Traveling over the holidays can be stressful, I know. We’re currently packing bags for our family of 5 to fly to South America over the holidays for a 3 week stay. As if cancelled flights, delays on the tarmac and long lines for airport bathrooms weren’t bad enough, you might be tempted to throw in…
Fragrant Fall Playdough Recipes
She waited eagerly underfoot sporting her favorite reversible kiddo apron. The one with the heart pocket lovingly stitched onto the front. Hopping excitedly from one foot to the other she chimed little girl songs about afternoons spent forming playdough masterpieces. Cookies were her fave. Chocolate chip, to be exact. Cookies painstakingly molded from her favorite…
Baby Wardrobe Staples for Elimination Communication
A few months ago I shared about our experience using the elimination communication method with our baby. She’s nearly a year old now, and still going strong. In fact, we’re right in the middle of potty training this week and you can learn how to potty train early here.If you’re just starting elimination communication with…
Brilliant Quick Fix Teacher Gift Anyone Can Do
Creating a tidy and germ-free classroom is at the top of every teacher’s back to school to-do list. Help your child’s teacher keep her schoolroom clean and students healthy by giving her a simple cleaning caddy stocked with her favorite cleaning supplies! This easy teacher gift idea is a super fast way to show appreciation…
Teaching Kids Healthy Habits- What’s Dad’s Role?
He slips off his musty socks, tucking them carefully into his well-worn blue sneakers and stands up as an eager little girl calls out to him. “Papí, come on! Let’s dance.” He takes her outstretched hands, and proudly strides across the creaky wooden floor, one of only two fathers amidst a sea of women and…
How to Deal with Thumb Sucking Without Shaming Your Child
The age-old thumb sucking phenomenon carries as much parental frustration and toddler comfort in this current technological age as it did for families centuries ago. No matter if you’re laid back about your tot’s choice or exhausted from constant failed efforts to convince him to kick the habit, here are a few methods I use…
Newborn Elimination Communication
Call me crazy, but I take my baby to the potty. And she goes! Our journey into elimination communication (EC) started when Grace was only 2 days old. What is elimination communication? Diaperfreebaby explains it this way: It is a gentle, natural, non-coercive process by which a baby, preferably beginning in early infancy, learns with…
Soda Cracker Painting
Make your kids’ snack time more colorful with edible paint! You only need three items to make this yummy soda cracker painting project a hit in your own home. My older kids, 4 and 2, were anxious to get their “activity” on, and had been begging to paint for a few days. After seeing this…
How to Extend the Life of Your Cloth Diapers
I’ve been using cloth diapers for four years and three kids. My husband and I have gone through the trenches with our cloth, traveled overseas using only cloth diapers, learned how to launder our diapers quickly and effectively using an everyday detergent, and saved thousands of dollars on diapers. But that’s all news for another…
How to Sleep In (Even if Your Kids are Early Birds!)
My kids wake up when the first rays of sunshine filter in the windows. Since we live in the tropics, that’s usually around 5a.m. This tired mama isn’t ready to start her day quite that early, so my husband and I created a genius solution to sleep in even if your kids are early birds!My…
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