The Mom Hour

Kids ages 6-12 can be hard to shop for, having outgrown the obvious little-kid toys but still young enough to enjoy creative play and good old fashioned fun. Meagan and Sarah offer suggestions for gift giving to big kids and tweens in this Cyber Monday Special Episode. Join us!

Gift Ideas for Big Kids & Tweens

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• Slime-Making Kit (or whatever the ‘craft du jour’ is)
• Elenco Snap Circuits SC300 Electronic Discovery Kit
• Raspberry Pi Starter Kit (small affordable computer designed to teach programming)
• Big book of weird facts, like National Geographic’s 5000 Awesome Facts (About Everything!) or Ripley’s Believe It Or Not
• Blue Recluse Non Responsive Ball Bearing YoYo by KickFire Classics
• Shrinky Dinks
• Find a BLICK art store near you, or shop for fine art supplies at Target.com
• Magazine subscriptions (ASK from Cricket Media, Ranger Rick, Highlights and High Five)
• “Big kid” journal and good pen
• Mini LED Flashlights
• Can’t go wrong with classic stuffed animals
• Classic wristwatches, like this one from Timex
• Subscription box, like this one Owen LOVED: Wonderful Objects by Wonder and Company
• Perplexus Maze Ball

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hopping for babies, toddlers, or preschoolers? Sarah and Katie sit down in a Cyber Monday Gift Guide Special to brainstorm great gift ideas for ages 0-5. We share more than 40 ideas in about that many minutes–come along for the ride!

LINKS MENTIONED:

• Baby Einstein Take Along Tunes Musical Toy
• Fisher-Price Kick & Play Piano Gym, Blue/Green
• Plan Toys 50 Unit Blocks
• Uncle Goose Classic ABC Blocks
• Alice in Wonderland: A BabyLit Colors Primer
• The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: A BabyLit Camping Primer
• The Nutcracker: A BabyLit Dancing Primer
• Fancy Nancy
• Amelia Earhart (Little People, Big Dreams)
• Coco Chanel (Little People, Big Dreams)
• Disney Minnie Mouse 12 Board Book Block Library Set
• Doinshop Animal Tails Cloth Book (Pet’s Tails)
• Board book versions of classic stories like All The World and Corduroy
• Small Gifts & Stocking Stuffers
• Girls’ Hair Bow Subscription Club from LittlePoppyCo
• Winter Wonderland LED Snowflake Spin Wand
• Melissa & Doug On the Go Water Wow! Reusable Water-Reveal Activity Pads
• Activity Centers
• LeapFrog Learn and Groove Musical Table Activity Center
• Lewo Large 8 in 1 Bead MAze Cube First Toddlers Learning Toy Wooden Activity Center
• Fisher-Price Laugh & Learn Around The Town Learning Table
• Something To Push
• Step2 Little Helper’s Shopping Cart-Pink
• Little Tykes Shopping Cart
• Baby Sit-to-Stand Learning Walker by vTech
• Something To Ride
• Radio Flyer 4-in-1 Stroll ‘N Trike
• Radio Flyer 535 My 1St Scooter Sport
• Micro Kickboard Micro Mini 3-in-1 Deluxe Kick Scooter
• Kid-Sized Furniture
• Gift Mark Child’s Colonial Rocking Chair, White
• Pottery Barn Kids Anywhere Chair
• Medium Luna Lounger Chair – Pillowfort™
• IKEA LÄTT Table & Chairs
• Make-Believe Play
• Black + Decker Junior Power Workbench Workshop with Realistic Action Lights & Sounds
• Step2 Lifestyle Custom Kitchen Playset
• Pottery Barn Kids Retro Kitchen Collection
• First Board Games
• Hi Ho Cherry-O
• Candy Land
• Zingo!
• Something For The Family
• Jj Cole Outdoor Blanket
• Radio Flyer EZ Fold 3-in-1 Wagon
• Pin Adventure Map
• Gift Membership to Zoo, Children’s Museum, or Indoor Play Place

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Routines help us move through the day as busy moms, so what can we do to instill healthy ones, change up the ones we’ve outgrown, and add meaningful rituals into our family culture? Join Meagan and Sarah as they offer tips for using routines to make your life as a mom easier and more fun–have a listen to Episode 129!

This is a continuation of our conversation from last week, which focused more on traditions, especially in times of change. You can listen to Episode 128 here.

LINKS MENTIONED:

• Routines For A Happy Mom-Life (Episode 20)
• Sarah got her idea for using Sonos alarms to prompt routines from this post by Heather at RookieMoms.com: How I use Music to Get Us to School On Time

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Meagan’s divorce has shaken up the family schedule and plans for the holidays, and both she and Sarah are interested in exploring what happens to routines, rituals, and traditions in times of major change. Join us for a look at all this and more in Episode 128 (the first in a two-part series!) of The Mom Hour!

Plus Katie Addiss joins Sarah to talk about leaky nighttime diapers, reusable baby food pouches, and the upsides to weaning. Listen all the way to the end of the show to catch Katie’s segment!

LINKS MENTIONED:

• Meagan’s dry-erase refrigerator weekly calendar
• Other episodes of The Mom Hour about holidays and traditions
• Moms Deserve A Magical Holiday, Too: The Mom Hour, Episode 30
• Your Holiday Parenting Questions, Answered: The Mom Hour, Episode 79
• WeeSprout Double Zipper Reusable Food Pouch – 6 Pack – 5 fl oz (the pouches Katie mentions)

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Are all East Coast parents uptight traditionalists grooming their kids for the Ivy League? Are all West Coast moms drinking kale smoothies while practicing yoga on a paddleboard? Of course not, but in this special episode of The Mom Hour Sarah (of the West Coast) is joined by guest co-host Margaret Ables (a New Yorker) of the What Fresh Hell podcast to embrace the stereotypes for a bit and discuss regional parenting differences we’ve observed parenting kids on opposite coasts.

This episode is part of a host-swap The Mom Hour is doing with What Fresh Hell: Laughing in the Face of Motherhood. Catch Meagan in a companion episode to this one on November 8, when she chats with WFH’s Amy Wilson about Big City vs. Small Town Parenting.

LINKS MENTIONED:

• What Fresh Hell Episode 11: Do Manners Still Matter?
• What Fresh Hell LIVE in Chappaqua, NY on December 1

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