Your home likely is overflowing with "things to do," if you're like the majority of us. Yet your children repeatedly complain, "I'm bored." Sometimes what is perceived as boredom is simply a lack of imagination coupled with being overloaded with too many options. The deliberate parent can make appealing attractions to create, play, and learn rather than frequently yelling, "Go play! You have plenty of toys!" Clean the Area & Clear Your Mind The area needs to be clutter-fr …
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Maintaining a safe and elegantly decorated home while allowing your children to feel at home makes for a challenging balance to strive for. On the other end of the scale, you can wind up with a house (or even a child's bedroom) that is so sparsely furnished, that it resembles a sterile showroom rather than a cozy home. Going to yet another extreme, you can have a room cluttered with mismatched kid items that makes you grimace if you're a perfectionist or decorator. However, there reall …
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Working with our natural circadian cycles is a significant part of promoting healthy sleep. Numerous dangers are connected to exposure to light at night, particularly blue light, which is produced by florescent lights as well as more recent energy-efficient LED bulbs and electronic devices. These concerns range from fatigue to obesity and even illness susceptibility. Introduction to Circadian Rhythms Melatonin secretion declines in response to light exposure in human …
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Some kids battle with anxiety more than others, and insomnia is one of the many side effects which anxiety can have on a person. Lack of sleep, particularly in youngsters, may or may not be brought on by stressful thinking or worrying; instead, it could be caused by a drop in melatonin levels. While a variety of events might reduce melatonin production, serotonin and other "feel-good chemicals" as well as adrenaline and other stress hormones are frequently to blame. Medicine can …
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Children love to lend a hand! Finding safe activities to keep them occupied in the kitchen can be quite challenging. It can be done, and it can even be enjoyable, but you have to take your time, be a little more inventive, and be willing to put up with a little bit more mess. Establish a Few Key Guidelines I use 1-2-3 a lot around here. For young children to remember, it is the ideal number. Always washing our hands before assisting in the kitchen is Rule #1 in our home, …
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We're well aware that you could purchase a mattress elsewhere, either from a big-box store or an online vendor. Instead, we hope you'll take into account these three benefits of getting your mattress from the Bedroom Source. Carefully Selected Quality Mattresses Children's bedroom furniture is all we do at the Bedroom Source; it's not simply one of the many things we dabble in. We've been making it our business for more than three decades to hone our skills in locating and recog …
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What are the similarities between fireflies, bonfires, and fireworks? They all, of course, contain the word "fire," but what else? They all take place at night and in the summer, and we all likely have happy childhood memories associated with them. The desire to make good summer memories, however, can instead give parents of young children - whose bedtimes fall when it's still light outside during the summer months - more chances for meltdowns. How do you do the first while avoiding th …
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Mornings around here can be a bit hectic. When something is said over and over again, I grow weary of hearing it. My children were probably also sick of hearing it. So I stopped. I assessed. And I came to the conclusion that we needed to teach ourselves new morning-making habits. This is what we did then. Repetition Makes Perfect I am aware of that. We've all heard the proverb "Practice makes perfect," which is only slightly (but noticeably) different. But that is untrue. If the …
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When it comes to creating kid-friendly spaces, tailoring your general sense of style and applying fundamental interior design concepts might be a little hard. On the one hand, you don't want your child's room to appear exactly like yours. However, you don't want Mickey Mouse decorations poking out from behind everything, nor do you want to have to redesign your child's room every year! You can have the best of both worlds by following a few simple design principles while still consider …
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Dust mite allergies are a serious worry, especially for youngsters. While horror stories about mite feces sweeping through your home are urban legend, dust mite allergies are a real concern. Dust mite allergies are more common in those who have asthma. Dust mite allergies, in fact, can even raise a child's risk of getting asthma. One out of every four Americans, regardless of age, suffers from an allergy, and two out of three of those with allergies are allergic to dust mites. Sneezing …
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