Schedule / Routine
Around here, it's no surprise that I love a good bedtime routine, but it might surprise you to learn that I actually don't do it every night! Before I was even pregnant with our son, my husband and I knew we wanted to tackle this whole parenting thing together. Parenting as a team is challenging sometimes, and even though I am the [...]
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Baby Waking Up Too Early? Must-Know Tips For Parents
You are a parent of a baby or young toddler, you've read all the baby sleep tips, but you are still struggling with a baby waking up too early (in essence before 7:00 am). You frequently hear other parents tell you things like… My kids always wake up at the crack of dawn. Kids just get up early. That is the way it is. Every morning we [...]
Baby Climbing Out of the Crib? Try This!
*post contains affiliate links My son was born ready to climb out of his crib. Given that my husband and I are both tall people, it wasn't a huge shock to learn that my son is tall for his age. On top of that, he is very gross motor dominant, making him the ideal toddler candidate for climbing out of a crib. We prepared for this to [...]
How Simple Toy Organization Can Help Toddlers Thrive
It was just last week when I was listening to a podcast on keeping a tidy home when the moment of inspiration hit me—the toys in our house aren’t so tidy after all! For as organized and as routine-oriented as I like to be, the toys certainly fell by the wayside. So I decided to get busy and go through the toys in our home, minimize, [...]
Toddler Night Waking? 4 Steps to Help you Deal
When my son was a little baby it was way easier to lull him back to sleep in the middle of the night. And then he got a little bit older, and he wasn’t so tired anymore. When he woke during the night, he was just that…awake. Many of the sleep disruptions that an older baby might experience are sleep disruptions that a toddler may also [...]
This Baby Bedtime Routine Is Easy and Works Like Magic
In many of my posts on Baby and Sleep, I talk about establishing a good bedtime routine, and today I’d like to explore that topic little further. Research shows that establishing a good bedtime routine has a huge impact. Moreover if you do it every day, it makes a big difference in the quality and duration of sleep in our little ones. [...]
Raising Kids5 Steps to Stop Toddler Biting in its Tracks
A biting toddler is no joke, friends. A while back I wrote about How to Get a Baby to Stop Biting, and after using the steps I discussed in that post, we effectively managed to stop our son from biting. Funny enough at the end of that post I wrote, “I am vigorously reinforcing ‘No biting’ and keeping a very watchful eye, as biting will [...]
10 Empowering Ways to Improve Toddler Listening
Entering into the toddler years presents a whole new set of parenting challenges, especially when your toddler doesn't listen. Many days when I wonder if I'll ever learn how to make kids listen. I enjoy a good challenge. So there's that. Our listening journey started the moment my son started to run around the house checking to [...]
5 Ways to Help your Child Value Good Character over Good Looks
When I first see a baby or a toddler I often find myself mentioning something about the child’s physical appearance or clothing. It’s interesting isn’t it… If you find yourself doing the same thing, you are not alone. I think the majority of us will whole-heartedly admit that this is a common topic of conversation when speaking to a [...]
How to Teach Kids to Play Independently Late or After a Long Hiatus
Those of you, who read my post called Teaching Kids to Play Independently, already know that independent play is something we started early on in our son’s life. While I cannot remember off the top of my head, I would like to say we started around the 2 month mark. Yes, you can start that early or even earlier! In fact, starting [...]
