You found your child the perfect Halloween costume, accompanied him on his quest for candy, and now that Halloween is over, the Christmas carols are piped into your local grocery store, and kids are thinking of what they might receive this year for Christmas or Hanukkah. In the middle of those two scene-stealing holidays is Thanksgiving, a day for turkey and …
Once you’ve gotten past the newborn phase, you likely never want to live through another 3am wakeup for a very long time. This is why the idea of sleep regressions strikes fear in the hearts of many a parent. But remember that these regressions are a normal part of your child’s development, and are temporary. If understood, and handled properly, …
Problem #1: We’ve all seen a child take a truck from another child in the sandbox, leading to a frustrated shove or slap. And every daycare classroom sees the occasional aggression stemming from one child sitting in another’s favorite spot, or using another’s favorite toy. This is simply a case of children defending their will, their turf, and their independence, …
Is your 18 month-old an escape artist already, piling her stuffed animals on top of one another as a way of climbing right out of her crib? Or maybe your two year-old has spied a cozy toddler bed or big kid bed in one of his sibling’s rooms or at a friend’s house, and now wants one of his own? …
When your child was a newborn, no method of soothing him was off-limits. You drove around the neighborhood to get him to fall asleep, you rocked him until your arms ached, and you had a pacifier with you at all times. Now your newborn is perhaps an older infant, toddler, or preschooler, and you’d like to kick the pacifier habit …
Are you tired of the same witch and superhero costumes you find at the drugstore every year? Does your preschooler have more unique ideas about what they’d like to dress up as, but your DIY skills are not up to par? Etsy offers a wide selection of cute, fun costumes with that great DIY look! Here are our childcare experts’ …
While autumn in beautiful Palm Beach County may not herald the abrupt seasonal change as in other parts of the country, there’s still a subtle change in mood. Halloween pumpkins adorn front porches, and Thanksgiving approaches. Plus, here, just as in other parts of the country, produce such as pumpkins and squash begin to come into season. Become inspired by …
Let us guess what a typical Saturday night in your home looks like. Exhausted after a day of soccer, gymnastics, or playdates, you tidy up the house and feed the kids dinner, get them off to bed, and settle onto the couch with Netflix and takeout. OK, we admit that on many Saturday nights, this does seem like an appealing …
Summer may be over, but the good weather keeps families out and about here in Palm Beach County, and the area has plenty of activities available this fall to keep families with young children entertained! For the 18th consecutive year, the Palm Beach Zoo is holding Boo at the Zoo, a Halloween celebration that invites children to trick or treat …
One of the most stressful times to be a parent is early toddlerhood, when your baby, who has been subsisting mainly on breastmilk or formula, must suddenly make the switch to table foods. It’s hard to know how much she should eat, what to feed her, and it becomes doubly frustrating when your little one decides to shun many of …
