Some children are early walkers, talkers, or readers. Some children want to do everything like their big siblings while others like to just watch. Every child develops at their own pace, but developmental milestones are one of the ways pediatricians and parents can anticipate upcoming skills and ensure each child is developing normally. What Is […]
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Every parent can relate to the frustration of their child frequently asking for a snack. While it’s easy enough to provide packaged snacks or easy fruits like apples and bananas, this can get expensive quickly! Plus, the ingredients and additives in many packaged snacks can make your child’s food cravings and mood swings even worse.
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Children learn primarily through play. Playtime is their “school” or “job” to develop the skills they need later for their actual schooling and occupations. When you see playtime as education, then you’ll want to provide your child with toys that grow their brains, bodies, and language skills. Should All Toys Be Educational? Not necessarily, but
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Parents intuitively know that children benefit from being read to, but how important actually is story time? Studies have proven that reading to children benefits them immediately and in the future! Children who are read to have: Better language skills – Quality literature improves language understanding, grammar, and sentence structure Increased vocabulary – Quality literature
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You may have heard about the importance of reading to your child, but what books are best? Can you read any book that interests your child, or should you pick one that is of higher quality? Quality literature expands your child’s world! Through well-written stories, their imaginations are inspired and they pick up important educational
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When you have limited time with your children, you want to make every minute count. One of the best bonding activities you can do with your children is working together on fun arts and crafts! Arts and crafts are also a great way to help children with their fine motor skills with coloring, cutting, and
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Every parent can agree one of the biggest struggles in parenting is getting your child to nap. Even children who normally sleep well will eventually struggle to nap. Missing a nap can make a child overtired, which only perpetuates the sleeping problem. So how can you make it easier for your child to nap every
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Many working parents rely on daycare to return to their jobs. While daycare is a blessing for many parents, it is not a replacement for parental care. So what is the balance between childcare and parental care? How many days–and hours during the day–is best for children to be in daycare? The answer to this
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There are many opinions on what age is best for a child to begin attending daycare. Some parents and pediatricians believe sending a child to daycare earlier is best so there’s less separation anxiety. Others believe that waiting until the child is older allows for proper parental bonding. There are a dozen other factors to
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Daycare dropoff is an adjustment for parents and children. The parents are often more anxious than the children, but once children know that daycare means separation from the parents, there may be meltdowns that make you rethink childcare. If you have to endure a pitiful dropoff meltdown, you might be wondering how long it will
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