Tag archive for ‘Toddlers’
Intergenerational Music Programs for Toddlers
Editor’s Note: Good Morning. Wow has this last month flown by. As we head into these last two days of the Eat Real. Eat Local 30-Day Food Challenge, enjoy a couple of great Brambles demos. Today, think dairy goodness as the folks from Island Farms are on hand at 11 a.m.
Don’t forget that, in order [...]
Preschool Crafts – Salad Spinner Painting
Editor’s Note: It’s no news flash that we are big fans of art around our house. But, I have to admit that I’ve been finding myself in serious need of inspiration and a little artistic freedom that the dining room table just isn’t currently capable of offering.
So, our daughter and I have been hitting Becky [...]
Fingerprint Bug Parade
Editor’s Note: This short week has thrown me for a loop. And, the Filberg Festival meant I had no access to our pal Popsicle all weekend. We’ll have to check in this week to see what mischief he’s up to lately.
So, I wanted to share an older post about a favourite craft around our house [...]
Announcing the Summer NeighbourWood Walk Series
It’s with some serious excitement that I announce our Summer NeighbourWood Walk series.
After such a fantastic response to our first series and some disappointment about our time choice, we knew we were going to have to plan for two walks this Summer.
So, here’s the scoop.
Our NeighbourWood Walk series will run for eight Wednesdays this Summer [...]
Homemade Non-toxic Finger Paints
My husband has spent his life in the midst of paint, charcoals, canvas and the computer as a professional artist. He’s also always passing along his concerns about our daughter’s zeal with paint. Her willingness to paint herself from head to toe leaves Ken in pieces, concerned for the tiny person’s health.
I didn’t get it.
He’s [...]
Mom-P-Inc. – Carol Anne Parkinson of Kindermusik
Motherhood, it changes you.
While there’s a whole list that involves sagging and wrinkled, exhausted and emotional that can be wrapped in there, for many women becoming a Mom takes life to a whole other level.
It brings out our genuine loves, forces them into places creatively and personally that reveal talents and ingenuity unrealized until that [...]
Retro Mama’s Blast from the Past
My mother made me wear a babushka. (Not unlike the vintage dress in the above photo that I would prefer the tiny person wore every day:))
She thought it looked so crazy cute on a preschooler that I ended up with a whole wardrobe of ethnic head scarfs.
My grandmother loved it so much I acquired my [...]
Help! My Kiddo Hates Veggies (for now)
So, well…
…our daughter, who has always been a wonder in the eating good food department, is on strike.
Where I used to be able to set down bowl after bowl of carrots, broccoli, cabbage or swiss chard now lives empty space.
I was sharing with a pal last night that it’s like she’s put herself on a [...]
Salad People
The dining toddler is quite an enigma.
As the parent of one who will be 3 in April, I have shared in discussion after discussion with fellow parents of toddlers, and it seems there is quite the spectrum of eating habits from one child to the next.
My son in particular has a handful of staple foods [...]
The Parents Primer for North Island Birthday Party Locales
If there was ever one day that makes kiddos screech with excitement and parents cringe just a bit with knowing the work that will go into it all, it has got to be your tiny person’s birthdays and the ensuing parties that make childhood sweet.
Finding the perfect locale to celebrate that special day can be [...]
The Not-So-Comprehensive Guide to Potty Training
When it comes to potty training tiny people, the verdict remains out on how to best do so (click the link above to see for yourself).
From the minute our daughter was born (actually, even before), advice about potty training was one of the most common topics in terms of other moms and professionals passing along [...]
Bambu for Eco Kids Utensils
For ages and ages…and ages…I have been trying to replace the plastic eating utensils that our tiny person used to eat with.
Oh was it ever a painful process.
I went to nearly every store in town, and in other towns. I cruised the Internet. I even considered just converting to stainless steel camping utensils.
Then, one day, [...]
The Great Pumpkin Saves Kids from Sugar Overload
A while back, I discovered The Tale of the Great Pumpkin.
I heard it in conversation. I read it on website after website, this spookytacular tale of bribing the kiddos out of their candy.
I am convinced that one brilliant parent out there came up with this remarkably savvy tool for reducing the sugar buzz factor around [...]
Cool Mom Picks Safer Toy Guide
I am a H-U-G-E fan of the moms over at Cool Mom Picks if for no other reason than they keep me from totally losing my cool factor and giving in to the urge to live out my days in 6-year-old sweats and faded t-shirts.
They are super resourceful and totally funky, not to mention exceptionally [...]
Groovy Gear – Aqua Socks with, well, Socks
Our daughter is a fish.
She dreams of turning into a whale, crawling like a crab and meeting a sea horse.
So, when we started swim lessons at the CV Aquatics Centre we thought for sure it would be an instant success.
Ends up, the bottom of the pool is a bit more rugged than her toddler feet [...]
Tofino’s Ocean Kids
So, there we were driving along Campbell Street into downtown Tofino.
We had to make a Co-op run for last-minute ingredients (it was perogi party night last night) and ended up at this great kids store that is, in the end, now the sole reason that we as parents no longer have ANY excuses about why [...]
Mozart to Soothe the Savage Baby
There once was a rather charming, easy-going tiny person running around our house.
While other people coped with whining, meltdowns and fear-striking behaviour, our daughter was going along doing her thing wondering why some of the other kiddos were so upset.
In the last two weeks, something has snapped and the terrible twos have kicked in with [...]
Safety First – Car Seat Recalls
Thanks to CVK mom Angela D’Eon for updated news from Transportation Canada on the car seat recalls for Cosco, Safety 1st and Eddie Bauer products.
The seats that are being recalled manufactured and sold between Nov. 1, 2003 and Dec. 31, 2005 include:
* Cosco Alpha Omega: 22C15BNP, 22C15CRK, 22C15ROR, 22C15TUX, 22C26BNG, 22C26GRH
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101 Uses for Hemp Milk
A while back, after CVK mom Reesh recommended Hemp Milk, I started doing a bit of research into it all.
Cow milk is no friend to us, and the whole goat’s milk our daughter has been downing for a year or so is now – I’m told – a bit too fatty for her to drink [...]
Find It – Comox Valley Diaper Gyms!
It’s that time of year!
Yes, it’s true, DIAPER GYM is nearly back in session (just a few weeks more, I promise).
Our daughter has been asking for WEEKS when she gets to see her friends at diaper gym again and, although I know it should be all about her, I can’t wait to see my friends [...]
Time to Ditch the Plastic Sports Bottle/Sippy Cup
I’m about to scare you.
Plastic may be useful, but it is also potentially irreparably harming our children by disrupting their endocrine, immune and reproductive systems by leaching toxins into their water, milk and food.
That’s even the plastic in baby bottles, sippy cups and sports drink bottles.
If you are like me, you have to read it [...]
Diaper Gyms In The Comox Valley
Finding the perfect place for your infant or toddler to make friends, play hard and have fun can be tough work.
Here are a few spots to try out:
CFB Comox Parents & Tots 10 to 11:30 a.m. Mondays and Fridays out at the CFB Comox Recreation Centre. $2 and parents are encouraged to contribute a [...]
Safety First – Water fun for Everyone
I admit it, I’m going through a phase.
You know, the one where everything that used to be fun and carefree now completely terrifies me when it comes to participating in it with a toddler in tow.
…and I only have one. Yikes!
One of the biggest concerns now that the sun has returned from Florida for the [...]
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