bad parenting 101.

double fisting.  cat toy in one hand, dog food in another. 

Nine months is a challenging age.  The baby can move, defy you, and eat foreign objects in the blink of an eye.  Or click of the mouse, depending on how you parent...

Twinky is looking to assist in mayhem wherever possible.  

Sometimes I feel that anyone entering my house would immediately judge me.  Why am I picking the baby up instead of letting him cry it out?  Why do I give up so easily when teaching him the "please" sign?  Why do I feed him puffs in Wal-mart to keep him quiet instead of training him to ride peacefully in the cart?

Yesterday I turned to see him eating a penny.  It was so scary!  That (expletive) cat will knock anything less than three inches off of any surface of our house.  Meaning the floor is littered with coins, bobby pins, and fabric scraps.  I try to keep up with it, I really do, but Owen really has a knack for finding that one piece of thread I didn't get or  that cord I didn't wind up.  He really has a taste for Apple chargers.

 And now he can climb onto the coffee table.  I'm waiting for the day when he short circuits a phone or iPad by knocking over a glass of water.  Looks like my decorative basket is out as well.

Parenting 101.  I am not offering classes.  Every man and woman for themselves!