Dr. Heather – Finger-Sucking in Preschoolers
February 19, 2009 by Dr. Heather · Leave a Comment
Dear Dr. Heather,
My daughter is five-and-a-half and starts kindergarten in the fall. Though she’s not developmentally delayed, she is a bit emotionally immature. The thing is — she’s a finger sucker (the 3 middle fingers on her right hand). It doesn’t interfere with her play, but if her hands are not busy, her fingers are in her mouth. Even when she talks, I constantly have to say, “I can’t understand you if your fingers are in your mouth.” Her 3-year-old brother is a thumb-sucker himself, so that could complicate any attempt to get her to quit.
Quite frankly, this drives me BANANAS. But I don’t want to make her quit just to soothe my own self-consciousness or aggravation. If I do try to help her quit, how? Help me, BabyShrink!
Ellen D.
Family Man® “On the Loose” By Gregory Keer
February 19, 2009 by Gregory Keer · Leave a Comment
I have a bad stomach. Some of it is due to my inability to digest dairy products and Indian food, but most of it stems from stress. Days before a deadline or hours before a public speaking appearance, my tummy plays host to a band of demonic scientists gleefully mixing chemicals to see which combination’s create the grandest explosions.
But it’s not the big anxieties that trouble me most. It’s the countless little ones that buzz around my nervous system each time I try to do my work well enough to keep my job, take a frantic trip to my kids’ schools to pick them up on time, and compose a column that keeps people from dropping off to sleep. (If you’re still awake, you might notice the perspiration beads dotting the spaces between the words on this page.)
About Glubble’s Kids Monitor (John, New York)
February 19, 2009 by Linsey · Leave a Comment
This week John from New York asks: “I like that Glubble allows me to see what websites my child has been viewing on the Internet. What are some good ways I can use that information?”
Being able to track your child’s Internet activity with Glubble’s Kids Monitor isn’t about spying on your kid. In fact, while it can give you more information on the places they might try to go, it’s best used as a tool for communication and learning.
What if we could share our most precious family memories online?
February 17, 2009 by Alexander · 2 Comments
One of the things my family often does is looking back at precious family memories. For example, my children often grab an old photo album and start looking at the photos. It starts out with one child, but within five minutes or so we are all gathering around looking at the photos again, answering questions (who is that?) and remembering great stories (Remember how granddad pulled that joke on you?). The same thing happens every once in a while when we visit grandparents or other relatives.
Sharing family memories, photos and stories. It is something we love to do. Normally we use physical photo albums to do that. And we get together to talk about it. At Glubble we were wondering if a similar experience could be possible online?
Friendly Glubble Fox
As a little tribute to our friends at Firefox, the web browser Glubble is designed for, and to our own cool Glubble Foxes we’ve created a special Friendly Glubble Fox as a free gift paper doll for you. You can download the Glubble Fox here as a PDF file.
