Toddler Times
While creating this post, it occurred to me that my ideas for pampering my husband on Father’s Day were incredibly stereotypical.
So I would like to preface by saying that my husband and I are equal partners. We both work. We both take care of our daughter and the household together.
But my husband is also an alpha male. And as such, his interests lie in food, sex and sleep.
To be fair, my interests are similar. But I can also be distracted by a piece of jewelry and a spa appointment. Pampering my husband, on the other hand, is a much more confounding chore.
Unless, of course, you keep it RIDICULOUSLY SIMPLE. Continue reading »
Can you name all the elements in the Periodic Table of Elements? I sure can’t. But a 3-year-old girl named Rose has been identifying elements since she was 2 via flashcards.
Now she’s memorized Tom Lehrer’s “Element Song” so she can sing every element in a row with no prompting whatsoever.
Sure, some of the elements are mispronounced but as long as she can name more elements than oxygen and nitrogen, she’s got me beat.
It’s really very impressive and I hope Rose keeps it up because we need more girls to be interested in math and science.
Although, Dad reports that Rose’s favorite song right now has nothing to do with science. It’s Daft Punk’s “One More Time.” THAT, I can relate to.
Check out Rose singing all 118 elements below, including mouthfuls like Praseodymium, Mendelevium and Dyprosium. Continue reading »
My friend sent me the video below because he thought it was awesome.
Awesome? But don’t you think it’s totally dangerous? Can’t that child get seriously hurt?
Uh-oh. Did I just turn into my mother over the course of 36 seconds?
My friend says he’s thrown his kid pretty far onto couch cushions and he thinks the angle of the camera makes the toddler tossing in question appear much more extreme than it probably was in reality.
Did I mention we are talking about “toddler tossing”? As in “tossing toddlers”? Yes, it’s a new way to entertain your children, haven’t you heard?
In all honesty, I bet my two-year-old would LOVE being tossed across a room into a giant beanbag, but the mother in me can’t stop looking at the corner of the wall right behind the bean bag and have nightmares about that poor kid landing wrong and breaking his neck.
It’s all fun and games until dad misses his target, right? Continue reading »
Easter can be a hard holiday for parents to compete with, what with the chocolate, the egg hunts, the larger-than-life bunnies and of course, the Cadbury Creme Eggs.
Passover was a holiday that I learned to appreciate as I got older. Once I wasn’t the youngest at the table and could pass singing the four questions on to my little sister.
For me, Passover was an incredibly long dinner with one big chance at a cash prize— the reward for finding the afikomen. At which point, I would have to negotiate with my Uncle and play serious hardball.
But I don’t remember doing any Passover related crafts or activities during the week long holiday.
Probably because my mother didn’t have the internet at her disposal to get any ideas.
My daughter is much luckier.
Here are eight ideas for fun activities you can do with your kids to celebrate Passover. Continue reading »
I have been trying to be cool my whole life with not much success. I might have achieved it briefly in my late twenties, only to meet a man, get married and have a child. Coolness flew officially out the window.
My daughter, however, appears to have picked it up in just two short years.
She’s got confidence, swagger and a wardrobe that, while nothing particularly special on the hanger, looks like a million bucks once pulled over her scrawny little frame— BABY GUT BE DAMNED.
The girl puts my sense of style to shame. But maybe that’s not that hard…
Below are twelve more trendsetting toddlers who are already way cooler than I’ll ever be.
Pay attention— you could probably learn a fashion lesson yourself. Continue reading »
How do you celebrate April Fool’s Day with a toddler?
The best option is probably to skip it. Two-year-olds can’t really understand the nuance of a good practical joke.
But if you insist, here are ten jokes that should have real impact on your toddler.
Many of them may seem cruel, but isn’t that the spirit of the holiday?
1. “Sorry, kid. We accidentally threw away the iPad.”
2. “Oh! Didn’t you hear? Sesame Street was canceled!”
3. Glue all her books shut. Continue reading »
Canada just put out new exercise guidelines for children between one and four-years-old.
I may be from New York but I still find it noteworthy that the Canadian government felt it necessary to educate parents on the importance of keeping their little ones active.
I think it has something to do with all that toddler-dedicated screen time.
Screen time is a real problem for two reasons. It has been found to create shorter attention spans and it keeps kids sedentary for longer periods of time. Continue reading »
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