By Dana Rosenbloom, M.S. Ed., owner Dana’s Kids Every year thousands of children prepare to go off to camp, school, daycare, or vacations without their trusty parent by their side. This means a separation for the first, second, or hundredth time. No matter the child, the situation, and the parent, separating can be tough. Here […]
Author: Elise Jones
Elise Jones was the social media director and blog editor for babybites. She was responsible for engaging and informing moms on a variety of parenting topics found on Mommybites’ parenting videos (webbybites), blog, Facebook, Twitter and BlogTalkRadio show. The Mommybites’ blog is an outlet for moms who are in search of information to support them in their role as a parent.
Prior to working with Mommybites, Elise taught students in a variety of grades while working for the New York City Department of Education. Before teaching, Elise worked in public relations positions at Burson-Marsteller and Sarah Hall Productions developing and implementing media relations and corporate reputation programs for clients across many industries.
Elise is the mom of two lovely girls and currently resides in New Jersey. She performs in the theater and is an active member of her local public arts council. You can also find Elise blogging at Here in This House.
Healthy Child, Healthy World: Greening Our Children
By Leslie Blaustein, mother of Josh Set among the trees and the babbling brooks at The Greenwich Hyatt, Mount Sinai’s Children’s Environmental Health Center held a conference on Monday, May 9, 2011, in effort to raise awareness and provide each of us with the necessary tools for protecting our children against environmental threats to their […]
Parenting With Patient Love & Hope- A Father’s Perspective
By Herb Ouida, Heather’s father-in-law & founder of My Buddy Todd, a non-profit dedicated to helping children with anxiety & depression disorders My daughter in-law (Heather, babybites’ co-owner) asked if I would like to contribute to a blog which in her words: “You should ask yourself what you want the moms to learn from you. […]
Advice from a Mom’s Mom: Balancing Work and Family
By Dahlia Peyser, Laura’s mom It is a beautiful, warm day so you go to the park. There is a seesaw and you sit on one end of it. A sumo wrestler comes along, bows and sits on the other end of it. You fly up; he crashes down. You motion for him to move […]
Putting a Baby to Bed
By: Deborah Pedrick, Sleep Coach at familysleep.com Soothing routines before sleep is a cue to your baby that sleep is coming soon, it’s not a means to sleep. The actual act of going to sleep is the job of your baby. When babies become more socially aware (ie smiling) they are also making connections and follow […]
Dad Bonding Time
Dad-Buddy Systems: Think Local Meetups & social support groups are for dads too. I love that the Astoria New & Expectant Moms Meet-up is now officially changing their name to the Astoria New & Expectants Parents Meetup. (And it’s true we have many of their dads in MoonSoup classes in Astoria!) And there are dad […]
The Daddy Balancing Act
By Susan Izatt, an infant and early childhood development specialist and the Co-founder and Director of MoonSoup Early Childhood Center and Preschool Alternative in NYC. Couples used to flee to the suburbs faster, deciding almost the moment they got pregnant. Now more families put off, or skip leaving the city altogether. Instead of dad spending […]
Disney World Tips (that have nothing to do with what rides to go on)
By Heather Ouida, owner of babybites & kiddybites Let’s talk Disney World. I know I have written about Disney before, but I have been asked to give a few more pointers for all those families and mom bloggers heading down there next week. I know that many people like to give advice on what age […]