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Fisher-Price Little People City Skyway Review – Perfect Toddler Toy!

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I was given this great new toy to try out thanks to Sverve and Walmart, but all opinions are my own. A couple weeks ago, on Saturday, October 4, 2014, my family and I headed to our local Walmart to check out their #ChosenByKids Toyland Event! There were two nice workers set up at a booth who showed us the toys, explained Walmart's layaway program, ...

10 Ways of Preventing Your Baby from Taking Their Diaper Off

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As our children grow, we are often amazed at all the new and amazing things they do – the first babble, the first smile, the first roll, the first laugh, the first crawl, the first steps. Even funny things, like the first time your child farts or burps are awesome! But, somethings get old real quick, like your baby taking off diapers, and smearing ...

The Easiest Way to Interact With Toddlers

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This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Huggies® Little Movers for IZEA. The love of interacting with my toddlers is 100% mine. Toddlers and notorious for their new moves, from crawling, squatting, lifting up one leg, climbing, walking, cruising, sliding, and scooting. And it's pretty awesome. I love watching my son grow and do more ...

How to Easily Remove Old Pee Stain and Smell from a Mattress

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There are many joys of parenting. One of those joys is not having to remove pee stains from a mattress, a mattress that had a waterproof mattress protector on it.One of my daughters, unfortunately, has an issue with wetting the bed at night. While she's been potty trained for over a year, and doesn't wet her bed every night, it's still ...

Breastfeeding Past One Year – Are you Up for the Challenge?

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August 1-7, 2014 is World Breastfeeding Week (and August is National Breastfeeding Month) so today I am thrilled to have my very own sister and best friend, Brittany Roberts, guest post about extended nursing. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) only recommends breastfeeding "until at least 12 months of age, and continuation of breastfeeding ...

How to Run a Successful Playgroup

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This shop is part of a social shopper marketing insight campaign with Pollinate Media Group™ and Wet-Nap but all opinions are my own. #pmedia #showusyourmess https://my-disclosur.es/OBsstV Playgroups are just one of those great things for kids and for their parents. Everyone gets to play, socialize, have fun, and connect. It also provides a ...

How to Get a Child to Nap Until Four Years Old and Beyond

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Sometimes I feel like a unicorn after I tell people that my four year olds still take naps. They cock their heads, mumble something about how their 2 year old stopped napping already, how they actually like the freedom of not having nap time, or how they implement a quiet time every day instead. It seems to me that many don't know how to get a ...

The Terrible Fours and the Impossibility of Handling the Attitude

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We've hit the terrible fours It's here. At long last the "terrible" age has struck my once sweet, relatively obedient children and turned them into bi-polar terrors.There's tantrums, name calling, extremes, screaming, door slamming, hitting, slapping, jumping, climbing, door locking, unbuckling, and whining coming far too frequently from my ...

Child Car Seat BeltLock – No more undone seatbelts!

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Disclosure: I got this product as part of an advertorial. Child car seats are one of those unspoken daily pains for a lot of parents. Kids don't like them, so subsequently, we, the parents, don't like them. Our twins have fought us getting buckled into them. They've taken their shoulders out of the straps, unbuckled the top clips, and protested ...

Regular chores for Three Year Olds

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My twin daughters are bright and capable individuals, and as such, are more than able to help out around the house, something I believe is their obligation as a member of this family. But, what are regular chores for three year olds? After some experimenting, we've figured out what our three year old twins can regularly help out with, and why we ...

The Age of Imagination – Pretend Play

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It's here: The age of imagination. My twin daughters have been pretending and imagining for a while, probably since about their third birthday, but now at 3.5 years old, they are in a full-blown imagination stage. And I love and hate it. The Importance of Pretend Play I have read many articles and books boasting the benefits of imaginary play. ...

The On and Off Terrible Threes

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It isn't every day, or all day, but they strike. And they strike with a terrible fury. They are the terrible threes.And they've gotten a hold of my daughter Alison. And they are either on or off.Some days Alison is a perfect, sweet, helpful, funny, happy child, obeying orders and not throwing much of a fit about anything.But then the ...