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31/08/2023

I have been lately thinking in more detail about this topic, because the older my daughter gets the more aware she is about the things that we say and that we promise. Therefore, I started to read about this and these have been my main take-aways 💕.

We all know how much promises mean to our kids. They're like magical commitments that light up their world! ✨ But let's talk about how we can handle promises in a way that strengthens trust and fosters healthy expectations.

🤝 1. Choose Wisely: Before making a promise, think it through. Can you realistically fulfill it? Kids are quick to remember, and we want to keep their faith intact.

🧡 2. Be Reliable: Promises are like building blocks of trust. If you promise a movie night or a trip to the park, stick to it. Consistency shows that your word holds weight.

🗣 3. Communicate: If circumstances change and you can't fulfill a promise, explain why. Open communication helps them understand that sometimes things don't go as planned.

💬 4. Manage Expectations: Teach them that promises aren't always about material things. Promise love, support, and time. These are equally valuable and leave lasting impressions.

⏳ 5. Time and Patience: Sometimes promises take time to fulfill. Use this as an opportunity to teach patience. Delayed gratification is a valuable life lesson.

🌟 6. Celebrate Promises Kept: When you fulfill a promise, celebrate it together! It reinforces the idea that commitment and trust are worth cherishing.

Remember, it's not about the quantity of promises, but the quality. Let's build a foundation of trust that will last a lifetime🌈

06/06/2023

Children's curiosity refers to their natural inclination and eagerness to explore, discover, and learn about the world around them. It is characterized by their desire to ask questions, seek new information, and engage in various activities to satisfy their thirst for knowledge.

Children's curiosity is a fundamental aspect of their cognitive development and plays a crucial role in their overall learning process. It motivates them to actively explore their environment, interact with objects and people, and make sense of the world through their own experiences.

Children's curiosity is often driven by a sense of wonder and a desire to understand the cause-and-effect relationships they observe. They constantly seek answers to their questions, often starting with simple inquiries like "Why is the sky blue?" or "How do birds fly?" As they grow, their curiosity expands to more complex subjects, and they develop critical thinking skills and problem-solving abilities in the process.

Curiosity in children promotes a range of positive outcomes. It fosters their cognitive development by stimulating their intellectual growth, enhancing their creativity, and improving their problem-solving skills. It also supports their social and emotional development, as curiosity encourages them to interact with others, build relationships, and develop empathy.

24/01/2023

Research has revealed that the first years of life of a children is a critical period for the development of the brain, as new neural connections are formed at a rapid pace. Environmental factors such as nurturing and positive interactions with caregivers can have a major impact on a baby's brain development.

These environmental factors can be divided into the following:

➰Nurture: A positive experience of nurture in early childhood includes good nutrition, a secure home environment, responsive care, and early learning opportunities. A recent report by the World Health Organisation found that children who lacked nurturing care in early childhood grew to find it difficult to relate to others, and are at risk of being in ongoing poverty cycles as an adult. However, this can be changed through early intervention, which has been shown to improve relationship skills, empathy, and wellbeing

➰Attachment : This theory was developed by John Bowlby, who found that children who had attentive caregivers developed a strong sense of security and knew that they had a base from which they are confident to grow and explore.

➰Emotional transitions: Throughout our life we go through many normal transition stages, moving, new siblings, starting a new daycare or school, or losing people. Periods of transition can be a time, where emotions are high, and children who are less able to cope with this may express their worry or upset by withdrawing from others, crying, or hurting others. Here adults can help by being a positive model of behaviour, responding to children’s needs appropriately and being warm and supportive. Clear communication and consistent routines may also be supportive during these periods.

Sources worth reading:
- https://www.who.int/teams/maternal-newborn-child-adolescent-health-and-ageing/child-health/nurturing-care
- https://www.simplypsychology.org/attachment.html
- https://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/publication/supporting-transitions-using-child-development-guide

10/01/2023

As a first-time mum, I have learnt a lot by trial and error and this picture summarizes a problem for which I found a solution that is part of our first Genius Box. Did you realize that my baby has two different mitts in the picture? Well, before we found the perfect mitts, we used to lose daily mitts and we tried many types!

When babies are born, they come to the world without control over their hands (movement is controlled by reflexes) therefore newborns may tend to unintentionally hit their faces. In addition, their fingernails grow quicker than it is the case for adults, and as such require regular trims which can be quite a terrifying job for new parents (as it was for me). For these reasons, mitts are a great solution for these first months of age.

Our innovative, super-soft baby mitts made by Goumi have an excellent closure system which avoids losing them and they have black and white patterns that support the visual development of newborns. We really love these mitts! and therefore we specially ship them to Switzerland for our Genius Boxes.

20/06/2022

Reading to your little ones is a great way to support their development and it creates a connection between the things your baby loves the most — your voice and closeness to you — and books.

Books offer language learning opportunities, the chance to bond with caregivers, and exposure to things that a child may not be able to physically see.

Here some tips on the best way to read to your babies:
* The interaction between you and your child is an important part of what makes books so educationally valuable. Reading before bed may be the perfect time to hold your baby on your lap and cuddle together while you read.
* Don't worry about reading a book start to finish. It is great if you can, but if your child wants to stop and hold or chew on the book, that is okay. That is another way infants take in information about their world.
* Point out and name pictures. Later ask your baby to find the "cow," "horse," etc., when you point to it.
* Increase the length and complexity of books as your child shows interest. By about one year of age, some babies will enjoy hearing a short book with a storyline.

