This week, Kadi from Our Seven Seeds asks the #VlogMom crew: What are three things that you wish somebody would have told you about becoming a mom? … [Read more...]
Planning an Earth Day Party
April 18, 2012 By 3 Comments
Earth Day offers a great opportunity for a play date party. And while Earth Day has become Earth Week has become Earth Month (yes, month!) playdate parties are a laid back way to celebrate no matter when you plan to host your party. So if you're planning to celebrate Earth Day, plan an Earth Day Party, because 4 kids is usually much more fun than 2. And the word “party” gets kids excited. Earth Day celebrates the Earth and all things natural. Depending on the ages of the children, … [Read more...]
Hiring babysitters
April 17, 2012 By 8 Comments
Hiring babysitters for the first time can be frightening to parents. Prepare yourself with these tips. Rotate your babysitters Keep several sitters and try to rotate through them--it keeps the faces and personalities fresh in the kids' minds, offers the children different personalities to learn to charm manipulate work with, and gives you lots of familiar options when you have plans on a busy day. Plan 15 minutes of "getting ready" time Always plan for your sitters to arrive at least … [Read more...]
Stranger Danger: Using books to gently teach your kids
April 10, 2012 By 9 Comments
In the middle of a discussion about talking with your younger children about safety, I asked librarian, educator and blogger, Pam Margolis (@IYAMPAM) if she could recommend a few books to open the conversation with your child. She ran (I love her) to the bookstore to find all the newest, best books out there and sent me this guest post: Stranger Danger: Using books to gently teach your kids. It is often difficult to broach the subject of discussing safety and stranger danger with young … [Read more...]
Babysitting information pads
April 3, 2012 By 2 Comments
I always assumed everyone left notepads for their sitters to follow, a place offering all the important, emergency information in one spot. In fact, as part of my babyshower gift back in 2003, my sister gave me my first set of babysitting information pads. They were quickly used up and I'm now onto my umpteenth notepad. Create your own information note pad An alternative is to create your own information pads, listing all the static information creating less for you to write. I ordered … [Read more...]
Our first babysitter
March 27, 2012 By 2 Comments
I've always been jealous of the friends who can just call in the Grandparents for babysitting. It seems so simple to them--no added expenses or hassles of tracking down a babysitter. We have wonderful grandparents, but none of them live nearby enough to just drive over and watch the kids. Because of that, I knew that I'd hire our first babysitter when my son was still very little. I learned early on that if we wanted date nights, we'd have to plan for them on our own. We hired our first … [Read more...]
