All Entries Tagged With: "Children"
Cute Holiday Activities For Kids: Call Santa, Video Santa, NORAD Tracking And More
photo credit: Chris R McFarland It’s that time of year again … Christmas is just days away and we’ve got some excited kids to keep occupied. Here’s a list of some cute online holiday activities to fill the days. – A personalized Santa video directly from the North Pole. A company in Canada has created [...]
No more swearing at bedtime (or the benefits of sport for young boys)
Last night, I read to my kids, kissed them goodnight, turned off the light, and guess what? Miracle of miracles, they went to sleep. For the nine years of our twins’ lives, bedtime has been something that we’ve often dreaded and delayed just to put off the kids’ delaying tactics (how pathetic is that?). The [...]
Potty Training Tips and Techniques from Bright Horizons Family Solutions
photo credit: abardwell Last week, I had the pleasure of attending a fantastic webinar from our friends at Bright Horizons Family Solutions (http://www.brighthorizons.com) Parent Webinar Series entitled, “Potty Training Tips and Techniques.” Presenters Lisa Gatto, Program Lead for the Child Development Program of Isis Parenting and Cindy Meltzer, Isis Community Manager, have been there, done that [...]
YES! Your food allergy kid can eat Oreos and more!
Last fall, my son was diagnosed with multiple food allergies. I cried, panicked, and thought the world had come to an end. Since then, I’ve learned to not only live with it, but bring better health to our family. I’ve also learned to cook and bake. My son is allergic to all but two of [...]
Icky, crawlies in your kid’s hair… Lice
photo credit: Gilles San Martin A few years ago, when my daughter was in elementary school and came home one day with a note from the school nurse, declaring a lice outbreak. No sharing of hairbrushes or of hats, all bookbags and coats needed to be stored in plastic bags at school. Not long after [...]
Ethan’s Story: My preemie’s fight
My second pregnancy started fine. Aside from a strange rash, and some bleeding at 13 weeks that put me on limited bed rest for a month, it was smooth sailing, until I hit 23 weeks. Rather than leaking urine like I thought I was, it was amniotic fluid. I went to the hospital, and was [...]
Tiger Tales and MyTales Digital book and app giveaway winners announced!
Last week we reviewed two great books and iPhone/ iPad apps, Hush Little Baby and Sleep, Baby Sleep from Tiger Tales Books and MyTales Digital. Because we thought the books were so great we wanted to share copies of Hush Little Baby, Sleep, Baby Sleep and Rock-a-Bye Baby in both the printed book form and [...]
Children’s book review & giveaway: Hush Little Baby and Sleep Baby Sleep
Recently my two-year-old and I had the pleasure of reviewing two new books based on lullabies, Hush, Little Baby and Sleep Baby Sleep. They beautifully tell the songs. My daughter is an avid “read to me, or let me sit quietly and look at the pictures,” and lullaby lover, making both books a perfect fit [...]
47 things to do before my kids hate me
The sneer happened today. The lip curl. The look of disdain. “You are embarrassing me, Mom.” All I was doing was talking to some kids in the street. Asking questions. That was enough to make my sons cringe. That made me reflect on all the things I want to do with my sons (twins who [...]
We Interrupt This Parenting Moment To Bring You a Moment Of Guilt
I loved our guest bloggers’ post about guilt being like our pelvic floor… deep, dark and hidden until after we have kids. And it made me think about my own guilt … My guiltiest mom moments Mother guilt is like a TV ad: It interrupts my regularly scheduled programming at defined intervals in an annoying and [...]
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