How to Help Your Little Ones Dress Themselves and Learn to be More Independent

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This is a guest article from Vertbaudet, a European website and catalog specializing in clothing and furnishings for children ages newborn to fourteen. Children are keen to show their independence from a very young age, and even small toddlers will try to do things like take off their baby clothes by themselves without any help. This is a natural and important part of growing up, and they need a lot of support as they learn to do things on their own. Dressing is a particular area that many little ones try to master early on, by trying to put on and take off boys clothes or girls dresses all by themselves. Although early attempts often go wrong, children aged as young as two can in fact begin to learn how to dress themselves. This is actually an important milestone in the child’s development, as independent dressing should be established by the time they start attending school, when they will need to be able to change their own clothes for games and swimming … [Read more...]

Wordless Wednesday 6-22-11

Statue inside KFC on W. Saginaw in Lansing - Kaitlyn wouldn't get any closer than this lol

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TV Tuesday with Table for Five

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Like my Welcome box in the sidebar says and like the new header says, we are a family of TV watchers. I am absolutely a TV geek. When I watch TV I'm constantly playing the "where have I seen that guy before?" game, either out loud with whomever else is watching, or to myself if I'm alone. I usually keep my laptop on with a tab open for IMdB so I can quickly look someone up. "You know, he was in that movie we saw last month, the one with that other guy that's been in a ton of other stuff?" I also am constantly making The Whedon Connection when I watch TV. I get crazy excited when a guest star on one of my fave shows is someone who was on Buffy/Angel/Firefly or in the Serenity movie. Like on last night's Law & Order Los Angeles, when I realized that Harry Groener was playing a lawyer, and he was The Mayor on Buffy. That's The Whedon Connection! So, without further ado... LET'S TALK TV! To kick things off, let me rundown the shows I'm currently watching (or eagerly … [Read more...]