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Dear Benjamin, Yesterday you turned five. I think this was the first birthday where you really understood how special a birthday is and I’ve never seen you so excited. The moment the calendar read “July” it was all you could talk about. While the theme of the day may have changed 100 times (you went [...]

Reasons your 2 year old could be inordinately cranky: 1. Fever or general illness. 2. Didn’t sleep well. 3. He’s TWO, dumbass. 4. Rampant Obama commercials. 5. He stuck a raisin up his nose and no one noticed. Yep. 45 minutes later. He’s a genius that one.

There are certain milestones in a child’s life that mark some sort of momentous ending of one phase and beginning of another. With the first child, each one is important, documented, cherished. Or, in some cases, full of tears, fear and longing. You would think with the second child it would be a bit easier. [...]

Dear Benjamin, Oh what a difference a month can make. With a new set of healthy ears and nary a snotty nose in sight you have taken on the world full force. (Like there is any other way?) Your biggest milestone so far in your tiny life was one I had been dreading for awhile [...]

My dearest Benjamin, Little Man, this month has been a doozie. To start with, you were sick for its majority. Recurrent ear infections (many undetected) kept you out of school and Daddy and I out of the office for almost all of it. With no other options to heal you medically, we had no choice [...]

The following is an unedited, unphotoshopped picture. This is what my household has been dealing with for weeks. WEEKS. Benjamin has had ear infection after ear infection after ear infection and, oh, yeah, he’s having trouble hearing. REALLY? NO SHIT?! Because of this latest round of antibiotics, he developed a severe diaper rash that was [...]

Dear Benjamin, Today you are twenty months old. It’s also St. Patrick’s Day. It seems only fitting we celebrate this with a beer or nine. Actually, we’d be driven to that anyway given your recent level of activity and mischievousness. The other day you were playing in my makeup drawer – or rather, I was [...]

At Benjamin’s 18 month check up (one month late) we discovered he had a double ear infection. Oh, is THAT why he’s been so cranky? I just thought he was being an asshole. My bad. pfft.

Benjamin On Command from Pammer on Vimeo.

Dear Benjamin, Again, Mommy’s a little late. But you see, Little Dude, there has been much afoot around your home these past weeks and, well, the blogging? Notsomuch. What a bunch of months. Really. Although you are truly becoming quite the little person each day, there is a lot that happened to you these months [...]