Daily Email Archives
Easy reader
Filed Under Tips & Tricks | August 18, 2008
Whether you’re reading to your infant or an older child, it’s a great way to bond while creating positive associations with reading, and in her column this month Sharon Selby, a local child counsellor and the creator of the Phonics Wizard, shares tips and ideas for helping your child develop pre-reading skills which can contribute to your child’s success and enjoyment of learning to read when the time comes.
Back(pack) safety
Filed Under Tips & Tricks | August 15, 2008
It’s almost back to school time which means an increase in pediatric back troubles from backpacks and which is why we’ve got Dr. Stephanie Bonn of Bonn Chiropractic talking safe backpack use for kids in this month’s regular column on caring for your body.
What to do, what to do?
Filed Under Events | August 14, 2008
We’re on vacation this week but we know you rely on your weekend guide so we’ve got an abbreviated version with all the highlights including the summer of love, blueberries, a bit of Latin spice and lots, lots more!
Naturally crafty
Filed Under Tips & Tricks | August 13, 2008
Nature offers some of the greatest hands-on craft activities around. And we’ve got great ideas from Keri of Craft Caravan on how to source your craft materials right from Mother Nature to inspire your kids. Whether you’re at the beach, in the woods or picking berries, ideas for crafts abound.
Book nook
Filed Under Places, Stuff | August 12, 2008
A new kid’s store is opening at 28th and Main today, further cementing Main Street’s rep as a great place to shop for kid’s toys and gifts. Once Upon a Huckleberry Bush is an imaginative lair for young book lovers carrying books for newborns all the way up to teens, parenting reading staples and toys.
Cool off
Filed Under Tips & Tricks | August 11, 2008
Last month Jenny Schafer of Evolved Parenting answered some of your questions on positive discipline and this month she focuses on managing the anger we all feel toward our children sometimes.
Can’t be beet
Filed Under Going Green, Stuff | August 8, 2008
We freely admit to our stationary fetish. There’s something about the texture of thick cardstock between our fingers and images that catch our fancy with the feelings they invoke. And besides there are few things better than receiving a lovely card in your mailbox. But we know that cards aren’t the most eco-friendly items, and with the advent of the ecard heck, you don’t even have to plan ahead to let someone know they are in your thoughts on special occasions.
What to do, what to do?
Filed Under Events | August 7, 2008
It’s another busy weekend, and just in case you haven’t heard, there’s a nurse-in at H&M downtown at 12:30 pm today to protest a nursing mother being asked to breast feed in a changing room rather than in public. Today’s also a great day to partake in DQ blizzards that are practically guilt-free and this weekend there are festivals aplenty as well as music, airplanes and squirrels.
Wear it my way
Filed Under Going Green, Stuff | August 6, 2008
It may seem a little odd to be touting the benefits of merino wool clothing for babes mid-summer, but here’s why we love it any time of year: it’s silky soft against sensitive baby skin and helps regulate their body temperature, keeping them comfy year-round; it helps keep babies dry because drool (and other emissions) easily evaporate; it’s naturally anti-microbial which helps control odour; it provides natural UV protection of 40+; and from a safety point of view it’s flame-retardant and self-extinguishing. It sounds so fabulous that we’re hardly surprised that In Your Own Way has expanded their women’s line to include basics for babies as well.
What’s in a name?
Filed Under Tips & Tricks | August 5, 2008
Before Angelina left the hospital with twins Vivienne Marcheline and Knox Leon, her legal team registered more than 50 domain names covering all variations of the newborns’ names and Jolie did the same in 2006, registering 24 domains when she gave birth to Shiloh Nouvel. This made us wonder how we could stake a claim on some internet real estate for our own (albeit far less famous) offspring. We turned to Julianne Horvat from Webnames.ca for ideas.
