Does Your Toddler Bite and How Do You Handle It?

Yup. Here’s a question for you guys. Do you ever get complaints from parents about your preschooler biting their kids? Has your child ever left a tooth mark on you? Were you excluded from daycare of preschool because of that?
I really wonder, because I’ve recently bumped into this article on Parenting.com that addressed the issue [...]

Toddler Book Review: Baby Playtime!

Baby Playtime is a wonderful chunky board book just the right  size for not only toddler hands, but to tuck into a diaper bag or purse when on the run. The small format makes it perfect for that emergency entertainment while waiting in the grocery line-up, the doctor’s office or for reading while in a [...]

Children’s Book Review: Clementine

AuntieSarah.com Chapter Book Rating: 4 (out of 5)
What is all the giggling about? I may be a grown-up, but deep in the pages of Clementine, by Sara Pennypacker, I am unable to control the full-belly giggle of my inner 8yr old as I peer over the top of the book to see who has heard [...]

Pre-Teen Book Review: Wyndano’s Cloak

Wyndano’s Cloak is chock full of everything a great fantasy novel needs; dashing young men, adventures galore, treachery, love and intrigue. The best part in my opinion, is that it isn’t the male characters who save the day but rather the two very strong female protagonists who are battling to save the kingdom from the [...]

Help Your Kid Handle Motion Sickness

Kinetosis, or, in simpler words – motion sickness or travel sickness – is basically a disagreement between your sense of movement (detected by the vestibular system) and the perception of movement. Kids are prone to motion sickness a lot more often and it usually passes with time, but some of us who are less lucky, [...]

Children’s Book Review: THE SEA of TROLLS

AuntieSarah.com YR/YA Rating: 7.5
Sheer adventure, rotten mayhem and Viking voyages — not to mention giant Ice Trolls — await anyone brave enough to tread the passages of THE SEA of TROLLS by Nancy Farmer. This is a page-turner of the first order, but not for the faint of heart. In these pages, all is [...]

Meat or No Meat: That Is The Question

I’m aware of the consequences this statement may provoke with vegetarian or vegan parents, but I’ll give it a try: Without meat children are damaged, and denying them meat is unethical. Correction: this is what a leading US nutritionist says, and well, last time I checked, if you’re a leading anything on a national scale [...]

Letting Our Children Off The Leash

I know I’ve recently written a post about safety and how kids get into trouble because they’re so curious about detergents and spray bottles. I still do think we should be careful about this stuff and make sure we do keep it out of reach of children. But here’s the thing: taking necessary precautions is [...]

We’re Making Zucchini Muffins!

It’s always fun to combine ingredients that are a world apart, like zucchini and applesauce. Believe it or not, zucchini muffins are real and they taste incredibly delicious, so grab the ingredients and start baking! Kids love them!
You’ll need:

zucchini (2 small ones will be perfect)

2 cups of biscuit mix (I like wholegrain)
2 eggs
3/4 c [...]

“Keep Out Of Reach of Children”

This is what we read on all detergents, spray cleaners, bleaches, etc. and we do our best to follow these simple rules, because we very well know that spray cleaners and preschoolers indeed don’t make a very good match. Curiosity killed the cat and has surely harmed a lot of kids.
In fact, despite all the [...]

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