Toddlers love to eat with their fingers. That doesn’t mean your child has to live on French fries and chicken nuggets though. There are so many healthy finger foods that make great snacks and meals. Whether it’s celery and peanut butter or vegetable fries, your child will love these healthy toddler finger foods. Celery and…
TOT HACKS - PARENTING TIPS FOR TODDLERS
Tot Hacks serial is a collaborative project by group of moms sharing tips, we call them tot hacks, to help other parents survive different stages of development with toddlers, including so-called "Terrible Two's" and "Tempting Three's". We hope that our own experiences with our toddlers can help you, as a parent, to get through this time as easier as possible.
What to Take to Your Picnic with Toddlers in the Park
Picnics are an affordable and fun way for families to spend a lazy afternoon. It can even be a great way for moms and toddlers to get out of the house on a boring weekday. The key to a great picnic is the foods you bring along. You want foods that are easy to eat and leave…
How to Plan a Picnic Lunch for Your Toddler
A picnic with the kids can be a great way to get out of the house for a couple hours. After all, we all need a bit of time away from the house and picnics are an affordable option. The key is planning ahead so that your lunch goes off without a hitch. This means checking the…
How to Maintain Playroom Organization
As I mentioned in the previous post, all good organization requires some maintenance. We all get busy. We throw things on a shelf and plan to put them away where they belong later. We put everything in one basket or bag because we don’t have time to sort them out. We don’t have time to…
Top 10 Items to Encourage Every Picky Eater
Is your kid a picky eater? Mine were too until we tried out a few of these products. They’re designed for all ages and are sure to make meal time fun and engaging for the pickiest of eaters. Picky eaters can be frustrating (especially for new parents), but with the right tools you can turn it around….
5 Quick Playroom Hacks
Let’s say you’ve already done everything I have suggested in Playroom 101 series but your playroom still is not working. Or let’s say you fixed your playroom a few months ago, but now it is in chaos all over again. What can you do now? Is your house taken over with toys? Our new book…
How to Organize Playroom Toys
How do you organize all of the toys that you have chosen for your playroom? I’ve talked about arranging the areas of your playroom with furniture and how to de-clutter your toys. I also shared how to set up a system for storing and organizing your toys. The toys you have left should be a…
Introduction to the Eight Senses
Yup! You read that title right. Eight senses. You’re probably thinking, “Um, I’m pretty sure I only know about five.” I know that’s what I was thinking when I was introduced to the concept. When I learned that the sensory system really consists of eight senses it actually made perfect sense. Everyone has these eight senses…
5 Playroom Clean-Up Hacks
Is your playroom clean? How did it get that way? Would it surprise you to know that I do not clean up our playroom? Ever. Would it surprise you more to know that at the end of the day it is always clean? Is your house taken over with toys? Our new book will launch…
How to Declutter Toys
After we covered why it’s important to organize a playroom and essentials every playroom needs, today we’ll tackle with the theme how to declutter toys in your child’s existing playroom and turn it into a space child actually uses for play. If you’re going to organize a current playroom, you will need to start by…