I just read an excellent article about flying with small children. Here’s a few tips from How to Fly with Kids: Book a bulkhead row to prevent your child from kicking the seat in front of her. Reserve a window seat for your child. Most children enjoy looking out the window during flights. Use a […]
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Learn to Swim: Step-by-Step Water Confidence and Safety Skills for Babies and Young Children is a beautiful book about teaching kids to swim. It has great pictures, step by step instructions, and games and techniques for teaching your children how to swim. I especially liked the fact that it very clearly stated what children can
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I’ve read a couple of books on boys and the best by far is Speaking of Boys: Answers to the Most-Asked Questions About Raising Sons. It’s set up in a question and answer style and it answers questions like: why are brothers competitive? does my son really mean to be that mean to his sister?
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New research shows that babies can "lie" as early as six months. For example, they can pretend to laugh or pretend to cry to get attention. Before this researchers thought kids didn’t know how to lie until they were about four years old. I don’t think they are talking about lying as a form of
The Royal Society for Prevention of Accidents had decided that taking risks, playing with friends and some bumps and bruises are good for kids. That’s good to hear because Caleb has almost permanent lumps on both sides of his head from taking face dives onto hard floors. He’s getting better at catching himself though –
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This article has 10 Benefits of Rising Early, and How to Do It. They forgot one big way to get up early: Get a Baby! Caleb wakes up every morning between 5:30 and 7:00 and while he’s happy playing by himself for a while, sooner or later he wants someone to come get him and
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I read an interesting article in the Economist about Marriage in America. But the quote that really peaked my interest was the difference in the number of words children from different types of homes heard in an hour: One study found that a college professor’s kids hear an average of 2,150 words per hour in
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I have to agree with McCardell, the president of Middlebury College: He notes that 18-year-olds have a right to marry, adopt children, serve as legal guardians for minors, purchase firearms from authorized dealers, and are trusted with the vote and military responsibilities. So, he says, it is not unreasonable to think that they can, with
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Here’s a video of Caleb trying his bouncy swing for the first time! I finally started playing with the video function on my camera and Anita has helped me with editing them. So here’s my first video blog post.
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We recently got back from a trip to the BVI with our six year old. Here are 10 things you need to know about sailing with kids. Find a life jacket they love and make sure they wear it whenever the boat is moving. Jacob liked his a bit too much – we had to
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