Holidays With Special Needs Children
Holiday crowds, lights, noise, strangers, hugging, change in routine, and some chaos. This is a recipe for stress and sensory overload during the holidays with special needs children. As parents, we need to be flexible with our definition of what a holiday should look...
Support Your Child’s Sleep With These Nutrition Steps
Note to Readers: My son’s food and environmental allergies wreaked havoc on his ability to fall asleep and stay asleep. Many nights were disrupted by hives, stuffy nose, and coughing. We eliminated many offending foods and used vitamins and minerals designed to soothe...
Soothing An Anxious Child
Note to Readers: Aligning ourselves to be in a position to understand, embrace, and help an anxious child is a new parenting duty. It is a new concept for many of us to realize that children do feel stress and it is as damaging to them as it is to us. I think the way...
