We’ve all felt the grips of a really scary dream. Waking with a gasp, face flushed, heart racing, unable to recognize what’s real and what’s not. It’s a completely unnerving …
TWO MATTRESSES IMPROVED OUR SLEEP!
As parents, we focus on our children’s sleep from the minute they’re born. Are they getting enough sleep? Is it at the right times? How can they sleep more? Our …
BOOKS & MOVIES FOR NATIONAL TRUTH & RECONCILIATION DAY
While honouring, respecting, learning about, and celebrating Indigenous culture and history should not be confined to one day, or one week a year, the first National Day for Truth & …
INNOVATORS ACADEMY: PRACTICAL EDUCATION FOR KIDS 8-12
During the Summer of 2019, our girls were 7 and 9 and their favourite camp was the Lemonade Stand Challenge with Build a Biz Kids. Over the course of a …
SAPLINGS NEW K-4 NATURE SCHOOL ON VANCOUVER’S NORTH SHORE
Our kids attend public elementary school in North Vancouver, and after one of them got to spend this year in a makeshift outdoor classroom created by her amazing teacher with …
HOW TO ANSWER “IS THE TOOTH FAIRY REAL”?
We love bringing a little bit of magic and mystery into our kids lives. It’s one of the best things about being parents! Getting to relive our favourite childhood memories …
THE TOOTH FAIRY FORGOT: 5 SAVE-THE-DAY IDEAS
No one is perfect, and – as our kiddos have come to realize – that includes the Tooth Fairy. If you are a parent, Murphy’s Law dictates that at least …
TOOTH FAIRY IDEAS FOR YOUR CHILD’S FIRST LOST TOOTH
One of the biggest milestones in a child’s life is their first lost tooth. Whether your child pulls them out with relish, or is super squeamish and nurses them until …
BOOKS THAT CELEBRATE THE ASIAN-CANADIAN/AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
The series finale of Kim’s Convenience aired recently on CBC. And it reminded me how I’ve been thinking so much more about Asian Canadian (and Asian American) voices in books, …
BABY TEETH: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW
We asked the experts at PDG Pediatric Dentistry & Orthodontics what parents need to know about baby teeth & here is what they had to say : BABY’S FIRST TOOTH is …