This activity has kids thinking, “How did that do that?” All it entails is children coloring over objects making them appear on paper.
Materials Needed: Crayons (large ones work best), Assorted paper
Take various objects such as money, paper clips, flat pieces of wood, or something else you think would be interesting to your child.
Place them under the paper.
Have the child color over the objects and the design appears on the paper.
This is a fun quick activity that your children can do and it’s not messy. Young children are amazed when they see the object appear and they feel like they have accomplished something.
After a woman has a baby her body, obviously goes through many changes, but her emotions and how she feels may go through changes, as well. After I had my son I noticed that I started having feelings of sadness, mood swings, and I was crying a lot. I didn’t want to stay home by myself. At first I thought it may be just the “baby blues”, but my husband was concerned it was turning into postpartum depression. He supported me during this time by letting me express how I was feeling even though I didn’t understand why I was feeling this way. I had just given birth to the most precious baby in the whole world so why was I feeling like this. That was the most frustrating part. Even though I didn’t have the first thought of hurting my son, I found myself asking my husband what to do even though deep down if I would have been thinking clearly I knew how.
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One thing young children like to do is pretend. Most kids would rather play in the big box you have setting in the garage over their toys. Well, if you have a box around the house you can set up a “camp site” and your child can pretend they are camping.
Here are a few of the props your child can use:
Box, 2 red towels, 2 sticks, Cotton Balls, Compass, Sleeping bag, a piece of cardboard with flames drawn on it, (include something your child wants to take camping with them)
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The following link takes you to the information about the recall. It’s the Eddie Bauer Play Yard, which happens to be the one I own. The article talks about the bassinet leaning to one side even with the security straps on. We did notice this problem and I ended up adding blankets under the sheet to make it even. If you own this, please read the recall information.
http://www.babynews.com/index.php/2009/05/14/eddie-bauer-play-yards-with-rocking-bassinets-recalled-by-dorel-juvenile-group-due-to-suffocation-hazard/#more-285
Every mother is a working mother, whether it be in and out of the home or just in the home. I wonder if it’s easier to have a set routine if you are a stay-at -home mom, or since life can get so hectic working out of the home is it essential to have that routine down. Either way having a set routine is difficult to figure out. I am trying to get on a regular schedule so my son can begin to learn what to expect as the day goes on. For now I am a stay-at-home mom but I will be having to work part-time soon so I am trying to get him on a schedule that works for him now. But once I return to work somewhere I don’t want his routine messed up. I know children adjust better than we think they do, so I really don’t know what I am worried about. I think it’s more of the fact that I have been fortunate enough to spend all six months of his life with him and I am a little uncomfortable leaving him for long periods of time. My frets are probably just apart of what I call “first time mom syndrome”.
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