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To My Most Excellent Daycare Parents
Well we have had a fantastic year at Nan’s house. I’m proud to say, all of the children who began 2011 with us are still here with the exception of our Precious Pebbles who went off to Kindy. We have also welcomed MyZay’s new baby brother who has quickly become everyone’s “little brudah”. Being the ...
Nannyde’s Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
¾ cup unsalted real butter ¾ cup Crisco 1 ½ cup granulated sugar 1 ½ cup light brown sugar 4 large eggs 1 tablespoon vanilla extract (I like Mexican vanilla) 3 cups white flour 1 cup whole wheat flour 2 teaspoons baking soda 2 cups steel cut oatmeal (real oatmeal not the quickie kind) 1 ...
The Daily Walk – Part 3
The final blog in this series is about additional safety measures to consider when doing a daily walk. After having many years of experience walking children daily we have seen some patterns emerge in the children’s behavior and some reoccurring situations while out. My staff assistant Beeka Perks helped me come up with some of ...
The Daily Walk – Part 2
Some safety suggestions: The following safety advice is mostly common sense and things most providers would know intrinsically when they have even a little experience with their own kids going out. I’m outlining these for a completely new provider so many of the suggestions may be things you already know. Load the babies in the ...
The Daily Walk – Part 1
Many years ago I decided to add a daily walk around our neighborhood to our morning schedule. We started out small by walking around our long block. We clocked it in the car and found that it was six-tenth of a mile. That took about seventeen to twenty minutes depending on the skill set and ...
Everywhere You Go – Everybody Knows
On October 27th 23 year old Hillary Adams posted a seven and a half minute video on the internet. The video, taken in 2004, shows then 44 year old Aransas County Texas Court-at-Law Judge William Adams, a Family Court Judge, striking his 16 year old daughter with a belt. The video has taken the world ...
Quality Time vs. Quantity Time
I watched an interview years ago with Barbara Walters. She was talking about her career and how she balanced it while raising her daughter Jackie. I don’t remember her exact words but she said that she regrets the not spending enough time with her daughter when she was little. She said she didn’t believe in ...
Candy For Breakfast
Candy For Breakfast The “No Cry” Way To Start Your Day It’s Fast It’s Easy and the Kids Love It! Halloween is upon us. A week from today my little spooks will be trudging around their respective neighborhoods and begging for treats. They will surely get at least a half of a felt pumpkin sack of goodies. ...
The Long Haul
For the past eighteen years I have owned and operated a successful home child care. I started out in a 1400 square foot town home with three levels. In 2001 I moved to a house nearly twice that size with my then one year old son. I’ve been thinking lately about what it means to ...
What More Will It Take? – SIDS
Sadly there is yet another report on the news about a young infant dying in child care. This time it happened in my home state of Iowa in the city of Council Bluffs. Teresa Chapin, a 37 year old Registered Provider apparently laid five month old Lane Thomas on an adult bed to sleep. According ...
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