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The Story About the Toddler, Volume 27.

ByspidwebOct 6, 202011 min read

Our daughter Cordelia is three years and four months old. Raising a three-year old is very educational. It is a chance to see what a human being is like in…

The Story About the Toddler, Volume 26.

ByspidwebOct 6, 202014 min read

Our daughter Cordelia has reached three years, three months of age. She is still young enough to change rapidly as we watch. For example, recently, she has changed from a…

The Story About the Toddler, Volume 25.

ByspidwebOct 6, 20209 min read

Our daughter Cordelia is now three years and two months old. Her mental improvement, as measured by the number of TV shows she can ask to see in any given…

The Story About the Toddler, Volume 24.

ByspidwebOct 6, 202014 min read

Our daughter Cordelia just turned three. I still call her a toddler, although she really isn’t. She doesn’t toddle. She runs. A child turning three is a big change, in…

The Story About the Toddler, Volume 23.

ByspidwebOct 6, 20208 min read

Our daughter Cordelia just passed through the last month of her third year of life. She spent a lot of that time having all-night coughing fits. Every night. I have…

The Story About the Toddler, Volume 22.

ByspidwebOct 6, 202010 min read

Our daughter Cordelia has completed her thirty-fifth month of life. She is almost three. That means she will soon leave the “Terrible Twos” and enter the “Mediocre Threes,” followed by…

The Story About the Toddler, Volume 21.

ByspidwebOct 6, 202012 min read

My daughter Cordelia is thirty-four months old, and she has finally decided, after a long period of adorable pleasantness, to empower herself. She has finally realized that, when her mother…

The Story About the Toddler, Volume 20.

ByspidwebOct 6, 202012 min read

In this, our daughter Cordelia’s thirty-third month of life, she changed in several dramatic ways. Since children tend to be rather tedious and slow developing around this age, my wife…

The Story About the Toddler, Volume 19.

ByspidwebOct 6, 20209 min read

Our daughter Cordelia is 32 months old. I’ve gotten through almost two and three quarter years of doing whatever it is I’ve been doing. Writing a monthly journal is a…