gentle parenting tips and ideas
While we all understand children are people and have the right to express themselves as they wish, I know that sometimes there are things we all wish they wouldn’t do. Yelling, screaming, defying anything asked to do and destroying everything in sight just to name a few. The reasons why children act out can be [...]
This is a guest post written by Elle Hilyard for BubbleBubs (Australian Cloth Nappies) Battling a health issue with my 9 month old son, Ethan, resulted in more nappy changes each day than I ever thought possible. I started to think about the effects all the disposable nappies we were using were having. Not only [...]
There is nothing quite like your children laughing or giggling their head off. It makes you smile and feel great watching them have so much fun. Laughter is contagious and can also uplift any mood. It is something that makes life worth living. So here is a list of things that can make your children laugh. [...]
The most common reason most people put their child into childcare is because they need to work. But there are ways to work at home and be with your children and it isn’t an insurmountable task either. First off what will working at home be like. Yes you will need to have flexible working hours [...]
Many young children under the age of 8 years suffer with recurrent respiratory tract infections, manifesting as sort throats, swollen tonsils and adenoids, sinusitis, cough, wheezing, difficult breathing at night, snoring and excessive mucous congestion. Unfortunately a large percentage of these children are required to take frequent and prolonged courses of chemical antibiotics, which may [...]
Today we have a rather exciting announcement. Natural Parenting Tips (NPT) will be partnering with Quolkids.com and now distribute their articles through here. Quolkids is all about Quality Of Life for kids. Quolkids was started in the year 2000 (almost 11 years ago) and is dedicated to improving the quality of life for kids. They have a great [...]
It isn’t often I would recommend a book to every parent but this one is just the inspirational story we all need to hear. It started in 2006 when Kristen Morrison gave birth to a beautiful baby boy Gryffin, who was later diagnosed with Down Syndrome. Instead of accepting that her son would have difficulties throughout his life, [...]
