Malik Sharrieff | December 29, 2009
Despite the fact that my one year old has been attempting to communicate with me since birth (and possibly before), there has been a previously unbridgeable gap to our effective communication since I don’t speak his language and he hasn’t yet learned mine.
Of course there have been many successful communications between us during his [...]
Malik Sharrieff | December 24, 2009
The wife, kids and I are driving the four hours into Houston to spend the Holiday with my two brothers, their families, and my mom.
Three generations, nine adults, seven children, one dog, and a partridge in a pear tree!
I wish everyone the very best this Christmas and throughout the holiday season. Be safe and show [...]
Malik Sharrieff | December 22, 2009
Yesterday, my son asked to go pee-pee before his “big-boy” drawers were wet - four times! I’ve definitely got hopes for a dry Christmas.
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Malik Sharrieff | December 17, 2009
Bringing up two boys that are pretty close in age, I try to make sure there are plenty of opportunities for them to play together, interact and cooperate with each other, but sometimes (as big brothers will) my eldest will do some really bothersome things to his little brother.
When I put them down for an [...]
Malik Sharrieff | December 15, 2009
Today was a very stressful day. And almost none of that stress had anything to do with caring for my two boys. However, as you know, I have been diligently trying to potty train my eldest son (now 2 1/2 years old). Since my last post I have tried to implement a strategy of repetition of [...]
Malik Sharrieff | December 8, 2009
No adult I know likes to repeat themselves when attempting to communicate an idea to someone. In fact, when my almost-three-year-old makes a sincere attempt to communicate with me but all I receive is semi-intelligible babble, even he gets frustrated after the third or fourth attempt. Yet despite the apparent distaste for repetition, it seems [...]
