From the category archives:

Child Development

An Easy Way To Prevent Tooth Decay!

August 27, 2010

This post is sponsored by Nuffnang.

I have tried putting cheese in my kids lunch boxes a lot and the majority of times it has come home returned from the child who needs it most. One of my children unfortunately suffers from tooth enamel defects – basically a weakness and discolouring of the enamel [...]

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Kids Home Alone

August 19, 2010

Image by Pink Sherbet Photography
This post is part of a series where I answer questions from my readers. If you have a question that you would like me to answer, please feel free to leave it in the comments below. Other posts answering reader questions can be found by clicking here: Reader Questions.
Megan [...]

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Children’s Drawing Stages – 6 Things To Look For

August 3, 2010

Kids produce some wonderful artwork over the years. This short guide will help you identify and enjoy the different stages your kids go through with their artwork as they get older. It will also help you work out which are the must-keep pieces. It’s from Nathan and Sara Hodges, founders of Art Eater, which [...]

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Discipline Strategies – Helping Boys With Their Temper

July 13, 2010

Today’s post on discipline is actually a guest post from a very dear friend of mine Annie. I met Annie when she moved to Melbourne and joined our local playgroup. We were both pregnant with our second child, so it is quite fitting then, that the topic of her post is about her [...]

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Organisation and Kids

July 8, 2010

At the end of May I asked readers of the blog What Would You Like To Read About? and I had such a fantastic response. On top of the fantastic comments on the post, I also received many topics via email from readers as well. This made my task of planning out the [...]

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Alternative To Time Out

June 24, 2010

Last week I wrote about some suggested Discipline Strategies from the Tripe P Parenting. I noted in this post that early in my parenting I had tried time out, but found that it didn’t sit comfortably with me and I didn’t find it an effective tool in dealing with my child’s behaviour. [...]

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Keeping It Real

June 21, 2010

A little while ago I wrote a guest post for the lovely Miss Carly on her very helpful Early Childhood Resources blog. It was on giving preschoolers plenty of real life experiences to help build their confidence and abilities before they go off to school.
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My eldest son went to a Montessori preschool and had [...]