Archive for the 'Babies and Toddlers' Category

Benefits of Blueberry in your toddler’s diet

July was called National Blueberry month in US. Very well put. I think they don’t advertise blueberries as they should. I was looking for healthy snacks and foods for my fussy eater 18 months old daughter. Who is fine with fruits and anything sweet but very difficult when it comes to food:) In my research, I came […]

Ketchup and my toddler

I normally don’t offer ketchup to my kids except if we are eating out. They got to know we have ketchup at home when we had guests over that their daughter wouldn’t touch her food without ketchup. So now they get to have it with certain foods.
Something very creative and funny happened last night. May be […]

Problems of weaning babies from bottle too soon

The biggest problem is that they have to be ready to let go of bottle. I weaned my son when he was 1 week short of 2years old. I told him I’ve lost the bottle and that was it, he asked for it on the first day only. We switched to cipy cups; it was a […]

Cool Toddler activity

My son loves to mix things and get messy. Finally I found a cleaner solution, both of them get entertained and it’s not that messy.
We make finger paints together. It’s easy equal parts of flour and water plus 1/4 teaspoon of salt and a few drops of food coloring. I’ll give him all the ingredients […]

The effect of music on babies

Probably you heard about the affect of music in your prenatal class. I have a very useful experience about how you can make music a part of your child’s life.
I love music myself, I have to listen to music almost daily. Because I used to play piano, I love classics, specialty Mozart. When I was […]