Are you looking for a healthy way to start the morning? Check out these easy wheat germ waffles with cinnamon chips! Don’t have cinnamon chips? Make the waffles without them or add your own topping such as white chocolate chips or raisins. These waffles are healthy, high in fiber and full of flavor. They are […]
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Resiliency of the Human Spirit
Back in 2011, I started the first newsletter of the year by sharing “Buzzfeed’s Most Powerful Photos” of the previous year. So, in keeping with that tradition, here are “The 45 Most Powerful Photos of 2014“: Here’s to the common theme that emerges year after year in these photos – the resiliency of the human […]
Dr. Gramma Karen: When Grandchildren Ask About A Family Secret
What advice do you have for grandparents whose grandchildren ask them about family secrets? For example, our 8-year-old granddaughter, Elaine, asked us, “Who is Trudy’s real mother?” (Trudy is her cousin on the other side of the family). We know Trudy’s biological mother is her young aunt and that Trudy believes an older aunt is […]
Can You Discipline A Baby?
Now that my baby is on the go, she’s touching and getting into things she shouldn’t. Sometimes what she’s doing is not safe and sometimes I just don’t want her to touch it. But I don’t want to turn into one of those parents who says, “No!” all the time. Can you really discipline a […]
Parenting a Child With Special Needs
More and more parents are faced with the challenges of raising a child with special needs. In the United States alone, about one in six children have one or more developmental disabilities or delays. They are the children that have impairment in physical, learning, language or behavior areas, and therefore require special care. The moment […]
Don’t Say Goodbye To That Nap Just Yet
“Is it time to transition to one nap yet?” is right up there with “Can I have a snack?” as being amongst the questions I hear the most (These questions don’t usually come from the same people, FYI.) To the former, I give the same answer every time: hold on to two naps for as […]
Surviving Car Travel with Squabbling Siblings
Under normal circumstances, normal parents might not consider forcing squabble-prone siblings into a confined area together. Still, we (normal parents) do this over and over, every time we have to get somewhere in the car. Sometimes, that somewhere is an unavoidably very, very long drive away. I’ll first gloss quickly over the options I have […]
Discover Your Unique Gifts
Dear Readers, I am off “holiday-ing” with my family and will return January 5, 2015. In my absence my guest blogger is Donne Davis. Thank you, Donne! Wishing everyone wonderful holidays and a Happy New Year. * * * * * With the holiday season here, we grandmas often get caught up in thinking we […]