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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I have a toddler son, a daycare baby girl, and my boyfriend’s five-year-old daughter here, most and some of the time respectively, so we have plenty of “girl” and “boy” toys. There is plastic food and toy kitchen equipment, dollies and princess crowns. And there are trucks, trains, rocks, and plastic frogs.
I’ve never had any [...]
Tags: boy toys, gender play habbits, gender specific toys, girl toys, toys
Posted in: Toddlers
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Experts recommend about 30 minutes of tummy time for infants in order to help nurture and encourage fine and gross motor skills, especially those skills that eventually lead to crawling. Here’s how you can get started
Tags: babies, infants, milestones, roll over, toys, tummy time
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I absolutely love the holiday season and all of the decorations that come out in December, but come January 1st, I am always very eager to put these seasonal items away for another year and to get my houseĀ in a less cluttered state.
Last January, I became pregnant and went on a huge purge of items [...]
Tags: babies, children, infants, organization, toys
Posted in: Baby, Holidays
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Maybe it’s due to sleep-deprivation, or maybe I’m just not very good at remembering landmarks. I know that my daughter’s first intentional smile took place at approximately four weeks, but I don’t remember the circumstances or the exact date. I also know that I should have written it down in her baby book while it [...]
Tags: baby book, baby einstein, baby smile, Breastfeeding, infant, landmark, nursing, toys
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