Is it really possible to prevent meltdowns? Well, I admit it’s a stretch. All children will throw tantrums or become so fussy there’s nothing to do but melt down. But can you avoid some of them using music? Absolutely.
First,...
How many times have you read your child's favorite book, over and over again? When I get tired of our same ol' stack of books, it means a trip to the library is in order. As a speech-language pathologist, I...
I'm not sure about most moms, but during the day I often need other adult voices to fill the space in the room, so I will typically leave the television on in the background. I’ll tune in to a...
I'm vaguely new to the preschool media scene. My family is conservative and we are picky about the media we screen for our kids. My son's been in the theatre for a movie once, and it's partly because we...
I don't know about y'all, but having a child has totally screwed with my Type A personality mojo. I think within that first year I hovered around the B+ region and oh lord, around teething time it definitely hit a...
Last weekend, my husband and I were cleaning the house. Not our normal “pick up all the random laundry around the house and sweep the floors,” but the deep cleaning that we do to prepare for company (He was...
Mindfulness has definitely become a buzzword in recent years. There are websites, books, classes, and apps galore on the topic. All geared towards helping you increase your awareness of the present moment and calmly recognize and accept your emotions,...
My 3-year-old loves Play-Doh. She creates these epic adventures saving the world from all those creepy colorful Play-Doh monsters that she creates! No wonder there is a National Day to celebrate this amazing craft product that gives kids the...
I don’t know about your kids, but my kids will play forever in the bath if I let them. It is truly my favorite Mom hack ever. Kids fighting? Throw them in the bath! Need to answer a few...
Children protest. It is their job. Ours is to create safe and healthy boundaries for them to live within. When WE keep our limits, our children actually feel safer and more secure.
When you put a new limit down, your...
“I want cereal!”
“No, not that cereal!”
“I want milk!”
“I want to pour it myself!”
“I don’t want cereal! I want toast!”
Repeat. Daily.
Moms everywhere laugh and empathize when friends talk about the struggles of feeding a toddler. It’s as if overnight, our...
As a full-time working mother, I knew early on that my children would have to enter into a learning environment early in life. I had to process that decision all on its own, but I knew that it was...
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We're always on the lookout for things to do with kids during summer break. How about some affordable VBS?
