At the moment Esther and William are eating a combination of purees and finger foods. Often I will place a bowl before them of tasty morsels and encourage them to select something to try and hold for themselves as they … Continue reading
Back in February I wrote a review of Meghan Regan-Loomis’ book ‘Juggling Twins’. I bought it too late for me to make the most of the advice she provides for the early days with twins and I wanted to highlight … Continue reading
Weaning Esther and William was always going to be a bit different, because there are two of them but also because of their prematurity. With premature babies teeth and tummies develop according to actual age but everything else is by … Continue reading
Over the next few weeks I am going to be writing a series of posts about weanng twins based on my experiences with Esther and William. I am hoping to revew a range of baby foods, test out meal planning, … Continue reading
When we first looked at these Fisher Price Precious Planet Newborn to Toddler Rockers I thought that £65 each was quite expensive. We thought initially that we might buy one chair for Esther and William to share but I am … Continue reading
Today we are packing away our bouncy chair as Esther and William have finally grown out of their first ever seat! The Fisher Price Precious Planet Baby Bouncer Chair actually holds babies until they are 20lbs but Esther and William … Continue reading
Here in the ESTWILL household we love our Bumbo seats! Esther and William have a Bumbo each that we use in so many different ways and in so many different places! A Bumbo makes a great first weaning chair. It … Continue reading
From September 2010 to March 2011 every day for us was a rainy day. Esther and William, born 3 months too soon, are classed as having Chronic Lung Disease because of their early dependence on oxygen therapy and so we … Continue reading
Zu3D – Learning Through Play in the Early Years
For this month’s Tots 100 Blog Hop I am submitting the post above. It tells how animation and Zu3D software in particular can be used throughout the early years curriculum to encourage and enhance learning through play. Animation can be seen as digital role play for children of all ages and is a great way of using technology with small children. It is easy to do at home as well as at school. It fosters sharing, team work, speaking and listening skills.
This month’s Tots 100 Blog Hop is being sponsored by MEGA Bloks. These kits would make great animation models providing children with characters and props for their stories and even plot ideas.
To find more ideas to help children learn through play, hop on over to Tots 100 to read the other entries in this month’s Blog Hop.
And please don’t forget to read the post I have chosen to submit this month:
About a week ago I posted about amber anklets for teething. Amber Pumpkin kindly sent me an anklet for each of the twins to see if it would ease their teething troubles.
I have to say that I was keen to try them after a few terrible days and interrupted nights through two very unsettled babes.
I decided to try the anklet on William first and I have to say that after just one day his symptoms did seem to improve. He was much more settled and a generally happier baby but he was also dribbling less, not chewing so many fingers or so often. He seemed to be improved. Importantly he seems to be feeding much better and eating more solid food. I have not changed anything else, apart from the wearing of the anklet. Since this started I have used no calpol or powders on William, none at all. I cannot say for sure that any of this is down to the wearing of the amber but I can promise that it is the only thing that I changed.
Esther, who did not have an anklet on, continued to chew and dribble as before. I am going to put her anklet on tomorrow to see if it will have a similar positive effect for her.
Neither baby yet has any teeth so I think we still have many teething times ahead I am going to keep using the anklets and hope that they continue to work their magic.
For more information about the anklets you can visit the Amber Pumpkin website or read back through my previous post Twin Teethers.
