Parenting
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How A Flexible Routine Can Cure Spring Fever
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Your kids have spring fever, but there’s still time left in the school year. Here’s how a flexible routine can help. I’m one of those structured moms. I keep after-school and evening hours pretty organized during the school year. Kids come home, eat snack, homework and play, baths and showers, dinner, then bed. I find…
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Get Your Toddler Talking: My Three Favorite Tricks
So your toddler isn’t talking quite as much as your neighbor’s toddler or as much as her older sisters’ did at her age. Now what? Let me start by making something super clear: these tips are in no way a replacement for a full speech/language evaluation or speech therapy. Ask your pediatrician if your child’s…
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Is Your 11-12 Year Old Son Overbearing? It’s a Stage.
And we knew it’s helpful to know if you’ve never experienced it before. When one of our friends mentioned that her son had been acting difficult lately, we all grinned and nodded. Of course. We hated that stage. Been there, done that. We all have big kids and little kids and we’ve seen all the…
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Do You Have a Gut Feeling About Your child’s ADHD?
What your child eats can have a huge impact on his ADHD–it’s worth a try! Chaim had a constant runny nose. Every time I picked him up for soccer practice, I had a tissue waiting. He was the cutest kid! Big brown eyes darting in every direction, asking a million questions a minute, never pausing…
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Chol HaMoed and ADHD: Help!
For moms of ADHD kids, unstructured days need the right planning. While fretting over chametz is a huge topic for all women, some of us have an additional issue to fret over, no less stressful than a chametz cookie on our Pesach table. The Pesach vacation with endless unstructured pre-Pesach and Chol HaMoed days with…
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The Witching Hour: What It Is and How to Handle It With a Newborn
Is there a time of day that your screaming newborn just won’t calm down? If you have a screaming baby in your arms who doesn’t want to calm down (even with the tried and true methods you use during the day), chances are they’re in the witching hour—and you’ll want to keep reading to learn…
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Which Car Seats Are the Best?
For infant car seats, there are obvious winners, but when your baby is ready for a toddler or convertible car seat, there are good, safe options in every price range. It might not be so hard to choose a favorite infant car seat, but what do you do when it’s time to transition to a…
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The Best White Noise Machines According to You
Lots of you rely on noise machines to get better sleep and you told us which are your favorites. After receiving quite a few emails and messages asking if we could recommend a noise machine, we turned to our audience on social media and asked – if you use a noise machine, which one do…
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How to Make School Work for Your ADHD Kid
Tips for parents and guidance for teachers on bringing out the best of an ADHD child in the classroom. “I have 26 kids in my class and YOUR child dominates all of my attention!” I know I’m not the only parent who has heard this humiliating sentence from their child’s teacher. There we sit in…
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Four Myths About Getting Picky Kids to Eat (and What You Should Do Instead)
Do you have picky eaters? Kids that won’t touch veggies? Or perhaps, more simply, non-eaters? Sit back and don’t worry. This is how to deal with it. Myth #1: Mealtime is just going to be stressful and frustrating no matter what I do. Every night, dinner with your kids leaves you exhausted from the sheer…
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