Mother's Day Special

Is there anything better than being a grandmother? Yes it is. Being a great grandmother to two lovely girls.
On the 7th of May Norah my second great granddaughter was born, weight 7 lb, 19/5” long and her big sister 27 month old Lili just can’t have enough of her.
She was born at home with a midwife and everything went smoothly without a hitch. What a nice Mothers Day Gift. I have two sons, four grandsons and I am delighted to have two little girls in the family.
Unfortunately I cannot visit often, me living in Winnipeg Canada and they in Seattle
USA.
Ah... but there is the computer and Skype, so I can be in contact with them and hear them sweet voices. Not the same thing, but the next best thing and I am thankful.

Mothers Day Gift Ideas

Mothers Day just around the corner and weather you are expecting or need a gift for a new baby, a friend with babies or somebody in the family having or just had a baby, nursery essentials is always a good and well appreciated gift.
Example: travel gear, bedding, baby toys, strollers, chid tote. Make sure if possible, that all items are made from natural material, free of toxins.
With all this, good weather playgrounds are opening and extra safe guards are needed to protect your children.
Supervise your child closely and make sure to teach how to use equipment safely and properly. Playground is a place for great exercise, to learn how to socialize and play creatively. It will also test they skills.

Summer Activity For Childrens

Summer is just around the corner and before you know it, the children are out of school. Do you have a plan for them or they will be sitting most of the time in front of the TV and eat and drink junk?
Make a plan for the summer activities, encourage them to use the imagination to create projects that are reflection of they own unique talents.
Encourage and possible participate with them in outdoor sports, swimming, playing ball any kind. Day camp is a good place for them to be, also summer camp, family travel if affordable.
Many things they could be engaged, but you have to be creative and help them.
If they are old enough insist in summer job, or volunteer work.
Use reward and consequences if necessary and remember you are the parent and you are in charge
Time spent as a family unit by planning, playing working together, is not only good for them and for you, but builds cherished memories as well.
If they are bored they will spend long hours in front of the TV or getting involved with the wrong crowd smoking or doing drugs
Protect them you are raising the future.

Prevent Childhood Obesity Before its to late.

The First Lady Michele Obama is trying to change the eating habits of children’s to avoid child obesity and diabetes in children. I hope she will succeed, but you as a parent have to do your part as well.
I cannot imagine anything being more important than the wellbeing of your child.
Make the change mom and dad; it does not have to be expensive or fancy. Just nutritious and fresh. lean and delicious. Do it together if possible, plan the meal shop for it and cook it fresh.
I know it is not easy, but trust me is worth it. Limit TV watching, encourage outdoor play, and start young, they will grow up valuing proper food and exercise.
Do not wait until something happens or the damage is irreversible.
You be surprised how creative you can become when the will, motivation and priority is there.
Set an example, children will not lose weight if they parents lifestyle is unhealthy. Obesity is a disease for young, old and in-between. Life is excessively short to be wasted. You have the power to do something about it.

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More and more people choose natural products and food for themselves and for the children.
I believe that children who are growing up with natural things like clothing, bedding, toxic free toys, and fresh natural food will benefit greatly in later life by maybe eliminating obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure hart problems and many food and toxic related illnesses.
It is not hard to go all out in natural things, it is all around us and not much more expensive than other things. It takes a little time to research it and find it and the will power to do it. When pregnant you are encouraged to eat many fresh vegetable fruits and exercise regularly. Then continue when the baby is born by surrounding him/her with natural clothing, bedding, and healthy food in general a healthy life style.
I see many young parents who are doing just that and with wonderful results. I salute them because these children will grow up with a healthy attitude toward food and natural things and a healthier attitude toward life. They are our future


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Obesse Children And How To Prevent it

You take your child for a check-up and find out that he /she is not chubby but obese. What do you do? Panic, teYou take your child for a check-up and find out that he /she is not chubby but oar your hair out, blame somebody feel guilty, I hope none of the above. There are alternatives.

