Food Diversification: Planning Month by Month

What to give to baby? At what age ? And in what quantity? Discover the food diversification plan to help you in this learning of taste.

Food diversification often looks like a puzzle, especially when you’re a parent for the first time. All pediatricians, health organizations, studies and relatives do not share the same opinion, and there is something to be lost.
To help you, here is a compilation of foods to introduce age by age, from breakfast to dinner to introduce new flavors to baby and bring him a more varied diet.

This schedule will be refined according to the recommendations of your pediatrician … and your baby, of course!…

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My Teen Smoking, What Do I Do?

Many parents do not know how to react when they discover that their teen is smoking. Pascal Hachet, clinical psychologist in a specialized addiction care center, gives us his point of view. He is the author, among others, of “survival manual for parents of teenagers who fart the lead” (LLL editions).

What drives teens to smoke?
It is often the will to imitate their comrades. The cigarette plays a social role. And then, smoking when you’re young is something that has existed for generations! It’s part of the experimentation of adolescence. It’s trivialized. Tobacco is hyper available and it is a substance that stimulates and calms at a time. It does not bring anything unpleasant in terms of …

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Pregnancy Clothes To Do Yourself

To have pretty clothes that highlight your forms of pregnancy, you will find here patterns and models to reproduce!

With the pounds that accumulate as pregnancy progresses, we must face the facts: it will be necessary to renew his wardrobe! There is of course the possibility to buy clothes in shops that have a dedicated space or to opt for second-hand clothes. For the more manual ones who want to have fun while sewing, Rita has identified several blogs and sites offering patterns of maternity clothes. In a few clicks, you will discover various models that you can make in the fabric of your choice. This solution is tailor-made. You do not regret not finding your size, or the color …

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A Blanket Out Of The Imagination Of Your Child

Your little boy always draws dragons? Your little girl only pencils princesses with long hair? And if you give a third dimension to these characters!

Check out Child’s Own Studio ( www.childsown.com ), the website of a Canadian designer who brings to life the characters your children draw. The concept is very simple: you send her a drawing made by your offspring and she creates from this material a fabric duvet faithful to the character out of the imagination of your child. Initially, this mom began by creating toys for her own child at home. Seduced, her friends also ordered stuffed toys … In the face of the success of her creations, she has become professional …

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How To Introduce Children To Comics?

Festivals, workshops, internships … Initiatives are not lacking to make discover the universe of the comic book to our dear blond heads.

Children generally appreciate comics. Illustrated and containing short texts, they represent a good way to discover reading. In France, many festivals are held throughout the year for a life-size approach! Among the next, there is the European Comic Strip Exhibition to be held on the forecourt of the Nimes Arena on 27 and 28 April 2013. Sixty authors will be present for signing sessions. The children will be able to participate in six drawing workshops, in partnership with Canal J and Milan Presse, and benefit from the advice of recognized authors. From May 24th to 26th, it’s …

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Spring Cleaning: I Swap The Clothes of My Children!

Because children grow up quickly and cabinets are not extensible, some smart sites offer parents to swap their toddlers’ clothes.

Eco-friendly, practical, economical! The bartering of children’s clothes is on the rise. www.kiditroc.com , www.larmoiredespetits.com , www.too-short.com … These various websites offer parents to exchange a lot of clothes too small for their toddler against another adapted to its new size. A simple solution to put in place.

The principle remains pretty much the same from one site to another:
1- We register.
2- One or more lots of clothing meeting the selection criteria of the site (no stain, tear, a certain number of clothes to respect …). These must be grouped by age group. We …

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Gardening: Our Selection of Children’s Books

With spring, children will be able to learn the joys of gardening. To teach them the basic rules, why not offer them a book on the subject? Discover the 5 books that particularly caught our attention.

The garden
Here is a nice way to introduce toddlers to the world of gardening. Through double pages illustrated with large and beautiful drawings and short texts, children discover the care to bring plants to grow, the various work to be done on his land, what the different forms of gardens look like ( French, Japanese …), the wildlife that hides there …
Age: From 3 years

The garden, Stéphanie Ledu, Amandine Laprun, Milan Youth Edition

The vegetable garden
Playful, this book …

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Make A Herbarium

Not always easy to convince your children to come for a walk in the fresh air? How about motivating them by offering to make their own herbarium after this walk? This will allow them at the same time to develop their sense of observation, to discover the plant world, and finally to offer them a manual and creative activity, very often related to their school program.

Material List

– Leaves and flowers of many varieties
– Glue
– Newsprint
– A big book
– White canson leaves
– A perforator
– A ribbon
– Felt pens

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Cristina Cordula, A Mother Who Has Style!

Cristina Cordula

Her colorful accent and expressions have won over the audience, but behind the image of an extrovert presenter on the show “New Look for a New Life”, there is also a caring mother of a tall, 18-year-old boy. She confides in this little-known aspect of her life.

Between your picture agency and your presenter work, how do you find time for your son Enzo?
Today, he is a big boy of 18 years old. He has his life, goes to college, goes out with his friends … He is not old enough to do things with his mother! But we both have a ritual. Every week, we go to dinner at a Japanese restaurant that we like and we take off together our …

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Sandrine Quétier: “Inside” Her Life As A Mom!

The star host of TF1, including presenter of the show people “50 minutes inside” alongside Nikos Aliagas, claims his status as a normal mother, away from sequins and TV sets. She talks about her relationship with her children Lola, 11, and Gaston, 9.

How do you manage to organize between the TV sets and your children?
I do like all the moms who work: I organize myself! When it comes to using a babysitter, I do it but I try to be as much as possible for them. We do the homework together after school, I pick them up at the end of class … Sometimes, when I really can not do otherwise, I take them on …