THE WHAT: Sleep Huggers Canadian Made sleep sacks for infants to toddlers THE WHY: It’s not often that Parent Club searches out a product but we searched high and low for an infant sleep sack and just had to share this great find! THE BENFITS: no more blankets which means a safer sleeping environment for baby…
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Parent Club Mom-Made Gift Guide
THE WHAT: Parent Club Mom-Made Gift Guide THE WHY: Supporting parents who are making it work by working at home. Supporting local economy. Not trekking to a store to do your gift shopping with a baby (ok – that’s me). THE HOW: Leave a comment and link up your mom-made biz below! THE PARENT CLUB…
Citynews.ca, high admission prices and me chiming in…
What do you think about family admission prices to Toronto attractions? Read this citynews.ca article where I chime in on the affordability of admission. SPOILER: I believe high admission prices can deter families from visiting local attractions. However, there is news from the Royal Ontario Museum that the attractions see “our” side… Click HERE to…
The Mom Juggle
I. Am. So. Behind. Usually, I’m a Mom on top of her juggle. Family, Life, Work – 3 “balls” in continuous motion. Then DD2 got the 24 hour stomach flu. For 5 days. And the balls…well, family stayed high and airborn while the others hit the fan. Splat. Splosh. Spluf. I have been trapped inside…
Imagine the Imagination | #playpanel
“Pretend Play” isn’t happening around here. There is free-play. There is a bit of independent play. Side by side play with his sisters. However my little 9 month old just doesn’t do pretend play yet – which made me wonder if I’m somehow missing an important developmental, creative, life-skill growth thing here. Then I realized…ok…
We Day | Through the eyes of a child
Swing over to my yummymummyclub.ca column to read my latest article: We Day Through The Eyes of a Child – written by my 10 year old about youth empowerment… I find that it’s amazing that Rick Hansen could make a difference even though he was injured since he was 15. And the same thing with…
We Day
Today, I took my dear daughter out of school (don’t call children’s aid just yet) and joined 18,000 students to cover We Day. And. it. was. epic. Hosts Joe Jonas (yes that Joe) and Nina Dobrev (Vampire Diaries) pumped the crowd and introduced them to a slew of wow-factor speakers. Mary Robinson (1st female president…
Car seats: When do you switch?
When do you switch your rear facing car seat front-wards? According to Transport Canada, “Don’t hurry. Keep your child in the rear-facing seat until he or she grows out of it.” ok – so how do you know if your child has grown out of it?! Every car seat has a height and weight minumum…
Amber Alerts, Social Media and Moms
The recent Amber Alert of a missing 3 year old BC boy (who was safely returned home on 9/11) caused many families across the country to hold their children a little tighter. What makes an Amber Alert? According to the CBC, “…recommended in Canada by the RCMP’s National Missing Children Services: The child must be under…
Do Kids Matter in School? | #ETFO
All summer I have been chiming in on the ETFO portal (Elementary Teachers Foundation of Ontario). It is an online forum about the challenges and triumphs of elementary public school education in Ontario. There have been many interesting questions, comments and debates about the challenges in today’s classrooms. For me: the most important issues in…
Sense and resentenability
I am of two minds these summer days. One mind is much enjoying “Camp Mom” (where I am full-time caring, hangin’ and activity-izing my 2 big kids and 1 small babe). It’s a good life.But that other, sneaky and stealth mind is resentful of no “me time”. I miss writing. I miss networking. I miss…
Replays Are Worst Then Real Time
Last night, I took some mashed avacado from my plate and gave a bit to Thing 3 to try (didn’t like it). I left the dinner table to prepare some infant cereal for him only to return at the moment Thing 2 was spooning something into his mouth. “YOU CAN’T…” But it was too late. …