By Renee Sullivan, parent coach to moms in NYC and director & founder of babybites support groups What do you miss from your pre baby days – Sleeping in? Impromptu evenings out? Relaxing vacations? Making sure we get our much-needed breaks to do something nice for ourselves is of utmost importance in order to be a […]
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Tips for Separation at Camp and Beyond
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 […]
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 Lessons from Grandparents
Hi Everyone! It is often the people that have been parents the longest that have the most to teach us on how to be “better” parents. That is why I am thrilled that we will be featuring regular blog posts written by grandparents. Laura’s mom, Dahlia, recently wrote a post on balance and my father-in-law, […]
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. […]
Nursery School Admissions Seminar Wrap Up
We had a great time on Tuesday night at NY PEAS informative talking on navigating the nursery school admissions process. They talked us through the facts, gave us some pointers and provided us with some useful next steps. They did NOT frighten us with scare tactics or whip us into an admissions frenzy. Having heard […]
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 […]
The Scream Free Method
Hi Everyone! I had a life changing experience a few weeks ago that significantly altered and enhanced how I parent. This transformative experience occurred during my recent interview with our Mommybites Summit keynote speaker Hal Runkel for a column for NY Family Magazine. Hal Rankel is world renown for his “Scream Free” approach to parenting. […]