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Yoga Classes for Moms & Little Yogis

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Join Sarah, a Pediatric Occupational Therapist and creator of Peace Love and Little Yogi’s and Taimi, a Speech and Language Pathologist and owner of San Diego Hikyoga, as you spend a morning doing yoga with your little yogi! While you roll out your yoga mat for a Vinyasa flow with Taimi, Sarah will guide your little yogi through their own yoga class in a playful and lighthearted way. They’ll explore the journey of yoga on and off their mats in a creative and interactive way through movement, games, stories, educational themes and sensory elements. This class enriches little yogi’s of all abilities to achieve an active and healthy lifestyle by supporting self-regulation, body and breath awareness, attention/focus, self- esteem, motor skills, social skills, language and communication and creativity/imagination. Class structure includes warm-up sensory based activity, introduction, interactive yoga with modifications of poses to support different levels and hands-on assist and ends with cool down and relaxation. Note: Both mom and little yogi should dress in comfortable clothing for movement. Bring water and yoga mat for each participant. Please bring any medications possibly needed, for your child. Please inform the yoga instructor of any medical or physical limitations you or your child may have prior to the start of class. Parking is easy and accessible at Kate Sessions Park. Meet Sarah and Taimi in front of the bathrooms, located at the top of the hill. Please arrive 10 minutes before class to complete the waivers.

COST: $25 for one child and one adult

AGES: Preschool to adult

Sleep: More Valued Than Time, Money, or Sex, Say New Parents

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Have you ever been so tired that you don’t even remember what day it is, or how you even go there? That tends to happen when children become part of your life’s equation.

When you were younger, carefree and childless hittimg the clubs, traveling, setting the world on fire making your millions – did you ever think for one second that you’d put sleep before any of that – especially before sex! Yea right…sleep before sex. You would have thought anyone who said so was crazy right? Well now you know what all of those people with children were taking about now that you have a child. Sleep…oh preciaous sleep. When you have a newborn baby it’s worth more than gold. All you can fantasize about is getting a hotel room someplace and slepping in that warm, comfy bed. No pool, no going out…just sleep.

Dr. Harvey Karp, author of the celebrated parent guide The Happiest Baby on the Block states “Sleep deprivation is the top challenge for families, say 62 percent of the parents surveyed – more so than lack of time (48 percent), money (34 percent), or sex (26 percent). Sleep is the main thing parents miss from their pre-child life, more than time for themselves or sex.” Parent’s average about 5.5 hrs. sleep per night. More than 3/4 of them have not slept a solid 8 hrs. in months.

In the first few months couples are more focused on the baby than themselves. It’s fun at first, but then real life stressors start to set in. Couple that with a serious lack of sleep for both parents and you have got a problem. That’s when the aruing starts, and the lack of attention towards one another – especially when both parents need to return to work after materanty leave. Now you have childcare to worrry about which equates to more bills. It is so important to reconnect with your spouse during this timem, making adjustments along the way. The most important thing is communication. Good communication is the key.

There are things that you can do along the way to help deal with this new lifestyle. Don’t be shy about asking family and friends for help. Most people are more than happy to lend a helping hand. Usually you can’t keep the Grandparents away! Also take turns sleeping. Make arrangements so that you alternate nights when one of you get up and the other one gets to sleep. Unfortunately for the mommy breast feeding cannot be done by dad, but you can pump and have dad feed at night.

For other ideas, Read the full article from Cision PR Newsletter.

 

Here’s a Simple Trick to Make Your Kids Eat More Vegetables

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Researchers at Stanford used different labels for vegetables in the cafeteria. And when they called them things like “rich, buttery, roasted SWEET corn,” 25% more students ate it, and also took much bigger portions.

A new study figured out a pretty simple way to trick your kids into eating more vegetables without complaining the whole time. Just jazz up the NAME a little bit . . .

Researchers at Stanford recently spent about a month changing up the signs next to vegetables in the cafeteria. And they monitored how many students ate each vegetable when they called it different things.

They tried boring labels, like “corn” and “green beans.” They also tried things like “vitamin-rich corn” and “reduced-sodium corn.” It didn’t make a huge difference though.

But when they used labels like “rich, buttery, roasted SWEET corn,” 25% more students ate it . . . and the servings they took were 23% bigger.

The recipes never changed. The “rich, buttery” corn was exactly the same as when they just called it “corn.” And it worked the same way with other vegetables too.

So if you make something your kids hate like spinach, try calling it “sweet spinach” and see what happens. With young kids, you can have a little more fun with it if you want, and call it something like “Mom’s Sizzlin’ Sweet Spinach.”

To read more…CLICK HERE! 

