Educational Toy Recommendations by Age: 0-15 Months

Here are my top-rated infant and toddler educational toys by age for 0-15 months, and why they’re developmentally important for your child.
All the links for my toy recommendations are included throughout!

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Coping with Anxiety & Sleeplessness

About 5 months ago, around the same time that I found out I was pregnant, I started to struggle with sleep. I just felt anxious in the middle of the night and couldn’t get myself back to sleep no matter how hard I tried.
Here are some of the strategies I’ve been utilizing to help me deal with nighttime anxiety and get some much-needed sleep over the last few months. I didn’t come up with these on my own, but with the help of a professional.

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Maternity Fashion Tips: What, Where, & Why

If you’re pregnant and not sure what to buy, where to buy it, and how to choose, I’m sharing all of the answers and my maternity fashion tips now that it’s my second time around the baby bump block.

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Protecting Your Own & Your Child’s Eyesight

Thursday, October 8th, 2020, is World Sight Day. A day dedicated to drawing attention to blindness and vision impairment. A day, I would argue, to remind us to take care of our eyes and learn more about how vision impairment plagues many around the world.

Here are three ways you can protect your eyes, and the eyes of your little one.

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Interview with Simone Davies: The Montessori Toddler

As part of my three-part series on learning and toys, I had the pleasure of interviewing The Montessori Toddler author, Simone Davies.

Simone’s book is the perfect introduction to Montessori education if you’re new to exploring this alternative method to learning. She also shares more about why she wrote her book, and how Montessori education has informed her as a parent of two.

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