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Sep 23, 20233 min read
Easy Nutella Pops Made With Three Ingredients To Make With Grandchildren, Beginning with Toddlers
This Grandma always checks whether I have written a previous blog post on a topic before I write a new post on a topic. I am always on a...
Jul 29, 20235 min read
Reading and Writing Cursive May No Longer be Taught to Our Grandchildren: An Easy Three Step Process For Grandparents to Teach Grandchildren How to Create A Cursive Signature of Their Own
When this Grandma was a child, I remember hearing about how some would mark their signature with an X because they could not read or...
May 27, 20235 min read
Ten of the Best Creative and Useful Gifts From Grandparents For New Parents Up To Parents of Toddler
This Grandma always says that when I was a mother it was really the dark ages, we knew little and had little access to information other...
Jan 15, 20234 min read
New Technology gives us a Self Driving Stroller If You Want To Spend As Much as We Boomers Spent on Our First Cars and After A Serious Look Arguably is Justified in 2023
When my father used to tell my brother and me that he bought a loaf of rye bread for a nickel, and we had to buy a loaf of rye bread for...
Dec 24, 20214 min read
The Children’s Song “Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes. . . “ Brings us To Three Important Tips For Boomer Grandparents’ “Eyes, Ears, Mouth, And Nose.”
Grandma loves the exercise and movement song to sing with grandchildren from toddlers to older than you would expect: Head, shoulders,...
Sep 4, 20214 min read
Six Studies That Give Useful Tips On Stimulation, Brain and Vocabulary Development in Babies and Toddlers
This Grandma has collected Science Daily reported Baby Studies for over a decade. Here are six of the best that include easy to...
May 13, 20213 min read
Four 2021 Best Inexpensive Gadgets For Feeding Toddlers and Preschoolers That Are Perfect Baby Shower, First Birthday, and Visit Gifts That Parents Will Appreciate
We grandparents, (AV) after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine, are planning multiple trips to visit grandchildren. We Florida grandparents...
Jan 23, 20215 min read
Grandma’s List of Five Best and Five Worst Toddler Toys and Gifts
After six grandchildren and many toddler gifts, this Grandma has listened to her daughters and daughter-in-law rave and complain about...
Jun 10, 20205 min read
Grandma’s List of Five Best and Five Worst Toddler Toys and Gifts
After six grandchildren and many toddler gifts, this Grandma has listened to her daughters and daughter-in-law rave and complain about...
Apr 15, 20205 min read
Best 2020 Baby, Toddler, and Young Grandchild Gifts for Quarantined Parents and Parents-to-be
Researching for this blog post, this Grandma came across the most interesting brand new potty. Yes, with two grandsons now over age two,...
Jan 22, 20206 min read
The Terrible Twos From This The Terrible Twos From This Grandma’s perspective and SEVEN TIPS THAT WORK for the Sanity of Grandma and the Safety of Our Precious “TWOISH” Grandchildren
I nearly drowned the last visit with our youngest grandchild, nearly overwhelmed as our precious youngest grandson, 21 months old, began...
Dec 11, 20194 min read
How To Select the Best Award Winning Toys For All Ages For Holidays 2019
Even our toddler grandchildren crave electronics. Our youngest grandson, only nineteen months old, can manipulate the I Phone during...
Nov 20, 20194 min read
If You Have A Toddler Grandchild, Baby Shark Has Already Invaded Your Brain, and Will Add To Your Ho
On our last visit to our youngest grandchild, a toddler, his eight year old brother was humming a tune we grandparents were not familiar...
Nov 1, 20185 min read
The Lessons This Grandma learned from Watching Parents Walk With and Engage Their Babies, Toddlers,
Spending a month in Manhattan’s Upper East Side, I was surprised to see so many strollers and so few tourists. This is clearly New York...
Oct 25, 20183 min read
Quality and Reasonably Priced Plastic American Made Toys Are A Hit To Buy And Put Away For Special Gifts and Holiday Presents
A long (we never say old) dear friend called for advice about toys for her grandson and the third child in a family. It is always a...
Jun 6, 20182 min read
New Baby Clothing Made With Magnet Closures Make Middle of the Night Changes A Breeze
Onesie footies are always the key for newborn and baby dress, although this grandma does love the gowns. Our daughter in law and son,...
Mar 6, 20183 min read
Two Best Baked Apple Recipes With No Added Sugar For Toddlers To Adults
We know sugar is our enemy. As a post menopausal woman, I was advised that my body could not process sugar but could process fat, and...
Oct 3, 20175 min read
The Best New Baby Gear Recommendations From Parents Who Just Had Their Third Baby in less Than Five Years
Sometimes the best advice grandma can give on research as to what gear is needed for a new baby is to recommend that the parents-to-be...
May 26, 20174 min read
Best Outdoor Toys for Grandchildren Of All Ages That Make Great Visit Presents
The weather up north is thawing and it is the best time for Florida grandparents to visit the grandchildren at their home. I want to...
Dec 19, 20165 min read
The Best Headphones to Protect Hearing As A Gift For Toddler to Preteen Grandchildren Rather than Be
Headphones are a great gift item for grandchildren at any time of the year. We grandparents know how it is sitting in a car with...
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