Monthly Archives: September 2014

The Irrationality of Five-Year-Olds

Still waiting for the magic switch to flip As Squeaker and Muffin get older, one of the things I’ve been looking forward to is their becoming more rational beings. As I used to say to Nomi, babies are pure id; … Continue reading

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Mornings Can Be Quite Alarming

Adjusting Everyone’s Body Clocks to Accommodate New Schedules Since they were old enough to have an opinion on the subject, Muffin and Squeaker have been very vocal about their bedtime. “We’re not tired,” they’d say. “We want to play this … Continue reading

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