Breastfeeding really is best for a child but not everyone is able to breastfeed for various reasons. For my own children, I was able to breastfeed for roughly one month but neither of them were breastfeeding well.
My oldest was not latching and I was losing milk production very quickly. My youngest latched perfectly [...]

Last night I took an hour to myself to watch America’s Next Top Model.  Yes, I watch it every week and only started watching it during the last “cycle”.  I say I watch it because I have an interest in fashion and it gives me some names to look into but let’s face it…there really [...]

Today, I thought I would get back to supplying everyone with another fun recipe to make with your kids and decided that maybe what we need is something really gross.  Nothing can be much grosser than snot and I have two recipes that you can use.  One is for older kids since Borax is poisonous [...]

It seems that every month there are a dozen recalls being issued for toys, foods and countless other products that are on the market.  It can be a scary place when you purchase a toy that appears completely harmless, only to find out that the toy is dangerous and may contain toxins such as lead. 
These [...]

You may not know this but children develop art in a series of stages.  Early Childhood Education has broken those stages down to 3 stages ranging from 1 year of age to 5 years. 
It is important to remember that when we discuss any type of developmental milestones, we are looking at a “range of normalcy.”  [...]

That Parent Place wishes all of you a
 
Very Happy Mother’s Day!!
 
 
Make sure you take care of yourself today if you are a mom and make a few more special memories with your family.
All the best,
Sirena Van Schaik and That Parent Place

Bringing home baby is a wonderful experience and I know there was nothing more comforting than watching my kids sleep in their bassinet for the first time.  I loved that first month of my babies life, well actually I love all the months of my kids life, but there was a feeling in that first month that [...]

I was going to write a post on child development today but I wanted to take a few moments to mention the cyclone that has killed thousands and has left millions displaced.  Estimates have put the expected death toll to 100,000 and the number could grow as the weeks go by. 
People affected by the cyclone [...]

I am ghostwriting a few chapters on child development right now and found that I needed to fact check a few of the points that I was writing this weekend.  I have boxes upon boxes of reference materials as well as all my notebooks and textbooks from when I was in college.  I was extremely [...]

Since Mother’s Day is only a few days away, I thought that I would post one final craft that you can do with your kids. I actually thought of these when I was at the grocery store and I was passing the flower department.  There were small terracotta pots with paint brushes and paint sold [...]