A toddlers blog

Every lil one needs a fabulous lair — a place for them to rest their head as well as play during the day. In Bedtime Stories , which hits theaters on Christmas, Adam Sandler plays Skeeter Bronson, an uncle who collaboratively tells bedtime tales to his niece and nephew that mysteriously come true. Filled with educational items, from butterfly shadow boxes to an Imac desktop, the room is where the imaginative stories are born.

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My baby is getting so big sometimes. People tell me that he doesn’t look like the typical 3 year old. They say he looks likes he’s closer to 4 or 5. His hair is super curly and it’s also growing day by day. He is bi-racial, half mexican half african-american and he is 100% beautiful. Joshua also speaks both English and Spanish fluently so far, and loves to greet everyone with a “hello” or “hola” no matter where we go.

Enjoy his beautiful new photos! Please leave comments!

It’s only natural for parents to think every scribble or brush stroke their child creates is a masterpiece, but if you are anything like me that means you have stacks of masterpieces you don’t know how to archive for safekeeping. A company called inkubook can help you create a classic bound book of art and photo memories that will give all those creations a worthy home. All you have to do is scan the pages, save them as a jpg, png, or gif file and upload them to the inkubook website.Prices start at $14 for a 20-page softcover book and $25 for a hardcover, but playing around with the book design on the site is free. It also offers a great volume pricing option, which is perfect if you want to make books to give as gifts for the holidays!

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Katie Holmes and daughter Suri were spotted shopping in NYC at the Rockefeller Center gift shop yesterday. Suri wears Bonpoint’s BOHEME2 BROWN cheked dress and a Burberry coat.

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Make your tot’s next coloring project 3D! This doll house size cottage is made from recycled materials and is easy to put together for an afternoon of fun and creative energy. Instead of yet another picture on the refrigerator, your tot will be proud to have this displayed in the foyer for all to see when they come to the house for the holidays. You can even get crafty and get fake snow and tiny Christmas lights to be festive. Of course, I am throwing that out there when I, myself, am not at all crafty and would never be able to pull that off. But Auntie can come over and make this into a super fun project! At uncommen goods for only $20.

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Loaded weapons and lil ones don’t mix in my opinion. I hope my daughter and son never wrap their hands around a gun. Not now or ever. Growing up in San Francisco in the 80s, it wasn’t all too unusual to see a gun cabinet at a friend’s house or hear a rumor that their father had a gun. My own dad took me target shooting when I was ten. But, times have changed and I’m not keen on my children attending a playdate in a home that had firearms. Why? Because accidents happen and not all people take the proper precautions in storing weapons and as a result, kids die.

We told you about the four-year-old that shot herself when she pulled her grandma’sloaded gun from her purse in Sam’s Club and a father who forced his six-year-old daughter to pose with a pistol. Yesterday, news reports said  a child was shot when her drunk father cleaned his firearms. Though the headlines are few and far between, every fatality is worrisome. Are you a gun free family?

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Is it just me or is everyone in Hollywood having twin babies lately? It’s like all of a sudden celebrities are popping out multiple birth babies at an unsually high rate. How much do you want to bet when the smoke clears from all this celebrity baby mania we will find out that some of these superstars are purposely getting in vitro fertilization to increase their baby load. [Read more →]

Because it’s tropical storm season I figured parents need to know as much as possible about how to handle things and keep kids calm during a storm. Here’s a great story I found online…….

Q.My family moved to South Florida recently and Fay will be our first tropical ”event.” My husband and I are a little worried about how our two kids might handle it and, with the prospect of being without electricity, it will be harder than usual to keep them distracted. Does Action Line have any ideas to share?
A.First of all, try to keep a level head. With all the rushing around to stock up on hurricane supplies, the calamitous TV newscasts and worsening weather, it’s easy to get worked up about an impending storm. But, if your children see you keeping your cool, they will, too.

Here are some tips for keeping the young ones occupied and calm before the storm:

• Don’t leave the TV on constantly: Check periodically for updates, but you don’t need to follow continuous coverage; it only heightens stress. [Read more →]

“What do you do all day?” is a question Anne Marie Davis, 34, says she gets a lot. Davis, who lives in Lewisville, Texas, isn’t a mother, nor does she telecommute. She is a stay-at-home wife, which makes her something of a pioneer in the post-feminist world.Ten years ago, she was an “overwhelmed” high school English teacher. “I didn’t have time for my husband, ” she says, “and I didn’t have a life.”
She presented the idea of staying home to her husband, a Web engineer. “I told him it was something I wanted to do, and he supported it. It was a great relief.”

Dr. Scott Haltzman, author of “The Secrets of Happily Married Women,” says stay-at-home wives constitute a growing niche. “In the past few years, many women who are well educated and trained for career tracks have decided instead to stay at home,” he says. While his research is ongoing, he estimates that more than 10 percent of the 650 women he’s interviewed who choose to stay home are childless.

Daniel Buccino, a Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine clinical social worker and psychotherapist, says stay-at-home wives are the latest “status symbols.” “It says, ‘We make enough money that we both don’t need to work outside the home,’” he says. “And especially with the recent economic pressures, a stay-at-home spouse is often an extreme and visible luxury.” [Read more →]

It’s good to be home from a full week away from my mom and dad. I went on my first trip away from home when my Grandma took me to Miami, Florida to meet my dad’s father, Grandpa Ash. We all had so much fun. I loved  riding on the plane, the sun,  beaches and fun places Grandma and Grandpa took me to see. We visited the Miami Seaquarium, Parrot Jungle Island, and walked around the beach and played and played. Everywhere we went people were so nice and everyone said hi to me and asked my name. I love making new friends.

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