Parenting

Every day during her first months of life, I would tell my daughter, “Where is daddy’s nose?  [dramatic pause…]  There it is!”  It wasn’t surprising that her first word was…

According to Parents magazine, “most babies learn that their names refer to themselves” between 5 and 7 months.  Babies hear their name often, and it quickly becomes one of the…

Sorry, it’s a bit of a clickbait title.  What I actually mean is, don’t always read to your kids, but sometimes let them read to you. Clearly, it is very…

Our youngest daughter’s great-grandma recently bought her GUND’s Animated Elephant.  Flappy!  ‘Awesome… another f’n stuffed animal.’  But then we pressed the Sing button, and holy crap but is this thing…

Inevitably, your newborn’s teeth will start to cut the day after you feel settled in a routine.  Often this is somewhere around 4-6 months, but it can also happen much…

When I was 5, my parents asked a piano teacher to start giving me lessons. The piano teacher scoffed – I was too young, wouldn’t have the attention span, and…

If you haven’t yet met the Fingerlings, you soon will.  They’re already getting hyped up as the toy of the 2017 holiday season (a la Hatchimals).  Given I’ve two girls that will…

Toddler puzzles are a great educational and entertaining activity, and you can start early.  At around 10 months, babies start to do their own version of puzzles: putting stuff –…

It’s raining out, you can’t bear to watch another episode of Dora or Diego, and you’ve got hours to pass before nap time or the next meal.  And your toddler…

This article on preparing toddlers for the Ivy League was originally posted on the Scouted blog. ** A few weeks ago during Scouted team lunch, I joked that I’d write…