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Category Archives: Parenting Your Toddler & Preschooler
A Child’s Garden
Did you ever notice when children are outdoors they seem to be interested, happy and comfortable? Gardening with your child can be a very rewarding experience for both of you.
Posted in Children & Tweens, Healthy Eating for Toddlers & Preschoolers, Healthy Eating for Your Child/Tween, Parenting, Parenting Your Child/Tween, Parenting Your Toddler & Preschooler, Toddlers & Preschoolers
Tagged activities, child, family, family garden, garden, gardening, involvement, nutrition, outside, parents, school, vegetable garden
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Celebrating Clean Air Day – With Barn Owls!
In celebration of Clean Air Day last Wednesday, June 8, Halton Region launched A Farewell to Featherwagons with a public reading by Jeanne Wilson, a teacher at Sedgewick Crescent Child Care Centre in Oakville. Jeanne read the story to a group … Continue reading
Dear 16-year old me…let’s be safe in the sun!
Dear sixteen year old me, who knew that melanoma is a young people’s disease and like the elephant, our skin never forgets. Dear sixteen year old me, I never told you that that our days of sunning by the backyard … Continue reading
Posted in Babies, Children & Tweens, Keeping Your Baby Safe, Keeping Your Child/Tween Safe, Keeping Your Teen Safe, Keeping Your Toddler & Preschooler Safe, Parenting, Parenting Your Baby, Parenting Your Child/Tween, Parenting Your Teen, Parenting Your Toddler & Preschooler, Teens, Toddlers & Preschoolers
Tagged babies, children, dear 16 year old me, melanoma, Physical Health, safe fun in the sun, school health, skin, skin cancer, sun, sunblock, sunburn, sunscreen, tan, tanning, teens
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Moving your child to a seatbelt… what’s the rush?
As a car seat technician, I meet many parents who are eager to move their child to the next stage. “When can I turn my child forward-facing?” “When can my child go into a booster seat?” “When can my child … Continue reading
Posted in Children & Tweens, Keeping Your Child/Tween Safe, Keeping Your Toddler & Preschooler Safe, Parenting Your Child/Tween, Parenting Your Toddler & Preschooler, Toddlers & Preschoolers
Tagged baby, booster seats, car, car seats, child, forward facing, Keeping Your Baby Safe, Physical Health, rear facing, road safety, seat belt, seatbelt, vehicle
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Your Child’s First Pair of Glasses
When babies, toddlers, or preschools first see the eye doctor, it can be surprising to find out they have a hard time seeing properly. Some children are more “at risk” of needing glasses. For example, for babies born premature, their … Continue reading
Posted in Babies, Babies with Special Needs, Children & Tweens, Children & Tweens with Special Needs, Parenting Your Baby, Parenting Your Child/Tween, Parenting Your Toddler & Preschooler, Play, Growth & Development, Play, Growth & Development for Babies, Toddlers & Preschoolers, Toddlers & Preschoolers with Special Needs
Tagged baby, child, child development, eye doctor, eyesight, glasses, growth and develpment, needs glasses, Physical Health, school, school health, see, Services, special needs, toddler
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