Kindergarten

Photo: istock Pomegranate seeds. They seemed like a good idea at the time. They were a new food that my toddler was trying. (Score!) They were nutritious. (Hello, vitamins B and C!) And even better, they were tiny enough not to be choking hazards. (My biggest worry!) My toddler was …

Photo: istock Man cannot live on bread alone…but toddlers are ready and willing to test that theory. Mine certainly is, though she’d also like to add Cheerios, Goldfish and cheese to the mix. The really frustrating part is that I tried to do everything right, and it seemed to be …

PHOTO: HEALTHYCANADIANS.GC.CA Health Canada, the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (US CPSC) and Skip Hop have issued an update to the January 9, 2018 recall of the Skip Hop Tuo Convertible High Chair, in which the front legs on the highchair were found to detach from the seat, posing a …

Photo: istock When it happens—and it will happen—part of you will want to laugh, part of you will want to cry, and all of you will wonder how in the heck it happened. I mean, you did say the word, but you also said a million other words along with …

Photo: istock To our toddlers, we’re like rock stars. They follow us, they watch us, they mimic us and they want to be just like us. It’s pretty flattering when you think about it. Still, there’s one place we really don’t need or want a rapt audience: the bathroom. It’s …

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Photo: iStockPhoto Stephanie Elliot’s daughter, McKaelen, was always finicky about food. As a toddler, she subsisted on a diet of dinosaur-shaped chicken nuggets, French fries, peanut butter sandwiches, peeled apples, cake and pizza (with the cheese and sauce scraped off). McKaelen’s two brothers, one older and one younger, would eat …

Photo: istock When you get a toddler dressed without too much fanfare and freaking out, it’s pretty fantastic. Even when there’s a lot of fanfare and freaking out, it’s still fantastic in the end because they’re finally dressed and you’re finally done…until they’re suddenly, inexplicably undressed again. While a toddler’s …

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