Kids zone
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WHAT DOES MY CHILDREN’S FREEDOM TO PLAY LOOK LIKE?
“Have fun in the park without Mom” A playground is primarily a place where children spend their free time. Playing on the playground is accompanied by both physical and mental development. Importantly, the playground is a place of free play. They often invent their own games and constantly modify them. My son – Patrick, mostly plays cops and robbers with other boys. I know his dream job is “thief.” I asked him one day: “What do you want to be when you grow up?” and he said: “A thief!” When I asked him: “Why?” He replied briefly: “I’ll never have to ask for new toys again.” Free play gives children…
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HOW TO MAKE SANTA’S VISIT IMPROVE FOR YOUR CHILDREN?
Recently, in the last post: “How to make Christmas stress-free for children?” I wrote that Christmas can be an experience of mixed bad emotions for many people and children. In my house, there were many silly situations over the Christmas period, where my children were anxious and stressed. https://littlepuzzlesandme.com/how-to-make-christmas-stress-free-for-children/ And what about the pleasant moments that must reign at Christmas? They exist, right? The answer is YES. There is no shortage of pleasant moments for children and parents during Christmas time. After all, these are important moments when Santa comes, when presents appear, and above all, when we spend wonderful moments with children. The following ideas reduce holiday stress to…
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A SMOOTH MORNING WITH CHILDREN
„Morning with the kids was going well until I served for breakfast oatmeal in bowls without a picture of the Paw Patrol”. Mornings for parents are half marathons. My children: Patrick – 5 years old and Dorothy – 2 years old, continue the tactic to throw me off balance with innocent morning behavior as soon as possible. What my children have in the morning is: The best part is that every morning, whether it was a tearful morning or a happy morning, my children erase it from their memory very quickly. Unlike me, morning experiences with my children stay in my head all day. So, I found some helpful tips that work…
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HOW TO MAKE CHRISTMAS STRESS-FREE FOR MY CHILDREN?
The Christmas season is about spending time with family and friends, exchanging gifts, eating good food, and having fun. But for many people and children, Christmas can be an experience of mixed bad emotions. Bad emotions unfortunately contribute to increased levels of stress during this period. https://littlepuzzlesandme.com/my-attempts-to-survive-new-christmas-traditions/ As a parent, I started noticing that my children also behave differently around the Christmas season. They are less resistant to emotions and cry more often in trivial situations. For example, Patrick cried one Christmas because the gingerbread man was supposed to have green eyes, not blue. I will add that my children decorated the gingerbread and chose eye colours. All the silly situations where my kids were anxious and…
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MOM’S TIPS FOR BETTER TRAVELING WITH CHILDREN – part 2
How to survive travel with children? I remember my wonderful family vacations, but most of all I remember the hard times during the whole trip with my children. In this post, I will focus on showing a few examples from three different modes of transport. I hope you avoid all my little trip trouble after reading it. https://littlepuzzlesandme.com/moms-tips-for-better-traveling-with-children-part-3/ PLANE TRIP WITH CHILDREN The success of this trip depends largely on delayed flights. This of course I had to go through several times. When the son couldn’t walk yet and grabbed everything to move, they left us on the plane for 1 hour. It was very hot and he wants to walk from…
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HOW THE PHRASE “HOME TIME” CAN KILL YOUR PATIENCE?
“I always thought I would be patient Mom, and then I watched my kids try it for the hundredth time throw sand from shoes.“ How many times can parents call their children home from the playground? It would be better to record this message and replay it over and over rather than lose your voice while calling them. I think I tried all the ways to leave the playground easier. Also, I copied the rules of other parents, and used the most tender or the most dangerous words, but leaving the park while my kid’s playing can be traumatic. I found a few tips that helped me calmly take the…
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GIVE MEDICATION TO MY CHILDREN AND DON’T GO CRAZY – MOM’S GOOD ADVICE
“As a parent, my greatest fear is always the fear of my children.” My little ones went through various colds, fevers, stuffy noses, and coughs. Diaper rash, teething pain, sore throat, diarrhea, and vomiting. And with the beginning of the Nursery all the contagious viruses, such as chickenpox, rubella, whooping cough, etc., started too. And there was no chance that my child would not get infected. They say that it is better for a small age than for adulthood. But for me, seeing a child in pain, scratching, unable to sleep, and having a fever hurts more than I had smallpox myself. Every vaccine was unbearable for me. Firstly, the sight of a needle stuck in such…
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I MANAGED TO MAKE POTTY TRAINING SATISFYING FOR MY CHILD
“LESS STRUGGLING PARENTS, MORE SATISFIED CHILDREN” Potty training – I’ll show you two examples of how this process went for my son. But first, in your mind, answer the following questions. That’s where I started. Do you remember the feeling that someone told you to do something, rushed you, or, worst of all, gave you orders? And how did you feel then? I felt a need to rebel, I gave up, I felt dissatisfied. Now consider that this is how your child feels when he starts potty training through commands, compulsory education, and unsatisfied training. I am writing this only because I know this way from my own experience. FIRST EXAMPLE…
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THE TOOTH BRUSHING METHOD AS SEEN BY YOUR CHILDREN
“BLOOD, SWEAT, TOOTHPASTE AROUND – this is what usually morning looks like” Sometimes it seems to me that the later period of teething is easier to care for the baby’s teeth. I think about it this way because Patrick started teething very late when he was already 10 months old. Right after buying him a toothbrush, he started copying us. For my son was no problem with brushing his teeth, applying toothpaste, or rinsing his mouth. Of course, there were times when he was in a bad mood, and then the toothpaste didn’t suit him, and the colour of the toothbrush was no longer his favourite. Fortunately, after jointly purchasing toothpaste and a toothbrush…
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MARVELOUS BATH TIME FOR MY CHILDREN
PART TWO – BATH TIME “LEAVE YOUR TROUBLES IN THE BUBBLES” Bath time. For most women a wonderful time, relaxing, with the scent of fragrant oils or candles. I’m a fanatic of such delight. I was always surprised who could have given up bathing in favor of a shower. And now I literally run into the shower, full of joy, because even when children come, that is 95% of the time, they don’t jump to me like they did when I was in the bathtub. The story will be about a bath, but not mine. Sad, but my own time for bathing does not exist when the children appeared. https://littlepuzzlesandme.com/how-to-upset-your-own-child/ Let’s start the fun with describe my…
