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 […]
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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. […]
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 […]
Parenting and The Blame Game
Hi Everyone! I was somewhat prepared for the emotional extremes of new motherhood and yet was completely flabbergasted that these emotional extremes would also affect and be affected by my marriage! I have known my husband since we were both 18 years old and therefore was so surprised at the strain having children placed on […]
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 […]
Parenting: Slow Down and Enjoy the Ride!
Hi Everyone! When my boys were young, people used to say to me, “Enjoy it now, they’ll be grown before you know it.” I was so sleep deprived, spit-up covered, emotional and overwhelmed that at the time, I never really knew what that meant. In fact, I often felt just the opposite – that I […]
Teachers and Education
Hello Everyone! “The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.” William A. Ward Let’s honor our children’s outstanding teachers this week by nominating a teacher you know for New York Family’s Blackboard Awards. “The blackboard awards honor local teachers from all educational communities-public, private, charter, and parochial-and […]