You will see that the older your baby gets the most interested she/he will get in books:

Between 4–6 months: The first interest in books will appear. Your little one will grab and hold books, but will mouth, chew, and drop them as well. Choose sturdy books with bright colors and familiar, repetitive, or rhyming text.
Between 6–12 months: Your baby starts to understand that pictures represent objects, and may start to show that they like certain pictures, pages, or even entire stories better than others. Your baby will respond while you read, grabbing for the book and making sounds.
By 12 months, your little one will turn pages (with some help from you), pat or start to point to objects on a page, and repeat your sounds.
Have fun reading and creating memories together!

08/06/2022

Happy and honored to be featured in Blick Online and SonntagsBlick Print this past Sunday. Giving the right and sustainable learning toys to our little ones is important and we would like to thank all our customers for your trust and support. In our highlight section “Media” you will find the respective link to the whole reportage. Check it out!

03/05/2022

Once, someone told me; when you have kids you will learn to slow your pace and be more patience…AND…to adapt your clothings to the same as your child because walks that used to take 5 minutes will take 20 minutes. This is a vivid example on how our walks end up these days.

By letting you child discover the world on their own, you are allowing them to develop freely and on their respective pace and in line with their respective character.
Stones for instance are fascinating for little ones and are a great sensory material. Play with them collecting, sorting or even skipping. Your little one will love these activities (and some will try to eat them…so be careful and quick :))

03/05/2022

Once, someone told me; when you have kids you will learn to slow your pace and be more patience…AND…to adapt your clothings to the same as your child because walks that used to take 5 minutes will take 20 minutes. This is a vivid example on how our walks end up these days.

By letting you child discover the world on their own, you are allowing them to develop freely and on their respective pace and in line with their respective character.
Stones for instance are fascinating for little ones and are a great sensory material. Play with them collecting, sorting or even skipping. Your little one will love these activities (and some will try to eat them…so be careful and quick :))

23/04/2022

These couple of weeks we have (will be) been a bit idle because we have been traveling. A dream that is finally coming true after the pandemic.

We have been in long-haul flights, long car drives and long train trips. I summarize here some of the best tips/things that helped me to survive:

- Try to organize your trip around nap times or over night
- If driving make enough breaks and let your little one walk
- Dress in layers and try to bring shoes easy to wear
- Pack an extra pair of cloths for you and your baby
- Take low sugar snacks (pretzels, crackers, string cheese, and granola bars are good options) and enough water
- If flying and baby still drinks milk, take small single packaged boxes of milk. I pack them in separate plastic bags, because you will need to take them out at the airport security.
- Bring some nose salt water. The environment may dry your little nose
- During take-off and landing provide a milk/water bottle, a pacifier or some snacks. This helps with the ears
- Comfort item: In our case a small bunny, we use a pacifier chain to keep it safe of falling. Our Genius Box 1 includes one. Even if our little one never used a pacifier, I have a chain always with me just for traveling purposes
- Sanitizer, wipes and diapers. One diaper per hour of travel is recommended
- One portable white noise. In our case a life saver because of the naps on-the-go
- Kid-size headphones
- Smartphones and tablets loaded with your kids' favorite movies or shows
- One or two small blankets. Helps to keep warm but also may provide a bit of a darker environment when napping
- Bring multiple activities (don’t over do it,repeat that along with any other entertainment you can create along the way). Play with a plastic bottle/lid, give your little one the remote, find a willing participant to peek-a-boo or let them play with the menu/safety card
* These toys were a hit: a doll (incl. in our Box 6), montessori beads (incl. in Box 6), On-the-go puzzle discovering shapes of Banana Panda (sold in our Other Amazing toys collection), a note pad with washable markers, play-doh and some books

The key here is to get creative and keep your energy up. You will get through this.

15/03/2022

This means a lot of late night changes and A LOT of wipes! What’s even more incredible is that newborns tend to wee every 20 minutes until their little bladders start to develop.

15/03/2022

We offer curated, stage-based subscription toy boxes to support your baby's development (0 to 15 months old) so that they can learn while playing.

Our products are locally sourced and sustainability and safety are of utmost importance to us. Our Genius Boxes can be purchased as bi-monthly subscription plans or on a one-time basis.

Our Genius boxes are Montessori inspired and do come with our play guide that contains helpful insights for parents. Link in bio 🔝

15/03/2022

In this time of the year and with its strange weather like today (at least in Zurich), having some indoor activities are great to have in order to keep your toddler busy. The below listed indoor activities for toddlers are easy and need materials that you should already have on hand:

🏠 Create a necklace, toddler style!: Use a piece of string (a shoestring works well because of the hard end) and something to thread on it. Big beads would be great. But other items such as straws or large pasta noodles work too. This would be a great fine motor skill development activity.
🏠 Indoor newspaper throwing: Dig a newspaper out of the recycling bin and crumble it into the shape of a ball that can be thrown. You can add a target to the mix with this indoor toddler activity and practice counting, too. All great gross motor skill practices.
🏠 Pom Poms: Have your toddler poke pom poms through an opening in a small bottle, or cut a small hole in a container. Pom poms and other small items can be used for fine motor practice, but always be careful with small kids and watch them closely during this activity (they may want to eat the pom poms).
🏠 Put on some music and dance with scarves.
🏠 Set up towers of empty plastic containers or cups and bowl them down!
🏠 Cut a hole in the top of a tall cardboard box and drop blocks or other toys into it.
🏠 Give your toddler a spare wallet filled with old credit cards and business cards. They love to put them in and pull them out of the pockets.

Please always remember to keep an eye on your little one during some of these activities, especially if they involve the use of small materials.

Have fun!

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