Our latest parenting conundrum has been how to help Joseph give up his pacifier. This is no small feat. Joe will turn 3 next month. He has a pacifier at his nap and overnight. He’s very attached to it. We tried giving it up cold-turkey when he turned 2 – misery! After 5 nights of… Read More Bye Bye, Pacifier
We started “official” potty training about 5 1/2 weeks ago. Joe was just over 21 months at that point and I was 32 weeks pregnant. I thought it’d be nice to give it a try and, if possible, avoid having 2 little ones in nappies at the same time. I kept telling myself (and the… Read More Potty-Training
Many New Zealand businesses do a great job, in my opinion, of catering to families. Case in point: the parent room, or family room, or changing room, or whatever you want to call it. Changing stations with nappy bins underneath I know that there are changing rooms at many businesses in the States, but it’s… Read More Living in New Zealand: Child and Parent Friendly
1. Joe and I visited a Playcentre this week: Playcentre is unique to NZ. It’s a type of childcare/preschool co-op run by parents. Rather than enrolling your child in preschool or perhaps daycare, you can do PC. PC is certainly not for everyone. The one that I visited meets 4 x a week for 2… Read More Bits and Blurbs
