5 Tips for Preventing Nightmares

October 31, 2012 by  
Filed under Guest Posts, Kiddos, School Age, Teens, Tips, Toddlers, Tweens





To celebrate the Halloween holiday today, I’m sharing part two of our Kids and Nightmares series. Yesterday, Dr. Tom Jackson shared tips on managing nightmares once they’re under way. But is there anything you can do as a parent to prevent them from happening in the first place? Turns out there certainly is! Read on… [...]

5 Tips for Managing Nightmares

October 30, 2012 by  
Filed under From Erin, Kiddos, School Age, Teens, Tips, Toddlers, Tweens





As parents, we deal with lots of overnight fun. From wakeful nights to overnight tantrums to our kiddo’s nightmares, the wee hours can include lots of good times. With all of the scary ghosts and goblins that are out and about during the week of Halloween, we thought it would be a good idea to [...]

Survey Says: Halloween is for the Young at Heart

October 19, 2012 by  
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My first Halloween in New Jersey, I found it incredibly odd that kids started trick-or-treating right after school. Sure, it’s safer to do in the daylight, but in the Midwest, we always waited until it was just dark enough to get out there knocking on doors and procuring our candy. Now that my daughter is [...]

Happy Halloween, and a Very Funny Video About Scaring Kids

October 31, 2011 by  
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Can I just tell you how much I love America’s Funniest Home Videos? Give me a video montage, and I’m almost guaranteed to be peeing my pants by the end of it. So I thought that since today is Halloween, I’d share this hilarious video of kiddos getting scared out of their britches. Click the [...]

Make Your Own Halloween-Themed Fruit Pops

October 24, 2011 by  
Filed under Dessert, LittleBites





It’s just a week until Halloween…do you have your healthy Halloween treats planned? If not, we have a couple of suggestions, courtesy of and inspired by Kashi! (They sent us the pops and a recipe, which we tweaked for Halloween goodness!) So grab your ice pop molds, and let’s get to making some healthy Halloween treats [...]