One way is to rethink your eating and cooking habits. Clean out your cupboards and pantry of sugar, white flour white pasta sodas mayo. Talk with a nutritionist and follow the recommendation. The diabetic food guide has wonderful and plenty choices to be creative with not just for your child but for the whole family.
If your child is old, enough get him/her involved in the process of planning shopping and cooking. When they are small, you can cook several vegetable and puree them, then add to the spaghetti sauce. They will not know the difference.
Planning the meals, shopping, and preparing should be a high priority to the whole
family and if possible everybody should be involved.
To fight child obesity food is not enough. You have to encourage physical activity and do it together .On the playground when they are small and in the backyard, the park at the swimming pool or skating ring at an older age.
Research nutrition facts especially for growing children and apply them the best you can so you can raise healthy active children and young adults and avoid the complication of child obesity.
You are the parent and fully responsible and yes it is not easy, but a sacrifice well worth it.

The 21st Century Learning

I have just returned from Seattle, where I visited my great granddaughter, whom I have not seen since she was 3 months old and now she just turned two

I was surprised by her development, her growth amount of words she knows. She appeared to be more than two more likely three just the way she related to me and other adults, the way she played with her cousin’s one a year older, one a year younger than she is.

She came to me and cuddled up to me knowing me only trough Skype on the computer screen. It was delightful.

Next day we all vent out for lunch, seven adults, and Lilly. I walked with her holding her hand while she was singing aloud. In the restaurant as we sat down around a big table, she was chattering nonstop in her language, which only her parents can understand

Her father took out the coloring book for her to play and placed it in front of her when in a very clear voice she said “no! I-phone” that was not a request; it was a command in a clear English, no baby language. She took the phone and with no hesitation opened it, searched for the cartoon s, found it and became much immersed in it, while her father was doing the coloring. It was a funny lovely scene.

Today’s children are so smart and advanced it seems that they are born with a chip in the brain or come with a special soft ware. No it is the today’s parents that are smarter advanced and well educated. When I think back to the time my children where babies, it seems that I lived in the dark ages. However, they turned out just perfect.

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Children of Haiti

What is going to happen to the children is in Haiti after the media is left, and more

or less some kind of order is established?
The infants and younger children are going to be adopted. Many of them for sure. What is going to happen to the older ones and the teen agers? I mean those who will have no relatives close or distance who can take care of them. Where will they live, go to school be fed and clothed? So far, I did not even hear this problem addressed. Does any world organization have any plans? Any country willing to take them in house them, feed them supervise them and teach them so when they reach adulthood they can go home and contribute and help manage they own country.
Am I to naive to even think of such a possibility? Left on they own now many of them may became victims of rape abuse and crime. They may form bands or lured into ones. It is a frightening thought.
If you have any thoughts about this please live a comment. I would love to hear some of your opinion about this.



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Concerned Parents

At some point, your child will come home from school upset, full of complaint telling you that they hate the teacher. How would you handle the situation?
Be alarmed or concerned ?
The best thing I would say is to listen calmly to the complaint without jumping to a conclusion.
The child could be upset and frustrated with a difficult test or assignment, or being embarrassed for being called down in front of the class
You have to listen very calmly, be reassuring and very patient. You have to ask the questions “what the teacher did or said to upset you?” What did the kids do, is anybody bullying you? From those answers, you may get the idea of what could have happened. If in a short time your child forgets and goes out to play that is great and you can move on, but if the child stays upset has problem going to sleep and tells you that he doesn’t want to go to school the next day then talk about it and try to solve the problem together to find a simple solution. You should also go to the next open house night and listen to the teacher expectation, talk to other parents and see if they have a similar problem or concerns. Go and pick your child up early and observe how he/she relates to other children.
If what you hear and see is in line with what you hear at home, then call the teacher and set up an appointment to share the concern with her and to try to solve the problem together.
If your child is old enough, bring him/her with you. It is important that they understand that a positive resolution with the teacher is the best solution for everybody’s concern.


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