I'm a mother of twins, RDA accredited Cloth Diaper Circle Leader, and an RN discussing parenting tips, green living, and products I love!
My kids love to tickle. They love BEING tickled. They love tickling each other and, well, just about anyone. The problem with toddler tickles is that they can turn into a pinch, a grab or smack in just a moment. So in order to keep the tickle related owies to a minimum we have initiated the one finger tickle!
Picture pointer finger wiggling after you while you hear “tickle, tickle TICKLE!” Sheer joy! Anyways, this single finger tickle has saved my husband and I from many a pinch. It is also much more fun to torture them with the anticipation of being tickled while wiggling a pointer finger at them!
What kind of yogurt do you give your kids? We prefer organic. We bought YoBaby yogurt (basic flavors & veggie mixes!) for quite a while. It was nice to know that I could at least guarantee they were getting a serving of veggies on their more picky days. After the kids turned 18months I got less worried about giving them whole fat yogurt. They get cheese and other fats in their diet so I switched to buying the tubs of lowfat vanilla yogurt. I puree veggies and freeze portions, or buy organic baby food to mix with this yogurt.
Why is this worthy of sharing? Well, lots of kids eat yogurt and I figured you might want to get something free for all the money you spend buying it! Stonyfield has a great rewards program. They have codes on the lids of the YoBaby products and their yogurt cups and tubs. You sign up for their program, sometimes they ask a few questions about their products, enter your codes and then get to pick free stuff! I like to get Happy Baby coupons. For something like 22 points, Stonyfield sends me 4 coupons. Two are for a free Happy Baby product and two are buy 6 pouches get one free. I like to use the free coupons for yogurt melts because they are the most expensive Happy Baby product that we buy. (We also love their puffs!) The Happy Baby food pouches come in very handy as well.
This week I got my rewards coupons just in time. My daughter was having more meltdowns than usual so I checked her mouth for owies. Sure enough, she had gotten another canker sore. Poor girl! Back to a mostly soft food diet for her. Baby food and yogurt are her best friends when she has a canker sore. I get non-citrus baby foods with veggies and fruits mixed in and mix them with her yogurt. The tough part is trying to stay away from any foods with tomato in them! Catsup is the canker sore’s arch enemy and my daughter LOVES catsup.
Anyways, if you are buying yogurt for smoothies, snack, lunch, or for yourself, get something out of it! Thanks Stonyfield!
