In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak

Okay, this is a non-typical recommendation for a kids book.  My 18 month old son loves In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak (author of Where the Wild Things Are).  He carries it around, he refers to it even when it is no where in sight (the Mickey book!), he stares at each page with complete focus.  So on the kid side, its a winner.  On my side of the equation, while it doesn’t make me want to stick a fork in my eye, the story is a strange one and I find the pictures weird.  If my son didn’t love it so very much, I wouldn’t recommend it at all, but clearly it strikes a chord with him.  And while the story doesn’t make sense, it is not boring, so this squeaks into the ‘recommended’ column.

Parents’ Perspective Radio Show

A friend referred me to the Parents’ Perspective website and radio show and I wanted to pass it along.  Its run by two grandmothers, based out of Washington DC, with a wealth of experience raising children between them and it covers a wide range of topics relating to parenting.   The website lists the times and stations the show is aired, and they also have their podcasts available for download.  It seems like another nice resource to add into the rotation.

An Age Old Question…

I apologize in advance to the non-diaper changers who might be reading this, but poop is a topic that comes up frequently in my house. Its important! Anyway, this is a very cute book where animal mommies and daddies ask their babies if they made their poops yet today, and then the reader has to look under various flaps to find out ‘Where’s the Poop?’. So this author has brilliantly combined the important topic of poop with kids’ love for lift-the-flap books. Genius!

My kids love this book and I have to admit, it makes me laugh. It’s worth picking up as you head into potty training time.

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