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Raising a toddler can feel like a roller coaster ride as you follow their extreme highs and lows. Use our tools and tips to find out how to deal!

As the holiday season approaches, there’s no better way to embrace the spirit of gratitude and creativity than by engaging your little ones in some delightful Thanksgiving crafts. Crafting with toddlers not only sparks their imagination but also creates precious memories for the whole family. In this blog post, we’ve gathered a collection of Great …

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If you’ve got a picky eater on your hands, don’t worry- you aren’t alone. Toddlers are notorious for being picky eaters. There are several reasons for this, and this website does a great job of explaining the developmental changes a toddler is going through and how it affects their eating patterns. Here are some great …

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Tis the season for little elves to appear in random spots around the house. The Elf on the Shelf Ideas are here for you! Moms have so much to do during the holiday season, that this Elf on the Shelf business can quickly move from the fun family tradition category to unwanted, super stressful nightly …

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Baby Gizmo’s editor received a few Chuckle & Roar toys and activities to help facilitate this feature and review. Whether you are schooling your children at home this year or aiming to facilitate a learning environment all the time, play-based learning is one of the most effective ways to both introduce and reinforce important concepts. …

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If you’ve got pets, it’s crucial to teach your kids how to take care of them. It also teaches them so many important lessons, most importantly, the importance of taking responsibility. While your children shouldn’t be the primary care givers of your animals, there are so many things they can do to help out with …

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My first daughter was 13 months old when my husband and I learned that we were expecting,. Along with feelings of joy and happiness, we were nervous wrecks. Among our nightly questions to the ceiling in our bedroom were: “How are we going to make this work?” “What if she (our first daughter) resents us?” …

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Apologizing. That has to be one of the toughest relationship skills to learn. Even though just a little bit of time with Google will show article after article talking about how beneficial it is to receive an apology, sometimes, they can be so hard to offer, right? Given the physical and mental benefits, and their …

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I’ve always planned to give my children an allowance with the expectation that they will do chores around the house to earn that allowance. Now that I have two kids, I’m faced with a dilemma I need to solve. I don’t want my kids to learn to complete chores only because there’s money involved—I want …

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Toddlerhood is a time full of changes and new things. Not only is your little one starting to better understand the people, places and things around him… he’s now experiencing happy dreams, night terrors, new emotions, understanding and forming fears, figuring out cause and effect… all things that can overwhelm a tiny little being; especially …

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