Notes for Families
Practical guides to eating out, indoor play, birthdays and days out with small children — written by the family that built Two Sisters Play Cafe.
The Milwaukie Farmers Market With Young Children
The Sunday market is one of the better free outings locally with small children in tow. When to arrive, what to expect, and how to make…
Potty Training and Days Out
The week you start potty training is the week going anywhere becomes a project. What to pack, how to plan the route, and how to handle…
Rainy Weeks With a Toddler: Building a Rhythm
Eight months of rain is a structural problem, not a craft problem. How to build a weekly rhythm that survives a wet winter with a toddler…
The Child Who Will Not Leave Your Side
Some children walk into a room and join in. Others spend forty minutes attached to a leg. What is going on, what helps, and why the…
Birthday Invitations and Guest Lists, Without the Awkwardness
The guest list is the part parents agonise over most. How to decide who comes, what an invitation actually needs on it, and how to handle…
Why Toddlers Will Not Sit Still at Meals
A two-year-old who lasts six minutes at the table is not badly behaved. What is normal, what makes it worse, and what to do differently at…
The Overstimulated Toddler: Spotting It Early
Overstimulation looks like naughtiness and is often mistaken for it. The early signs, what actually helps in the moment, and how to structure a busy outing…
Free Things to Do With Kids in Milwaukie
Milwaukie is unusually well supplied with free places to take small children. The parks, the library, the trail and the riverfront, and how to string them…
Sharing, Snatching and Turn-Taking With Toddlers
Snatching is not a character flaw and sharing is not a skill most toddlers have yet. What is actually going on, what helps, and how to…