Don’t Fall for These Sneaky Morning Time-Wasting Tricks Kids Use

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If you’re a parent of a school aged child then you are familiar with the industrial sized, 132 ounce cup of coffee to help get you through the day. Why… why… why do mornings have to be so hard? The answer is simple, because kids are born knowing how to procrastinate and they are good at it. I’m sure you’ve noticed that they change their clothes 7 times, take an hour to brush their teeth or the famous “I can’t find it!” This stuff just doesn’t just happen, they know what their doing and sometimes we don’t even realize it.

All hope is not lost and you are not alone. These are some ideas from real life moms who have said….enough!

Plan Ahead

One mom had this amazing idea. Make what she calls “packets” of clothes to put in their nightstands. This is brilliant because it will do away with them fumbling around looking for clothes or making those ridiculous wardrobe choices that your going to make them change anyway.

Pass on the Pajamas

I love this one. This mom says if your kids take too long getting dressed in the morning, on slow weeks and on occasion, just let them sleep in their clothes. It will either save precious time in the morning or make them so uncomfortable they will learn to dress faster so they don’t have to sleep in their clothes anymore. Either way…you win!

Music

Not slow lullabies or sad power ballads. Put on some music that’s nice and peppy and has a beat. Start it with a cd capable alarm clock. You can experiment with different things like the task needs to be completed before the song ends. Chance are the music will help you get through the morning easier as well.

Make a Game

If the music isn’t enough to get the little guys pumped, try making getting ready a game. Whoever finishes first gets a reward. Kids LOVE to win games.

Open the Blinds

Get those blinds or curtains open nice and early. Be sure to position their bed so that the friendly morning sun is shinning right in their eyes as soon as the blinds are open. Between all of the other methods we have talked about, the little procrastinators won’t know what hit them.

Bedtime

Probably the most important of them all is an early bedtime. By setting their bedtime to a reasonable hour and sticking to it, no matter how much they complain, it will make your morning so much easier. That goes for you too. Get to bed at a decent hour so your in the proper mood to deal with all of this in the morning.

Good luck mommy’s! To read the entire article….CLICK HERE. 

Guide to Teething Symptoms and Remedies

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Teething….ugh just hearing that word hurts. It hurts our hearts to see those little guys teething and it hurts our ears. For the most part,  babies get their first tooth at around 6 months, but it isn’t uncommon for your child’s first tooth to appear as early as 3 months. On the other end of the spectrum, they may not appear until as late as 14 months. Either way, it’s not a pretty site when they make their appearance. I know how it feels as an adult with a tooth ache, and these little guys have it ten fold and are helpless to do anything about except cry. Actually, it’s rare, but there have been babies that show no signs of discomfort at all while teething. Maybe your baby will be one of those lucky few. If they aren’t, here are when you should be watching out for those teeth to start breaking through.

  • 6 months: lower central incisors
  • 8 months: upper central incisors
  • 10 months: lower and upper lateral incisors
  • 14 months: first molars
  • 18 months: canines
  • 24 months: second molars

Signs of teething really do vary, but aside from seeing them start to poke through, keep a look out for the most obvious – the need to gnaw. Gosh just thinking about it is making me want to gnaw on something. The pressure of the teeth coming in can be temporarily relieved by chomping on something. The counter pressure seems to help. Also look out for puffy gums, extra fussiness, and more drooling than normal if you can believe that. Oddly enough, ear pulling can be a sign of teething. It may be more common for an ear infection, but it can be a symptom to watch out for when teething is starting. The pain from the jaw gets transferred to the ear canal.

There are ways to sooth the pain, but unfortunately non of them will completely get rid of it. Teething is one of those things everyone must go through. Ways you can help sooth the pain can be a wet frozen wash cloth – but be sure to leave a dry end so they can get a grip. The thick fabric of the washcloth feels good on their gums. Massaging or rubbing the gum area can help too. You may also try distracting them with a new toy, or song.

Things not to try are ;

  • Hard foods like zwieback crackers, toasted or frozen bagels, carrots and frozen bananas. They may appeal to a baby’s intense urge to chew, but when gnawed on long enough they can come apart in choke-hazardous chunks.
  • Rubbing a little brandy on swollen gums. Even tiny amounts of alcohol can be poisonous to a baby.

When is it time to call the Doctor? signs of teething may actually be signs of illness, call if symptoms worsen (for instance, a low-grade fever reaches 101° F or higher) or if they hang around for more than a couple of days. Same goes if no teeth have come in by 15 months, in which case your pediatrician may want you to take your child to a dentist for an x ray.

To Read the entire article…CLICK HERE

 

 

 

 

 

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