Insparenting

Gillian Anderson is Expecting
“Former X-Files star Gillian Anderson is going to become a mom for the second time.”

Christina Aguilera: I Want Kids
“Christina Aguilera and her music exec husband Jordan Bratman plan to have kids – just not quite yet, according to the singer.”

Kids in foster care wait for open hearts, homes
“As a single, 38-year-old man in Brooklyn, N.Y., maybe he doesn’t exactly fit the foster parent “mold,” but the kids he becomes a father to don’t seem to care.”

Is that bowl of cereal such a healthy option?
“The UK consumer magazine ‘ Which? ‘ says some breakfast cereals contain as much sugar or salt as a chocolate bar or a packet of crisps, while others contain almost the same amount of fat as a thick pork sausage, and a McDonald’s McBacon Roll.”

Tracking Asthma Symptoms Daily Reduces ER Visits in Children
“Children with asthma who keep track of their daily symptoms with a written plan take significantly fewer trips to the emergency department than children who use plans based on peak-flow monitoring, according to a recent review.”

Play is good for children, study says
“Doctors may soon have a prescription for health that even children will like: more playtime. European and international health experts say a new study makes the most convincing case yet for the benefits of children being active.”

…You know it is important to provide your little ones with toys in order to stimulate their intelligence.

To keep the toys clean is even more important.

Just open the toys’ container and check it out. Is it safe from dust and dirt?

If your children still like to put everything into their mouth, it’s really important for you to maintain the toys’ cleanliness.

How?

1. Pick up and clean up the toys one by one from the container. It’s even better to always clean them up every time your children use them.

2. You can also clean up all the toys altogether, but you should separate divide them based on their materials.

- toys made of plastic or rubber –> wash them by soaking them in the water with a small amount of detergent, then dry the toys with towel.

- toys made of fur –> take them to the laundry for a better treatment.

3. Don’t forget to wash the container too!

Uh, wait! Why not ask your children to help you with this? It’s a very good thing to introduce them to responsibility.

Enjoy your time with the kids!

Speaking of tantrums, Genuine, a blogging daddy, shared his feeling about his was-a-lovely-likeable and cuddly-little boy.

It’s nice to read it as, to me, he wrote it in a different beautiful way.

Besides, his post draw my attention cause I had some way out I wanted to share; some tips to handle this tantrum problem.

Hope it helps everyone here.

Some kids have tantrum. And it usually occurs in one-to-three-year-old kids.

So, if you are parents with children in this age range, prepare yourself to deal with their screaming, hitting or kicking.

The bad temper usually comes when …
- they feel uncomfortable about something,
- they want your attention, or
- they can’t have anything they want.

In short, the tantrum comes when your kids disagree with you, their parents.

Some parents see tantrums as disasters. But this point of view actually can change into something better.

See it as a way of education. An education to let your kids learn how to control their anger, their emotion.

How? Here are some of the ways …

• Instead of conducting them to do something, for example “You’d better go to bed now.”, offering them limited choices is a better technique, such as “Do you want to go to bed at 7 or 8?”

• When the tantrum occurs, move to another environment or place to change their mood and hopefully will lessen their frustration.

• Stay cool and calm when your kids begin the tantrum. Anger and threat are not the best ways to deal with it. In this situation, speaking clearly and firmly is a very good method to handle the tantrum as well as to teach them how to control their emotion.

Good luck with the kids!

SouleMama shared a definitely awesome picture of her baby.

What surprised me most is how Ezra thought about the surroundings while the summer rain poured down.

That’s a very beautiful thing for a little child to think that way.

SouleMama, thanks a lot for sharing the cute photo.

Wow, it was only yesterday when I posted about a karate boy. Thanks, Melany aka SuperMom.

It’s really a surprise that I found a karate-related entry too today.

If you’re planning to introduce your little ones to this popular martial art, Black Belt Mama has shared a number of great advice on how to choose a karate school.

Thanks a lot for sharing the secrets, mama…

And what about you, mommas? What’s your kids’ favorite sport? Would you share it with us here?