toddlers – Naptime Chai http://thebenroecks.com Motherhood and adventure in the PNW! Sun, 07 Mar 2021 04:43:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.10 Gift Ideas for 2-5 Year Olds /post/2018/12/17/gift-ideas-for-preschoolers/ /post/2018/12/17/gift-ideas-for-preschoolers/#comments Mon, 17 Dec 2018 11:20:43 +0000 /?p=8055 I made a wish list for the girls’ Christmas present ideas this year. Actually, I think I’m going to keep it after the holidays and continue adding to it for the new baby and also for the girls’ birthdays, and … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2018/12/17/gift-ideas-for-preschoolers/feed/ 2 Adventuring with toddlers: Camping with young kids? Try it! /post/2018/07/07/camping-with-young-kids/ /post/2018/07/07/camping-with-young-kids/#comments Sat, 07 Jul 2018 11:14:12 +0000 /?p=7956 As I previously mentioned (multiple times!) I love camping with my (toddler) girls. But I admit, it’s an intimidating thought at first. This post is mainly trying to convince you to go camping with young kids, because it probably won’t … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2018/07/07/camping-with-young-kids/feed/ 4 Group Camping! /post/2018/07/05/group-camping-with-toddlers/ /post/2018/07/05/group-camping-with-toddlers/#comments Thu, 05 Jul 2018 11:40:11 +0000 /?p=7954 Last year we went camping for the first time as a family of four. Or rather, we went camping for the first time ever with kids. (I wrote some camping advice here, if you’d like to try it with your … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2018/07/05/group-camping-with-toddlers/feed/ 6 Summertime with Toddlers! /post/2018/05/30/fred-meyer-summer-toys/ /post/2018/05/30/fred-meyer-summer-toys/#comments Wed, 30 May 2018 20:17:51 +0000 /?p=7925 Thank you Kroger and Fred Meyer for sponsoring this post! The sun is out in Seattle, no rain is in the forecast (!!), preschool gets out in a week, and our family is ready for summer! I think this summer … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2018/05/30/fred-meyer-summer-toys/feed/ 4 Visiting the tulip fields in Washington (with toddlers!) /post/2018/04/14/skagit-valley-tulip-festival/ /post/2018/04/14/skagit-valley-tulip-festival/#comments Sat, 14 Apr 2018 11:34:04 +0000 /?p=7882 The girls and I went on our annual trip to the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival today – and at least one of us had a blast! (It was me, I may have been the only one to have fun. Typical.) … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2018/04/14/skagit-valley-tulip-festival/feed/ 6 The girls are now sharing a room! /post/2018/04/04/sharing-a-room/ /post/2018/04/04/sharing-a-room/#comments Wed, 04 Apr 2018 20:19:41 +0000 /?p=7873 Well, it happened again. As Tim and I were lying in bed one morning, we saw Isabelle just walking around the hallway. Which shouldn’t happen, since she’s in a crib. Or at least she was supposed to be in a … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2018/04/04/sharing-a-room/feed/ 14 Traveling Across the Country With Toddlers (a survival story) /post/2018/03/26/plane-ride-with-toddlers/ /post/2018/03/26/plane-ride-with-toddlers/#comments Mon, 26 Mar 2018 18:08:36 +0000 /?p=7868 Well. We made it. I mean, we made it like 2 weeks ago. You could say that I’m a little behind on blogging and also that it’s taken me this long to process the chaos that was our trip. If … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2018/03/26/plane-ride-with-toddlers/feed/ 9 Toddlers + Vaccinations + Communication /post/2018/02/08/toddlers-vaccinations/ /post/2018/02/08/toddlers-vaccinations/#comments Thu, 08 Feb 2018 22:29:15 +0000 /?p=7822 One of the parental tasks that is never fun is taking kids in for vaccinations. I never know what to expect when I go in. Isabelle (21 months old) has been the easiest kid lately, and has barely even blinked … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2018/02/08/toddlers-vaccinations/feed/ 10 Sleep Challenges (with two toddlers) /post/2018/01/24/sleep-challenges-with-two/ /post/2018/01/24/sleep-challenges-with-two/#comments Wed, 24 Jan 2018 21:05:32 +0000 /?p=7798 Ohhh sleep. Wouldn’t it be nice if there was a cure-all for this? A formula that if followed would guarantee your kid would sleep through the night? I am blessed to be a part of quite a few awesome mom … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2018/01/24/sleep-challenges-with-two/feed/ 6 Toddlers + Sleep (another update) /post/2017/09/15/toddlers-sleep-update/ /post/2017/09/15/toddlers-sleep-update/#comments Fri, 15 Sep 2017 11:16:50 +0000 /?p=7627 About 1.5 months ago I wrote this update on our toddlers sleep ‘shenanigans’ and told the internet world we were going to try an earlier bedtime for our kiddos in hopes that sleeping through the night would happen. And let … Continue reading →

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