What does your parenting approach look like? Do you do things differently from the way you were raised? Or are you emulating your own parents? One area I see parents doing things very differently is with eating. My daughter and her partner are taking a really different approach to meals with their 3 kids – […]
How do you know when your child is ready to use the potty? 🤔 How do you teach them to do it? 😝 Should you give them rewards like m&m’s when they are successful? 🥳 What’s the best way to respond when they have an accident? 🤭 So many questions surround the simple task of learning […]
Have you experienced the joy of leaving your baby with a child care provider or sitter for the first time? What about the fear and uncertainty that comes with it? I remember it so well, and there were so many mixed emotions. I wanted (and needed) some personal space, but it seemed that every day, as soon […]
I love how predictable child development is. From learning to walk, talk, play with others, build with blocks, even the marks made on a page, we can predict what children will do next, as they grow towards autonomy and independence. In this video, I help you decipher what you see in children’s artwork, outlining the […]
Is your child at that tantrum age? How do you feel when they’re in the thick of one? Bewildered, impatient, overwhelmed, helpless? Or perhaps ready to throw in the towel on this whole parenting thing. Tantrums are a completely normal part of childhood, but with a little insight into what your toddler is thinking, perhaps […]
Babies pick up on our emotions at an amazingly young age. Researchers have found that babies as young as 4 months of age can detect positive and negative emotions in our facial expressions and tone of voice.