Helping Your Child Handle Toxic Friendships
Cultivating healthy friendships in the adolescent and teenage years is vital to stable mental well being. It's important for kids to have healthy friendships, when kids are constantly surrounded by negativity, there is no room for growth or even happiness. As a parent, be aware of who your child's friends are. Especially if your children are younger. When a relationship is toxic there are signs that will show. Such as a child seeming more withdrawn or with a lower self esteem than usual. If a child has gotten increasingly quiet and even jumpy or fearful, these can all be signs…
5 Winter Activities to Keep Toddlers Busy | #kids #winter
Winter can be tough for both toddlers and parents, but with an arsenal of activities up your sleeve, you won't be worn out because they'll be too busy creating to destroy the house and your patience! DIY frozen balloons - This fun winter activity is the perfect science experiment to do with the kidlets. First, add food coloring to water ballons, then fill with water and place outside in the snow until frozen. When they're hard, peel off the balloon and viola you now have frozen ice that looks like a marble. Make snow flakes- Teach kidlets how to cut…
Dolphin Paradise App Review | #iPad #Android #app
Recently I had the chance to check out and review the Dolphin Paradise App. I wasn't expecting such a fun game at first glance, but after playing around with it, the app pleasantly surprised me. When you download the Dolphin Paradise App and open it up, you're greeted by a peaceful cove and a dolphin swimming around. The instructions walk you through how to greet your dolphin for the first time as well as how to feed and pet it. Don't think that you'll only get one dolphin though! Players have the chance to take care of a whole cove of dolphins.…
Hands on Activites for Toddlers
It's no secret that toddlers love hands on activities, especially messy ones that involve paint and markers. In case you're strapped for ideas to keep your little munchkin busy, here are a few tried and true methods that toddlers love. Sparkle Finger Painting- It's like regular finger painting, but let your child sprinkle glitter over their final product! Kids love the final glittery effect and it makes for some pretty cool artwork after it's dried. For easy cleanup, have your toddler wear a smock and put a mess mat under their chair while they're having fun being creative! Glue and…
Jett and his Papa! | #toddlers #grandparents #love
Here is a picture of Papa (my dad) and his youngest grandson. Jett is number seven for Mimi and Papa, and daddy is just as much in love with this one as he is the others. His patience runs thin with the kiddos pretty quickly, and he runs out of gas faster now that he used to, but for those precious moments that he devotes undivided attention to one grandkid at a time, I cherish them (and snap a pic!). He works so much, these times are few and far between.
Shushybye Baby Review – 3 DVD Set #Giveaway (2/20)
Jett, now 16 months old, loves music videos. The more fun, and funkier the characters, the better for him. He will sit and bob his head to the beat or try to dance around the living room with the music. Some nights, the only way to get him to sleep is to play a video on one of our devices until he's out! We're so glad to have Shushybye Baby DVDs in the house, now! Not only is he able to watch the music videos, but he's also learning in the process. BabyFirst TV (available on DirecTV, Dish Network and…