Toddler
Worst Ingredients in Food
Food has changed dramatically over the past twenty years. Additives to prolong shelf life and to enhance flavour while reducing calories have made food less safe. Before passing your toddler or pre-school grandchild that store bought cookie, here is what our experts at NaturallySavvy.com want you to know.
Do you know what’s in your foods? Label [...]
Understanding Car Seat Safety
As someone who cares for or transports children, you need to learn about the rules in your area for transporting children as safely as possible, either in your own or someone else’s car or on a school bus. You need to find out about the different child seats available and which ones are right for [...]
Apps for Toddlers and Preschoolers
What is an APP? One would think we are referring to a delicious dish served prior to a Main Course. This is not the case for the New Generation.
We see it all too often; Tiny little hands holding a screen either on their lap or within their chubby little fingers. They can barely grasp a [...]
Toddler Portion Sizes – How much is too Much?
Feeding your grandchild can be a lovely experience, however, it is often paired with a bit of frustration. As you are cleaning up the floor and the highchair, you are probably wondering if any food actually made it into your grandchild’s tummy.
Before you whip up another snack or meal, we want you to consider something. [...]
A Toddler’s Rules
of Possession
You thought your grandchild was the sweetest, most precious child in the world. Everything he did was absolutely adorable. But, one day, you turned around and your sweet little baby had turned into something entirely different…a toddler! Before you knew it, nothing was safe. Your cat’s tail, your crystal figurines, even your pots and your [...]
Gardening Books & Songs
For Toddlers
Gardening is such a great activity with kids. You get to spend time outdoors, learn about botany and get your hands dirty with soil and wet with water (wonderful sensory experiences). Gardening also teaches good work ethic and care for other things. Patience is a virtue, so we can add that life lesson to the [...]
Counting Sheep
When Toddlers won’t Sleep
By Tracey Ruiz @ Pink and Blue Baby.com
I still hear my mother saying “if you do not have anything nice to say, don’t say it at all”. While it is a cliché, the advice is true and it can often apply to grandparents who truly mean well and feel they are only trying to help. [...]
Great Ideas for
a Candy-Free Easter
Every year we would get Easter Baskets from the Easter Bunny (just like stockings from Santa). My mom would fill our baskets with special treats and toys along with hiding Easter Eggs. It was almost like waking up on Christmas morning!
The following is a list of Easter Basket Filler Ideas that don’t involve candy – [...]
Grandma Put A Bulletin Board in Her Bathroom
by Evelyn Hannon
Toddlers capture our hearts with their sweet smell and adorable behaviour. Before you know it, they have crayons in their chubby fingers and every scratch and colour feels like a masterpiece to you. As they get older, they will make plenty of beautiful pictures for you. Find out what Journeywoman, Evelyn Hannon has [...]
Pinterest
And your Toddler
Everyone is talking about Pinterest lately. From USA Today to the lady at the check out counter, Pinterest is the hottest social media trend of 2012. But what is Pinterest and how can I use it to maximize time with my grandchild.
Pinterest is an online digital pin-board. If this definition doesn’t help you understand what [...]
