BABY SLEEP TRAINING IS TABOO. (I get it…) It’s a word that not everyone wants to talk about. Some people think it’s sacrilegious, scary, and downright awful. And, don’t even think about bringing up baby sleep training in a mom’s group. That’s when all the girl fighting begins. Baby sleep Read more…
Adults are not the only ones who get bored, kids also get bored as well. Just like emotions, boredom is a two-edged sword. You have to teach your kids how to handle boredom or else it becomes a burden on them. Boredom has advantages and it also has disadvantages if Read more…
They say parents can determine their child’s personality within the first week of life. As a mother of three small children, I have found this to be true. When my first-born daughter was less than a week old, I was desperately trying to get her to latch correctly when trying Read more…
Nighttime sleep isn’t the only sleep you should be concerned about for your child.Until the age of 4 or 5, most children can’t get all the sleep they need during the night. Helping your child develop an age-appropriate, flexible nap routine is essential not only to ensure adequate rest, but for your Read more…
f you have a child who has limited his or her food choices to pasta with white sauce you may be dealing with a picky eater. When a toddler or young child refuses to eat certain foods or entire food groups, it is called ‘picky eating’. It is not unusual for a young child to turn up their nose at foods especially when they are experiencing a food for the first time.
Does it seem like you have a war going on in your family—with you on one side, and your kids on the other? Many parents feel like they live in the middle of a battle zone and that at any given moment they might step on a landmine. Maybe you have a teen who is disrespectful and says rude and insulting things to you. Perhaps you have a child who won’t stop badgering you and fights with you when you set limits. Maybe your preteen insists on having the final word on everything and puts you down all the time. Or it could be that you, like many parents, feel like your kids act entitled and ungrateful and take advantage of you—and it drives you crazy.
As a parent, it can be hard to raise little ones without any guidance or someone telling you what to do in certain circumstances. I know I wish my children would have come with a little instruction manual when departing from the hospital. I have researched the best parent podcasts to make your life that much easier when faced with parental uncertainties.
You might be weary of trips to the grocery store that end in screaming, or heartbroken that your child does not know what to do at a playground. But things do not always have to be this way. The road to improving behaviors starts with believing that your child – no matter what their behavior looks like now – can change with the right support and knowledge. An important first step for parents of children with disabilities is to understand why behavior problems are happening in the first place.
Bake some treats for your neighbors
This has to be my favorite–and one we will definitely be doing again this year. Last year, Little Girl and I baked banana bread for our neighbors, but this year I think we may make an assortment of treats, like pumpkin spice donut holes, healthy chocolate peanut butter fudge, coconut-cranberry peanut butter truffles and my triple chocolate peanut butter truffles from the Healthy Holidays eBook. We like to attach a Bible verse proclaiming Christ’s birth.
Last year, we delivered the bread on a rare white Christmas morning, and it was a blast getting to know our neighbors (most of whom invited us inside!).
Let’s talk about the child safety harness. I have three girls and have been in situations where I feel like they are all 3 going in different directions and I am COMPLETELY overwhelmed and in over my head…and a child harness would be ideal. But on the other hand, sometimes the thought of one makes me uneasy. Talking about child leashes is like talking about political parties. Parents are either strongly for or strongly against them.