During this time, many of us are paying extra attention to how well we clean surfaces and items in our home. Our children’s toys are no exceptions. If you think about how many times your children put their fingers in their mouths and their toys for that matter, it’s enough to make you cringe. While …
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Now is the time of year that kids of all ages are hitting the beach and the pool. While there’s plenty of fun to be had, that fun can turn dangerous if children don’t know how to swim and the proper precautions aren’t taken. While all children are advised to wear a U.S. …
We’ve all heard about the importance of swim lessons and seen advertisements for lessons at all ages. But, at what age should you actually start sending them? The answer may surprise you. For years, the American Academy of Pediatrics always said that age four was the …
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Believe it or not, summer will be here before you know it. Perhaps you’ve started making vacation plans or maybe you’ve even booked a trip. That’s great, but that only takes care of a small fraction of your summer. What are you going to do for the remaining time? Whether your kids are school-aged …
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You put your child to sleep and hope this is the night you’re all going to get an uninterrupted night of much-needed rest. Then 3 a.m. rolls around and you’re nightly visitor shows up, right on cue. It’s your child and they’re climbing into your bed. It’s another night of elbows in the rib and …
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It’s the middle of winter. Do any of these scenarios sound familiar? You’ve read your child every book in your house…twice. You’ve gone through your DVD selection from A to Z and exhausted all of your Netflix options. The board games have been played so many times that your kids (and you) are bored. If …
From the moment your child is born you are pretty much doing everything for them. Feeding, dressing, diaper changes…it’s all on you for the simple fact that they can’t do those tasks on their own. But as they get older they can and should begin to learn how to do things on their own. While …
When you have kids, the holidays are filled with a lot of “I wants” and “Can I please haves?” that can be hard to say no to. Stay strong mom and dad! You don’t need to give in to every desire, nor should you. Depending on the age of your child, explaining the difference between …
No matter what food you put in front of your child, it ends up untouched, or better yet on the floor. Why? Because he either: a.) didn’t want to eat b.) said he wasn’t hungry c.) didn’t like what was in front of him If this happens once in a while you can probably …
These days it seems as though kids have so many activities that they’re involved in…sports, dance, music, karate…etc. Parents are running all around trying to get their kids from activity A to activity B on time while trying not to over-schedule in the process. When should all of this begin? When is the …
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