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Guess the Baby Food

For this game you need to purchase about 10 – 12 bottles of baby food. Make sure that you get different flavors that look the same; this is especially important if you decide to go with the taste or smell version of the game without using blindfolds. You will also need to remove the labels [...]

The Baby Shower Bingo Game

For this game you need to get the following items:

Bingo cards (these can be pre-printed with words that are associated with babies, e.g. changing table, diaper, nappies. The design of regular bingo cards can be used, so the “B” line would have only items to do with feeding, “I” to do with names etc.)
Markers [...]

Pin The Pacifier

This baby shower version of “Pin the Tail on the Donkey” is just as fun and can really bring life to a party. Anyone can join in, women, men, children, even the mom-to-be can safely take part in this game. For the game you will need to get the following beforehand:

A nice life-sized picture of [...]

Guess the Price

This fun game is a variation of the popular Price is Right Game. Before the start of the game buy between 15 and 20 different baby-related items – make sure to keep the receipts with the price.
Write down the price of each item and place it face down under each item. Make sure than none [...]

Pass the Parcel

For this fun baby shower game, which is also great for children’s parties you need to get a nice gift and wrap it in many different layers of wrapping paper. Try to wrap the gift in as many layers as the number of guest you expect at the party. Make sure that each layer of [...]

Mommies and Me Special Time

by Kimberly Hargis
Creating and making special memories with your child is very important, especially for your child’s development.
Special memories also help build a relationship with your child that will last a lifetime. Moms often do not have the money they would like to spend to do things with their children.
With that in mind, I have [...]

Children’s Birthday Party Planning: When and When Not to Have a Big Party

by Kimberly Hargis
Age 1: Invite only family members and close friends only because this birthday is more for the parents than for the child. At age 1, a child doesn’t understand the concept of “Birthday Party.” He or she is getting a lot of attention—which is all a 1-year-old wants or understands anyway. You should [...]

Games for Promoting Your Child’s Motor Development

by Rae Pica
If a child is having fun while moving, that child is far more likely to want to keep moving. What he doesn’t realize is that he’s also practicing his movement skills!
Following are activities that help promote the development of locomotor (traveling) skills:

In and Around. There’s nothing like an obstacle course to provide practice [...]

22 Discipline Ideas that Really Work

by Armin Brott
At one time or another, all parents struggle with discipline—establishing and enforcing limits, and getting their kids to speak to them respectfully and do what they’re supposed to do. But remember: discipline isn’t only about correction.
It’s also about teaching kids to control themselves and care about others so they can grow up to [...]

Get Your Toddler to Cooperate!

By Elizabeth Pantley, Author of Kid Cooperation and Perfect Parenting
Toddlers and preschoolers require finesse to gain their cooperation, because they have not yet reached the age at which they can see and understand the whole picture, so simply explaining what you want doesn’t always work. Robert Scotellaro is quoted in The Funny Side of Parenthood [...]

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