And this brings me to my rant…

Who is that hideous person and why has she decided that dressing like a hooker is the right move for a wedding?

There always seems to be that one chick strutting around a wedding like it was 1973 and she’s strolling down 42nd St. I don’t get it. Especially cause this broad doesn’t even belong in the outfit in the first place. It can be one thing if she was good looking but this person never is! The problem is that you never quite know who the person is. Are they a close friend of the wedding party? A distant cousin from Tennessee, who noone cares about anyway, who thinks this is fashion? It always makes it tricky since you don’t want to offend a family member. Have to tread lightly when/if you decide to make comments during cocktail hour.

This is just another random observation on my part. I know you all agree with me and can relate. You just never thought about putting it down on paper. Or in this case a blog.

Short and to the point.