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As a parent, the difficulty of making sure your child is comfortable and happy is neverending. Parents are very dedicated to their children, whether it be finding the best mattress, the right clothes, or the proper shoes. With that being said, the temperature of your child is often neglected. Knowing warning signs that your child’s … Read more
Taste, or gustatory perception, is one of our basic senses. The sensation of taste includes five established basic types of taste: sweetness, saltiness, sourness, bitterness, and umami (savory). As we know the first four, the fifth taste, or umami, is the taste of glutamate, an amino acid found throughout the human body and in … Read more
Imagine it: The year was 2001. I’m at a new friend’s home for the first time, enjoying a little chat while our newborns napped, when all of the sudden my sugars dropped. Big time, all at once. I was in a predicament. “Um, excuse me. I know I just got here and that we’ve only … Read more
Things have been a bit quiet on the blog lately. That is due in part to the fact that we moved! This is a big yay for us and has been so exciting. But it’s taken months and months to get to this place. The week before we moved in it rained. The weekend we … Read more
How to Talk to a Toddler about Divorce At any time couples opt to get a divorce, they get traumatized on the next course of action when it comes to their children. Questions linger to each one of their minds over how to tell the kids that they are no longer living together as a … Read more
I have a very special place in my heart for painting Easter Eggs. A big part of that is because of the fond memories I have of painting them with my siblings and cousins in the home of my grandma every year. My grandpa was a member of the Lion’s Club and they put on … Read more
If you take a look around, you’ll probably see more people wearing fitness tracking devices than those who aren’t. They’ve become uber popular in the last few years and now it seems that the craze – albeit a healthy one – has spread to the younger generation as well. Kids’ fitness watches are some of … Read more
Ready to rock and roll? Or rather is your child ready to rock and roll? If your kids are asking for a drum set, you are going to need to buy the right one. For younger kids, a full-size drum set won’t do. Full-size drum sets are too big for kids to learn on. But … Read more
Kids’ birthday parties are the source of more than a little bit of stress for parents, am I right? It’s great when they’re super small and they don’t know the difference, but once they’re old enough to notice that their friends are having super cool (aka super expensive) parties while they have theirs at home, … Read more
Crafts! Wonderful, creative, exciting, engaging, inspirational, messy, humorous, wonderful, wonderful crafts! Your children love to do crafts at home, at school, at daycare, at their grandparents’, at the cottage, in the car… everywhere. Since crafts are a safe, healthy way to spend their time, you want to keep them supplied with the items they need … Read more
It’s almost summer again and that means it’s time to start thinking about where to go for the summer holidays. If you are like many of our readers, you probably have children of your own. This makes summer vacation planning a little complicated. Not every holiday destination is great for the kids. There are definitely … Read more
When spouses divorce, they solve such critical questions in their opinion as to the separation of common property or custody. But in this process, there is something more important that is often ignored. And this is the emotional state of the child. Children experience the divorce of their parents even more than husband and wife. … Read more
Oh my goodness, my mouth is already watering just thinking about the dessert I’m going to share with you today! In fact, it’s probably a good thing that I only have to type about this delightful Easy Raspberry Peach Cobbler recipe. I don’t think I can even speak right now. Steph is the one who … Read more
Robots are not only a ton of fun but can teach kids a lot. And building a robot is the quintessential STEM activity that reaps one really awesome result. So we’ve chosen our favorite picks. For little ones who aren’t quite ready to build one of their own to older kids who are interested in … Read more
Bug bites aren’t just annoying, irritating, itchy and sometimes downright painful. They can also pose a serious health risk, especially in the case of where the risk of getting an insect-borne illness through a bite is higher. But choosing an effective insect repellent for your little one can help protect them. However, choosing the right … Read more