If you make reading a regular part of your routine, it’s easy to bring in these simple strategies into your everyday reading time. Getting the attention of your infant is simple because they feed on your interaction. If you notice when you’re speaking to your baby, they smile, they coo and they stare at you […]
Tag: Development
From the time you’re expecting, all the way through toddlerhood, and on to kindergarten and beyond, our rich, educational articles, expertly researched and written by experts in their fields, touch upon all stages of your child’s development. No matter what the child development topic you need some advice on, Mommybites has what you’re looking for – from breastfeeding to sleep, from developmental milestones to car seat safety, from picky eaters to special needs and more!
A Guide to Helping Your Little Ones Learn This Summer!
By Danielle Rayo, Founder and Director of Competitive Advantage Tutoring The end of the academic year is near. Spring is coming to a close and summer is just on the horizon. Your little ones are excited to get a break from school, and to spend all day with their favorite person again. You! Countless activities and […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
This Is How Your Child’s Temperament Affects Your Parenting Style
Within the first few days of a child’s life, many parents will describe them as calm, easy going, demanding, or high strung. Each child is born with a temperament that influences the way they react to the world around them. That being said, it is important for parents to remember that temperament is not static. […]
This Is How Parents Can Deal with Big Feelings
Everyone has big feelings but what we do with them is as individual as any other part of us. When the holiday season is approaching we often focus on how we will get somewhere or what we need to buy or bring while our feelings are swirling around about family and childhood experiences. Some of […]
Don’t Hide It, Flaunt It: Celebrating a World of Differences
Here are some common questions and answers that came up at Meg Zucker’s “Don’t Hide It, Flaunt It: Celebrating a World of Differences” talk. 1. What is the most important thing to remember when parenting a child with differences? You have to let go of your fear of not having the “perfect child” (whatever that means), […]