Is it time to move your child to a booster seat? Booster seats are for older children who have outgrown their forward-facing child seat. Booster seats are NOT for babies or toddlers. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), it is best for children to continue to use a forward-facing car seat with a …
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Taking a baby to the beach may seem like a crazy idea but we take our kiddos with us everywhere. Since we do foster care, that includes any extra visitors we may also have. Many things come into play, though, and it takes a lot more planning when traveling with infants and toddlers. So I’ve …
Summertime Sundays mean a lot to our family. First we head off to church. Then, the rest of the day is typically spent on family bike rides and picnics at local parks. It’s a great way to hang out with family while also getting some exercise and nourishment. This Sunday tradition has been going on …
With 4 young children (all in car seats) we do a lot of car seat installs at our house. We’re constantly having to take seats out, put them back in, reconfiguring our van seating arrangement, etc.. If you’ve ever dealt with car seat installs before, you know that they can be time consuming and, well, …
Do you have a bucket list? I did this for the first time a few years ago and found it quite helpful in helping me stay on track doing fun activities with the kids in the summer. You only get them for about 18 summers (sometimes as they get older that time is even less …
My husband and I started talking about foster care and adoption before we even married. Always on our radar, we finally felt that tug telling us it was time last Fall. Our first placement, a sibling group of three, was only 2 weeks. Then we had a baby for three joyous months. He was originally …
We are super excited to have extra free time now that Summer is here. However, I still decided to plan a few “special” days a month where we focus on a theme and have planned activities, snacks, and crafts to keep things interesting. Since we have a couple of big Paw Patrol fans in our …