In 2016, I wanted to keep it simple and do the theme, "want, need, wear, read" for Christmas presents. But I literally have enough books to start a library for the first five years of Charlie's life. He has plenty of clothes. In fact, too many. And want/need… I had a new thought… basing their gifts on what they WANT/LIKE and support the development they need in the upcoming year.
SOMETHING I REALLY VALUE IS CHILD DEVELOPMENT THROUGH PLAY.
So with toys and books this year, I am not going to look at the most popular toy. I'm going to start with the developmental areas… see what toys/experiences that support those areas.
Notice where my kids may need more support and get the toys that can help him develop those skills! This is my third year doing this and it’s been WONDERFUL.
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I’ve been wanting to do the cane trend for a while. No better time than during a boho nursery makeover.
I think the cane makes the closet looks so in place and feminine. This room doesn’t have a closet, so now with this wardrobe, it can actually be considered a room! I only wish my closet was this cute.
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We can't just remove the hurdle when anxiety is happening. So Charlie doesn't like preschool, great, fine, you don't have to go to preschool this year or, oh you don't want to go to school, okay, fine, stay home today. So then they stay home one day and the next day they go to preschool and they're like, no, I don't want to go and so it's then a constant fight because when they're anxious one day you let them stay home. Obviously, there are situations where a child needs to stay home for whatever reason, we're not going to go into that. But more times than not when our child is anxious about something, we remove the hurdle.
"Don't remove the hurdle, teach them to jump over it." We need to help them learn the skills to jump over that hurdle and not get stuck in the content trap.
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