Huh. Color me ignorant. I had no idea that Halloween was considered the most dangerous holiday for kids. Thinking about it some more, it makes sense. Trick-or-treating in the dark, the pointy costume props, the costumes themselves which are easy to trip on, the possibility of injury is staggering. Children have a higher [...]
Tags: costumes, Halloween, Halloween candy, Holidays, Safety, trick or treat
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Babies and toddlers love figuring out how things work. Right now, zippers are king of the toys in my house.
Daycare baby likes undoing zippers. It’s part peekaboo game, and part investigating how things work, and part finding interesting things behind the zipper. I learned quickly to wear something under any shirt that had a zipper [...]
Tags: child development, Holidays, motor skills, toys, zippers
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Of course, there are a million ways to celebrate the holiday of love. But kids don’t need a million things, and I haven’t got a million bucks. So here are my Top 10 Ways to Celebrate Valentine’s Day with kids:
Say “I love you” all the time.
Even if it can’t all happen on the same day–February [...]
Tags: Holidays, traditions, Valentine's Day
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Last year, on New Year’s Eve, my family resolved to never travel at Christmas again. That lasted almost a year.
OK. Maybe I should be more specific. We drove 1700 miles one-way. Halfway there, we encountered icy roads and had to cancel a hotel reservation. Annoyed, we dealt with our online reservation system (who can withdraw [...]
Tags: Baby, Christmas, family, Holidays, In-laws, New Year's resolution, Travel
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It’s the biggest holiday of the year. And it comes with lots of fun and presents, cheers – and calories. I don’t want to dampen your Christmas spirits but there’s no denying it – we tend to feast and fatten ourselves during the holiday season. But cheer up. We need not deprive ourselves of [...]
Tags: calories, cholesterols, eating, feasting, Health, Holidays
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