Falling behind at school, a reluctance to look at books or pictures, or a family history of visual impairments are all indications that your child may be struggling to see clearly. Left untreated, some visual impairments can become irreversible. However, the good news is that, if detected early enough, many eyesight ailments in childhood can be corrected with glasses. Here’s how to tell if your child may benefit from wearing glasses....
If you’ve already established a bedtime routine (a song, a story, a quiet game) in your baby’s first year, you can continue with that or you might want to create a new routine. Whatever you choose, your bedtime routine should be a period of quiet time together. Try to make sure that everything you do in the half-hour or hour before bedtime produces calm rather than excitement and smiles rather than tears....
Directions Use snow as your canvas and paint a museum masterpiece! Fill spray bottles with water and drops of food coloring (the number of drops determine how bright the painting will be). Spray the colored water onto the top of the snow to make the design of your choice.
Spanish baby names originate from many sources including history, literature, and religion. Names like Sebastián and Mateo or Martina and Sofia are trendy, while José and Manuel or Cecilia and Isabel are classic and never seem to go out of style. You may want to choose a Spanish name to honor your heritage or to pass down a family name. But, many people just like and admire the Spanish language and culture or a specific name within it....
More: The Ultimate Guide to Cluster Feeding: What Is it, How Long Does it Last, and Why Does it Happen? Some parents choose to give a bottle occasionally because the father, grandmother, or other relative wants to share in feeding times. Other parents elect to familiarize their baby with bottle-feeding to allow the mother the option of leaving her infant with another caretaker. If you do plan to give your breastfed baby some bottle-feedings, the following guidelines should help minimize the risk of bottles interfering with successful breastfeeding: Delay the introduction of bottles for at least three to four weeks....
In the past, it could also have been used to describe someone who lived in a location with the word “star” in its name. A person that lived at a place where the roads radiated out in various different directions, like in the shape of a star, may also have been called Stella. The name Stella may have come into prominence after being used in a sonnet by Philip Sidney, an English poet remembered as one of the most prominent figures of the Elizabethan age....
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Maybe you have a little one who seems to dislike baths. Or maybe you’re unsure of how to find the right water temperature. Rest assured, bathing your baby doesn’t have to be complicated. A few basic tips can go a long way toward helping you feel confident with this parenting task. Step-by-Step for How to Bathe a Newborn Baths in the early weeks of life will look different compared to the baths you’ll give your infant when they’re a bit older....
Effort: Quick and easy - no sewing required Materials: Cardboard box Green, yellow, and red paint Red face paint Instructions: First, cut three holes in the box: One on each side for the arms and one on top for the head. Cut off the bottom of the box to make room for legs. Paint a green circle on the front of the box near the bottom. Paint a yellow circle in the middle....
Like Anais and Samantha, James Arthur Springer and James Edward Lewis were adopted by different families and grew up apart. In 1979. at the age of thirty-nine, they were reunited. After becoming involved with the Minnesota Twin Family Study, some remarkable similarities were established. For example (from the book Entwined Lives by Nancy Segal): Physical: both were six feet tall and weighed 180 lbs.Marriages: both had been married twice. Even more incredibly, both of their first wives were named Linda and their second wives were named Betty....
While popular research dictates that ‘crying it out’ and letting the baby soothe themselves on their own is a viable method, a new study published on September 13, 2022, suggests another way to get your infant to stop crying. The study in the journal Current Biology introduces a method “to soothe and promote sleep” using what they call the transport response. It aims to help parents put their children back to bed in a more effective way....
While sometimes parents have to do what they have to do, you may want to reconsider using your phone to keep your child calm. A new study says that doing this frequently leads to problems with emotional regulation in kids. The Impact of Using Your Mobile Device to Calm Your Child The study, conducted at the University of Michigan and published in JAMA Pediatrics, looked at more than 400 parents and their children between the ages of 3 and 5....
Practice Sun Safety When it comes to protecting your kids from the sun, sunscreen plays an important role. But sunscreen is just one of the ways to guard against the sun’s damaging rays. Because the sun’s rays can reflect off of the sand and water or other reflective surfaces, hats, and sunglasses can also play an important role in preventing UV damage. Apply Sunscreen It can certainly be challenging to remember to apply sunscreen at least 30 minutes before going outdoors....
Pros & Cons In order to find out if Talkspace meets its mission, I did my own research and signed up for a one-month subscription that included four live video sessions and messaging-based therapy. We also surveyed 105 Talkspace users about their experience, had two other testers test other services, and compared the service to 54 other online therapy providers we also reviewed. What Is Talkspace? Founded in 2012, Talkspace is a telehealth service providing online therapy and psychiatric services to a wide range of clients including individual adults, teens, and couples....
It is never too early to begin giving your children a respect for the written word and the ceremonies surrounding it. Even before children are old enough to write, they will be aware that writing letters is an important activity: “I’m writing to Aunt Nora to thank her for ….” The thank-you letter is probably the first kind of correspondence your child will send. Make the experience as comfortable as possible....
Family Education Network: What’s the value of teaching kids poetry? Sharpe: Poetry is a great way for kids of any age to learn language. As far back as Aristotle, educational theorists have said that we learn more by doing stuff than by thinking about stuff. Poetry engages language at the highest level. You need to be grammatical and specific, you need to stretch your vocabulary, you need to engage the reader’s five senses....
