The “here” here refers to our home, populated by three children who let us live there too. This is how my husband and I admonish each other for those parenting hiccups that happen when we just really should know better. Like mentioning ice cream before a single child has eaten a single whole food. These are the forehead-smacking brain farts that lead to “uh-oh” at best and chaos at worst. (My apologies to Kate&Lydia, the moms who dare to speak the truth at Rants From Mommyland, who inspired this list with their own Things I Should Know By Now.) Here are my rookie mistakes of the week: The kid stays in the shopping cart. Once the toddler has experienced freedom from restraint in Aisle 4, there’s no getting her back. Not without a … Read entire article »