Benefits of Toddler Massage

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It may come as no surprise that massage therapy has loads of health benefits from stress reduction, to pain relief, to improving overall physical health. If you’re one of the people that gets massages on a regular basis you can probably attest to this yourself. But it isn’t just for...

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Kid Leashes: Helpful or Hurtful?

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I was young, my mom called me an escape artist and constantly had to hover over me and keep a firm grip on my hand. When I was about 6 years old, I wandered off in the Children’s Science Museum in Boston and in a sheer panic just bolted out...

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Avoiding Public Meltdowns with a Toddler

Today is the day that things have to go right. You have to be get out of the house and do some errands but your toddler has been…difficult…in public as of late. You’re packing things up and watching her carefully, trying to figure out what to do to ensure that this...

How Many Toys is Too Many?

I started reading a post by author Janet Lansbury that was titled “Better Toys for Busy Babies.” The gist of the article was that a lot of the toys out there cause a passive child to watch an active toy, and even sets the stage for later TV watching. A...

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