You want to involve your baby in all the holiday fun, but you don't want to break the bank because you know they won't remember or show as much excitement as an older child. Well, this is the right place for you. I have carefully curated this list to include several...
Gift-giving is a great way to celebrate traditions as well as show your love and appreciation for those you care about. Love, gratitude, and generosity are amazing values to pass down to your children. So, getting your toddler involved with card or gift-giving is a...
There are essentially two forms of art with children PROCESS and PRODUCT art. Different people value different things when it comes to art (and child-rearing in general), but there are two main differences with process and product art. Process art values the...
If you have a toddler, you may be considering transitioning out of the crib. You most likely have many questions and concerns. Every transition with children is challenging and we begin to second guess ourselves because we want the best for them. While I do have my...
Thinking about gifts for an infant is challenging because they cannot tell you what they want and really they don't need or want much. Babies also don't remember or have much of a reaction to their first Christmas, but parents and loved ones often still want to get...
I don’t know about you, but to me it seems like Christmas comes earlier and earlier every year. This year there were Christmas decorations out at Costco in August...like summertime August. Wow! Well, I guess it is time to start planning. Every year I say I will start...
For the longest time, I wanted a light table. I wanted one to use in my classroom and then I wanted one to use at home with my little one. There are so many beautiful play and sensory ideas using light tables, but they always seemed way out of reach financially. I...
It has been a year since I first started my journey as a stay at home mom (SAHM) alone. Yes, I have been at home for more than a year, but I do not count the 6 weeks where my husband was also home for paternity leave. I was so...
Even though my dad was a musician and I married a musician, I do not have a musical bone in my body. I sing off key. I cannot keep a rhythm. I have only a handful of children’s songs memorized (and most of them are the classics). Does that stop me from immersing my...
You are probably here because you have a little one struggling with teething. I have some bad news for you. There is no cure for teething. I know, I wish there was and I wish among this list of hacks there would be something to take all their pain and all your...