Bonding with your kid.
Reasons vary for choosing which parent (if any) remains home. My wife and I wanted at least one parent at home — something we felt as being in the best interest of our child. So away she went, and I became the auspicious stay at home dad. For us, it was a matter of whose line of work was more…
Apparently birthdays are important. I heard this somewhere once. Through no fault of their own, your child was born on a specific date and now every year, on this date, birthday celebrations are metered out in varying stages of hyperactivity. It’s a curse really.
There are certain pitfalls in the process of naming a thing. For a project with the mighty ambition of summing up the current state of the dadosphere, any junior linguist like myself might make the objection that dadoir lacks verve. But let’s just say dadoir is convenient for now (yes, manoir was considered, but disqualified after a shocking trip to…
During the first 2 years of a child’s life, most parents feel uncomfortable and inadequate in determining how sick their child is during a cold or other infection. Since the child can’t talk, he can’t help much with the diagnosis. How sick your child looks or acts is much more relevant than the level of fever. Also, a child may…
Our testers have tried this one, and it is the most fabulous toy for toddlers and preschoolers. Outfits make a little boy named ‘Joey’ into a fireman, policeman, superhero, pirate or knight, and the magnetic clothing sticks incredibly well. Did we mention that it is wooden? And includes a super heavy-duty stand? Creativity abounds, and you might just end up…
Written by Caroline Repchuk Illustrated by Susanna Ronchi This is a magical tale of friendship and caring for Christmas! As Santa’s sleigh sails high over the forest on Christmas Eve, a calamity occurs—a little toy kitten falls from the sleigh! Luckily the kitten lands safely in a snowdrift where she is soon found by a family of mice who overcome…