My Newborn Essential List
Because I was a teacher and my baby wasn’t due until August, I had the whoooooole summer off to contemplate all of the many baby things to buy. And guys, there’s so much. So so much. I pretty much oscillated between being a mommy minimalist and a baby item...
The One Question About My Baby I Can’t Stand…
Once you have a baby, all sorts of people talk to you about the experience. Stories, advice, and questions come from friends, family, and perfect strangers. In general, I love this aspect of parenthood. I love that children bring people together. I love being a part...
30 Encouragements for Any Baby (or Big Kid!)
Research has shown time and time again what a powerful impact words have on outcome. Both positive and negative language have the transformative power to make situations better or worse. This is true for people of all ages and the effects can be found both from self...
20 Developmentally-Appropriate Activities for 6-9 Month Olds
As we’ve discussed before, play is a powerful part of childhood development. But it can sometimes be difficult to come up with ways to play with babies. We’ve looked at play ideas for 0-3 month olds and 3-6 month olds; today we’ll go through some...
12 Fun Activities for your 3-6 Month Old
Last post we talked about playing with you 0-3 month old. Let’s skip forward a few months and now talk about ways to play with your 3-6 month old. You baby isn’t quite so sleepy anymore and is more engaged with the world around him. Lets look at what other...HOWDY!
We’re a mother-daughter duo sharing developmentally appropriate ideas for teaching little noggins.