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A Look Back at A Year of Infant Activities

Allison McDonald — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 07:08:11 +0000

My baby girl turns 1 today and I am in shock that it’s already been a year. As any parent feels it’s hard to imagine what reality was before this little book ripping, happy squealing , grape eating mama’s girl was here. So today’s post is devoted to all the infant activities we did this […]

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Shamrock Shakers – Discovery Bottles

Allison McDonald — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 08:05:20 +0000

I love including my son in making something fun and useful for his sister. These discovery bottles are a fun way of using a holiday theme and give your infant something fun to play with, too. Remember, with infants all activities and projects are intended for use with direct supervision. Also, only you know what […]

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Baby Block Painting

Allison McDonald — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 08:36:59 +0000

Painting with an infant is messy. I don’t like using paint brushes with tiny kids because paint flings everywhere, they look like spoons so they tend to go straight in the mouth and even ones with thicker handles are hard for little hands. Instead using easy to wash plastic toys like these blocks are a […]

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Board Books – Not Just For Teething

Allison McDonald — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 08:09:27 +0000

My daughter loves going to the library with my son and me . She sits happily in front of me while I crane my neck to the side and find books that I could use in a post, or the lone fire truck book we’ve never borrowed before. But her favorite part by far is […]

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Baby’s 1st Finger Painting

Allison McDonald — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 08:07:10 +0000

Infant activities are tough to come by, but this was a hit and will be used again in our house for sure. When introducing your tiniest artist to colors and textures a great and safe way to do it is to use purees. No ingredients to worry about just plain veggie or fruit purees that […]

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