Jun
23
2008
I am a big fan of reading, huge, gigantic, enormous. I can add many adjectives to just how big of a fan I am but I think I may have already got my point across and one look at the boxes of books that I don’t have room for will confirm it.
For this reason, [...]
Jun
20
2008
If you remember a few weeks ago, I started a post on the Theorists of Child Development and by the end of a pretty long post, I had only covered Freud and some of his theories. I did hint that I was going to move on to Erik Erikson in a few weeks and [...]
Jun
17
2008
When your new baby has first arrived the only problems that you can really foresee in the diapering area are mishaps with the construction of the diaper or the way that you fastened it. It is often very surprising when a baby suddenly goes from laying quietly on the diaper table to screaming and flaying [...]
Jun
15
2008
It is always amazing how quickly a child grows. One moment they are nestled safe in your tummy and you are worrying about the delivery, being ready and a whole number of other things. The next, they are raiding the fridge and asking you why you forgot to buy the volcano flavored Yogurt [...]
May
23
2008
When I talk about child development and all the things you can do to encourage it, the foundations of all my theories and practices are attributed to several theorists. I know that in the day to day, most parents could really care less about who invented this or what the thread of thought was on [...]
May
16
2008
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 [...]
May
12
2008
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.” [...]
May
09
2008
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 [...]
Apr
06
2008
Wow, can you believe that your baby has grown a year. I know I was always surprised when that first birthday rolled around for both of my kids. I felt like I had missed out on something, that maybe I hadn’t cuddled enough or really enjoyed those quiet moments that are so normal for infants. [...]
Mar
27
2008
Welcome to the final post that I will be making on the topic of morals and family values. I’m sure you are more than ready to move onto a new topic and tomorrow I will have a great recipe for you to use at home.
But back to our topic on teaching morals and family values. [...]