Category Archives: Parenting Your Toddler & Preschooler

Pretty in pink

Posted on May 29, 2012 by Halton Guest Blogger

Note: Stay tuned for next week’s post focusing on being a boy On one of our recent family walks my barely three-year old daughter declared “I want to ride the girl bike!” The girl bike? Of course I knew what she … Continue reading →

Posted in Children & Tweens, Emotional Well-Being & Mental Health for Your Child/Tween, Emotional Well-Being & Mental Health for Your Teen, Parenting, Parenting Your Child/Tween, Parenting Your Teen, Parenting Your Toddler & Preschooler, Teens, Toddlers & Preschoolers | Tagged body image, body images, gender, gender identification, Girls, inner beauty, media, media influence, negative media messages, positive body image, school | 2 Comments

Why all the fuss about attachment?

Posted on May 18, 2012 by Anna West

What is attachment parenting anyway? According to what you may have read in the media recently, it’s about extended breastfeeding, co-sleeping and baby-wearing. However, that is not what attachment is really all about. It’s not about the way you feed … Continue reading →

Posted in Babies, Breastfeeding Your Baby, Parenting, Parenting Your Baby, Parenting Your Toddler & Preschooler, Play, Growth & Development, Play, Growth & Development for Babies, Toddlers & Preschoolers | Tagged attachment, babies, baby, baby cues, child development, children, families, fussy baby, infant mental health, Mental Health, parents, relationship, respond to baby, spoil baby, temperament | 8 Comments

Breastfeeding a three-year old? TIME has got us talking.

Posted on May 11, 2012 by Halton Guest Blogger

Oh, the controversy the latest Time magazine cover photo has stirred up. People all over the world are in a tizzy tweeting and blogging their opinions to whomever will listen. The photo is definitely “in your face”, and it’s meant … Continue reading →

Posted in Babies, Breastfeeding Your Baby, Breastfeeding Your Child, Keeping Your Baby Safe, Keeping Your Toddler & Preschooler Safe, Parenting, Parenting Your Toddler & Preschooler, Toddlers & Preschoolers | Tagged breastfeeding toddler, Breastfeeding Your Baby, extended breastfeeding, extended nursing, magazine, nursing, time | 2 Comments

Inspire Earth-Friendly Living at an Early Age

Posted on April 22, 2012 by Halton Guest Blogger

Did you know that April 22, Earth Day, is the largest, most celebrated environmental event worldwide? It’s true. Nearly every school-aged child in Canada takes part in an Earth Day activity.

Posted in Children & Tweens, Parenting Your Child/Tween, Parenting Your Toddler & Preschooler, Toddlers & Preschoolers | Tagged a farewell to featherwagons, air quality, barn owls, climate change, Earth day, environmental books for children, green picture books, halton region, school | Leave a comment

Teething

Posted on April 11, 2012 by Carolyn Wilkie, RN

It’s funny how certain memories in my life come flooding back when I hear other parents talk about the same situation that not all that long ago was my reality. I have two words for you…teething baby (dun, dun duhhh).