When trying to get our children to drink enough water my husband found that adding ice to their sippy cup worked very well. Some people just prefer refreshing cold water, why should a toddler be any different? Realizing that I would need to keep up Read more...

Being that many parents rely on bath as part of their bedtime routine this is a great time to spend making eye contact and signing with your baby or toddler. "Bath" is simply signed with two closed fists in motion up and down on the chest Read more...

A couple weeks ago I was busy doing mom things and my ear happened to perk up when my 2 year old began singing the ABC's.... I thought it was so cute that she was singing in tune and concentrating on her toys and as I paused to listen to her I Read more...

For a lot of parents this is a frustrating thing, I know it was for us! When I read how successful signing was for Lisa in this context I was jumping up and down and thought this will help so many other parents with the dinner mess! "I was Read more...

Most of us can probably say that our home is not 100% babyproofed. What I have found is that by taking the extra time to show the children that something is "dangerous" in sign language helped them realize that this is something they're Read more...

When Amberly was 10 months old she had her first playtime experience with a dog and it seemed appropriate to teach her the sign for dog with this novelty. (Simply patting your leg, as if calling a dog over to you). I had read that most babies go Read more...

I have to say it is just as fun and mind boggling to watch your second baby approach toddlerhood as the first. Granted, the first child has the one-to-one ratio and more details may be recorded, but what I've found that what I lack in recording the Read more...

Even though Kyle took longer to pick up signing back to us and has fewer signs at 11 months of age than Amberly did he displayed yesterday another great signing milestone.... he told me "finished" in the highchair and then made the Read more...

We've all wondered this at one point or another, sometimes I feel like I wondered it more with my first baby being a high needs baby but this time around I lucked out with a laid back kiddo (thanks Kyle)! So, when he does cry I know there is Read more...

Kyle now loves the game of dropping something from his highchair and waiting for someone to return the item to him. It is a game many parents are familiar with, especially when you're out to dinner at a restaraunt and will do anything to keep your Read more...