Fear of not alarming or offending another parent causes you to restrict what children
do on playdates for fear of alienating the other parent.
Not exact matches
To help us make each day feel a bit more routine for our nugget, started
doing a little morning game plan for the day, based
on the location of our favorite pilot, my work / play schedule, and rotating errands,
playdates and such.
I now realize every toddler
does not sleep as soundly as Julian, who could be carried into a
playdate if he had fallen asleep in the car, plopped
on the host's couch, and be jumped
on by his excited little friend, and sleep through the whole thing.
What
do kinds talk about
on a
playdate anyway?
While it's important to keep an eye
on everything the children
do during the
playdate, don't jump in at the first sign of trouble.
I want to have
playdates, get more involved in their preschools, meet up with other moms, take the kids to cool places like we
did on Wednesdays all summer, explore their world with them every day.
I also
do well
on Thursdays when I can have a
playdate and have other moms around to chat with as well as help herd the little darlings.
Babies who like routine and follow predictable patterns — that's most babies — but who don't get rattled if
on occasion a morning nap happens
on the way to the store rather than in the crib or when a
playdate runs 20 minutes into the usual nap time.
I drop my child off at
playdates with the protocol of what to
do if he seems to have eaten a peanut, with an epinephrine auto - injector and with instructions
on how to use it.
I'll be a guest over
on Simply Lulu Style tomorrow, and co-hosting a giveaway with her, as well as hosting a 2nd giveaway here
on Playdates + Pearls, so you definitely don't want to miss those.
Hilary's style has definitely improved — she doesn't look like a child
on a
playdate anymore, and she's beginning to experiment and take risks in her clothing choices!
I guess I lied we
do have a
playdate on Saturday evening but other then that we're going to be at home getting more settled and playing with our girls.
It also lets you activate or deactivate the activities you want your dog to
do on the date, for example, if you're not looking for love yet and simply want a
playdate or dog walk date.
If your children are going
on a
playdate to a friend's house, remind them of your «dog rules» every time you drop them off, even if your friends don't have a dog.
We are planning to work
on walking past some other dogs he hasn't seen before outside
on - leash over the next few sessions, as well as
doing controlled introductions with some possible
playdate friends in his neighborhood sometime soon.
It might even lead to less Easter - Island - statue - like behaviour by Sprog 1 around her peers, while Sprog 2 may learn to be less bossy
on playdates so kids feel less intimidated about returning... as for me, I'm hoping to develop friendships — and not just with the school mums — that aren't just squeezed into a 2 - 3 hour catch - up every six months or so, or don't rely
on telling crazy stories to win people's hearts.
We use homemade advent calendars and put slips in each night for our boys, either having them go
on a Scavenger Hunt in the house for a surprise, a surprise outing (
playdate, bowling, etc.), or other fun events we
do as a family (driving to see lights, dinner out, making cookies, etc.).