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When Should My Child Start Doing Chores?
Young children (ages 2+) love to help us around the house. Even though letting kids ‘help’ can sometimes add to our work load, it’s still worth it. Chores teach kids…
4 Ways to Teach Kids Organizational Skills
Most parents often find themselves frustrated with the mess in their homes because of their child’s disorganization. To eliminate the frustration and teach kids an important life skill, it’s time…
Surviving Baby’s First Shots
…you can expect a routine immunization schedule to include shots during five check-ups with your pediatrician or family doctor. In Ontario, the routine immunization schedule from 0-24 months includes the…
The Secret to Solving Most Common Kids’ Sleep Issues
…your bedtime earlier for at least a week to see if you get positive results. Consistency and routine Children thrive on routine and consistency, so having an appropriately-timed bedtime at…
Leaving Mat Leave
…important to your family. Expectations will vary for every family. Some ideas might be: We will give our family three months to settle into this new routine before we decide…
Managing Separation Anxiety in Kids
…keep it simple then they will think it’s simple. 4. Walk away Having practiced the routine ahead of time, you can now do your goodbye routine with your child and…
Expert Tips for Helping Kids Cope with Nightmares
…after a nightmare and establish bedtime routines that experts believe reduce the frequency of nightmares. What Are Nightmares? A nightmare is a frightening dream involving an imagined danger that often…
Why Does it Feel Like We’re Always Doing it Wrong?
August makes me anxious. By mid-month I’m beyond over the “lazy, carefree” days of summer (said no parent ever) and anxious to get back to routine. And when I think…
Here For A Long Time, Not A Good Time. What Now?
…will not be reopening this school year. By now we do have a bit of a routine: my eight-year-old’s morning Zoom meeting has ended and I’ve set her up with…
10 Health Tips To Start Your Summer Off Right
…But did you know that there is one ultra simple thing that you can add to your morning routine that checks a ton of those health benefit boxes? Lemon water….