If you’re lucky enough to have a white day-after-Christmas, try this fun activity once you’ve thrown all the snowballs and made plenty of snow angels. The idea comes from Armelle Blog, and all it takes are some paper stencils (you can make your own or she has free downloads available), water with food coloring in it, and spray bottles. What […]
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Boys Are Wild Animals, and 10 Other Truths the Parenting Books Won’t Tell You
Random observations from a mother of three boys who grew up with two sisters, and so was wholly unprepared. 1. Boys are wild animals. Just watch any nature documentary footage of lion cubs wrestling, and imagine human bodies instead of cat bodies. Really, there’s very little difference. 2. They never get tired of having their hands down their pants; they just eventually grow […]
Picky Eaters: Changing Eating Schedules
We asked you on Facebook for your biggest challenges when it comes to having a picky eater in the house. We called in Elizabeth Pantley, best-selling author of The No-Cry Picky Eater Solution to help solve your problems. I have a 33 month old son who is quite a picky eater. We’ve talked to our doctor about it but he didn’t give us any solutions. […]
Banish Crayon Drawings (on Your Walls) with Baking Soda
This dilemma came up for one of my friends with kids the other day. Her daughter drew all over the walls with crayon. And as much as she might have liked the abstract masterpiece, she would have preferred for it to be on paper hanging on the wall rather than on the wall itself. Luckily, there’s an easy way to […]
Picky Eaters: The “White-Food-Only” Challenge
We asked you on Facebook for your biggest challenges when it comes to having a picky eater in the house. We called in Elizabeth Pantley, best-selling author of The No-Cry Picky Eater Solution to help solve your problems. Look for her answers here over the next few weeks. My youngest daughter is type 1 diabetic and will NOT eat anything that is good for her. […]
Picky Eaters: The Battle of Casseroles and Other “Mixed” Foods
We asked you on Facebook for your biggest challenges when it comes to having a picky eater in the house. We called in Elizabeth Pantley, best-selling author of The No-Cry Picky Eater Solution to help solve your problems. Look for her answers here over the next few weeks. My oldest is a picky eater. He doesn’t eat anything mixed like casserole. Sometimes I just make […]
