Community Posts, Tips & Support on Children's Activities

We’ve booked a holiday for next month for Dubai over the new year, it’s our first holiday with little man who’s gonna be 11 months when we fly out. What do I pack, where do I start I can’t even think right now I’m already stressing over it (long story short I didn’t want to do a holiday til after 1 just for my own s...

Anyone started using crayons or washable pens or pencils with their little ones yet? I'd love to introduce him to drawing but not sure where to start!

Do y’all think it’s too soon to take my toddlers hiking with me? They are 3.5 and 5.I’m trying to be more active and I’d like to start hiking , the beginner trails ofc. I’m a sahm though and I’m with my kids literally all the time so I’m wondering if I should just take them with me.

Is anyone else’s little one obsessed with numbers and letters ? My wee boy can recognize numbers 1-10 and can count to 20 I was just wondering how else to encourage his learning if anyone else is same and can give me some tips 🫠🤣

Whats everyone doing at the weekends for Christmas activities with their little ones? My LO is 1 and so far wev only booked Magernamore and a few christmas themed sensory classes. Was even thinking of garden centers to see the lights/decorations as hes only really taking a few steps

Hello, I want to start buying Christmas presents for my little ones however I’m really struggling with my nine month old as he has a lot that I’ve been passed to him from his big brother who is two so wondering if anyone has any ideas

It's been on my mind for a while. I recently went to a playgym with my lo. Basically a little girl was playing with a toy and another, smaller child came up to play with her on the same toy. She immediately grabbed the child's hand off the toy and then continued to push the child over. No parent got involved and I d...

My hubby and I are looking to get baby girl new toys but more like learning , good for the brain type puzzles / toys . Any recommendations ?? ☺️

Hi there! Does anyone have suggestions for somewhere we could take our 9 month old to crawl around and play? She’s all the over the place and just wants to pull up on/ stand/ climb everything. Would love to find somewhere besides our basement for her to do this on weekends but most places seem geared toward toddlers...

We are flying to Disney land Paris this week at about 6am so we have to leave home to get to the airport about 3am 🫣 my little one normally sleeps 8-7/7:30 ish. I’m just wondering if anyone has some useful tips to help manage this please? Am I best just taking it all as it comes? X

We used to just hold him but that's now out of the question, he won't wear the life vest style thing we got for him and to be fair it looks bulky and uncomfortable. I've seen kids with arm bands, or those foam ring things, or arm bands plus something that clips under? Any suggestions? We were going weekly but now no...

What type of things do people do to keep their babies entertained? I’m feeling a bit deflated as I feel like we do the same things and it’s hard coming up with new things sometimes

Does anyone know of things to do with a 13 month old in and around Salford?

My boy has been going to gymnastics and swimming classes each week for a while now. Last term he started independent lessons and they were going pretty good initially, but I think the novelty has worn off and he's started really playing up for the teachers in both classes the last few weeks.  In gymnastics he scre...

What are some Christmastime traditions in your home/family? My baby is 9 months old. He's just starting to pay attention to books and crawl, so I don't expect him to be very into anything this year, but I'd like to start some things now that will be able to become annual traditions.

Good toys to bring on an airplane? My little one will be 7.5months old. I'm thinking suction cup things? She loves to throw stuff on the ground haha

My toddler loves Cocomelon dances. I would like to find some other dancing shows for her too - what would you recommend? 🙂💃

I'm about to go on my first flight with my 1.5yr old and I'm v nervous! He will be sitting on my lap and the flight is only 2 hrs BUT what does everyone do for car rides when you're in a different place? I'm bringing the car seat so we can ride Uber but.. are we all just carrying around a car seat around NYC? 🤔…

Can anyone recommend the crayons/pencils their toddler are using? Probably a daft question 🙈😂

I have two childhood friends I've been close to for years. They were bridesmaids at my wedding and I was at theirs. We talk most weeks. Both of them can't drive though, they have licenses but both anxious drivers and prefer not to. Long story short I moved away about 10 years ago so we don't see eachother much. I ...