Sleep is a magical time for new parents when it happens! Moms and dads everywhere search for that elusive key to bedtime happiness, and they just might find it with a star projector. These technological marvels […]
Category: Baby
7 Most Comfortable Cot Mattresses for Your Little Tike
Buying a mattress for your baby is no easy task. You have to make sure that everything is in order before you pull the trigger. Finding a comfortable bed for yourself is much easier than finding […]
11 Puzzle Mat Picks for Play, Learning, and Comfort
You are looking for the best puzzle mat so your child can enjoy the hours of fun it provides. You may not have known how much sensory learning a mat can add to the average infant […]
9 Best Toddler Swing Options for Kids with Momentum
Toddlers love to explore and play outdoors, and one of their favorite places to play is on swing sets in the park. However, you don’t need to organize an entire day and lug a diaper bag […]
7 Foam Blocks Sets with Fun Free-Play Potential
Blocks are part of every adult’s treasured childhood memories. From wood to cardboard to plastic to foam, kids eagerly build for hours. Foam blocks now come in plenty of shapes and sizes to enhance children’s imaginative […]
7 Brilliant Baby Play Mat Options for Your Tiny Tots
As every parent knows, babies start investigating, discovering, and learning long before they can stand on their own two feet. A great baby play mat can offer your little ones heaps of stimulating educational fun as […]
Embrace Fatherhood and Your Child Will Reap the Rewards
While research tells us that embracing fatherhood will dramatically impact a child’s life, the father’s role used to be limited to providing the income. The changing role of fatherhood enables men to express their emotions and […]
13 Questions to Consider When Choosing a High Quality Child Care Center
Selecting a quality child care center is difficult and requires a lot of research. With over thirty years working in the early childhood field, I know quality! Here, I’m going to outline some of the most […]
A Future Artist May Be in Your Preschool Classroom—Some Things to Consider When Setting Up Your Art Centre
The art area in a preschool child care center can be one of a child’s favorite spaces. Just imagine, mounds of crayons, boxes of colored pencils, markers in every color, plain paper, glue, plastic scissors, magazines […]
Bursting Through Those Baby Blues: Tips for Getting Through Those Post-Pregnancy Emotions
When I met our baby girl for the very first time it was pure euphoria. Her sweet face, that little cry; I could barely let the nurse take her in to be weighed. I was over […]
A Thousand Stories—Make Every Word Count
Don’t talk grades. You’re not supposed to talk about grades during Open House. Just keep pushing parents to the projects and work on the walls. But, that’s not why most parents show up. They don’t care […]
Co-sleeping: Is it Safe, Is It Convenient, Will They Ever Leave My Bed?
If you have a baby, know a baby, or have just heard of babies, you’re probably aware that sleep does not necessarily come easily to them. Most people go into parenting knowing that they won’t be getting […]
7 Stellar Star Projectors for Serene Slumber
The night skies have always been a source of peace and tranquility for many people. Bringing home the effects of a twinkling sky is absolutely possible if you look at purchasing a star projector for your […]
How to Create P.E.A.C.E. When Your Child Tantrums and You get Triggered…
As a conscious parent coach, I have worked with many families who find themselves “at battle” with their children. Whether it is not listening to what is being asked of them and throwing tantrums around not […]
7 Superb Shape Sorters to Engage Your Little One
We all remember our favorite childhood toy or toys. Perhaps it was a telephone with googling eyes, or a toy vacuum so you could “help” with chores. We never realized that many of the toys we played […]
7 Baby Monitor Options for Parents of Babies and Toddlers
As a mom and a daycare provider, I have purchased several different baby monitors over the last few years. I have found different features to be helpful at different times with both infants and toddlers. One […]
5 Great Beds for Kids—Let there be Sleep!
As a parent, there is nothing quite like that feeling when your child first sleeps through the night. Part of creating this peaceful dreamland is finding great beds for kids since they need to feel comfortable […]
7 Puzzle Mats for Kids’ Play Areas
A puzzle mat is a children’s play area accessory you will wonder how you ever lived without once you have one. These foam play areas provide hours of building and puzzle solving fun for young kids. […]
Becoming a First Time Mom, I Should Have Read About Crisis Management!
I am a geek. This means I study everything. Before I see, hear, eat or participate in anything I try to find out as much about it as I can. This has always been my way […]
A Better Future for my Kids? I Still Dare to Imagine
I first heard the famous and, to my mind, most socially relevant song ever written, John Lennon’s “Imagine“, at the end of the movie The Killing Fields. I was 11. It is a gut-wrenching film: the […]