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Finger-paint decor: Kids’ art adds personal touch

By MELISSA KOSSLER DUTTON Associated Press

It’s a conundrum many parents face: what to do with the steady flow of drawings, paintings, collages and more that children bring home from school and camp?

Which are the keepers and — besides sticking them up on the refrigerator with magnets — how can you display them creatively?

“They caught me throwing some away, and they were not happy about it,” Mandy Rose of Carterville, Ill., said of her three children.

Rose, who loves to decorate her house and writes about it at houseofroseblog.com, decided to combine some of her kids’ work with professional pieces and family photos in a montage on her dining room wall. She even commissioned one of the kids to create a finger painting for an eye-catching frame she had bought.

“People always ask, ‘Did your kids make that?’” she said. “It’s a real conversation starter.”

Children’s art absolutely has a place in home décor and can add a welcome personal touch, said Esther Sadowsky, owner of Charm & Whimsy, an interior design firm in Jersey City, N.J. “Sometimes my jaw drops when I see the work of my customers’ children,” she said. “Children’s art displayed in a house — it’s a home then.”

Like Rose, she suggests displaying kids’ works in art groupings.

She often lays out the pieces on the floor so she and her client can visualize how they fit together.

“You can make a beautiful arrangement,” said Sadowsky, who has a painting she made as a 12-year-old hanging in her own living room.

Rose laid out the items for her “gallery wall” on the floor as well.

She snapped photos of various arrangements so she could compare them, and went through her house to find frames in the same color palette to create cohesion in the grouping.

Sadowsky has sent parents to big box stores or craft stores to buy

inexpensive frames. It’s possible to find frames with precut mats for a more professional look. Do-ityourselfers also can use construction paper or foam core to create mats for artwork, she said.

In her children’s playroom, Rose strung wire between two hooks and allows the kids to pick and choose what they want to hang up.

The setup allows them to highlight favorite paintings and projects until they make something they like better.

Finding a temporary place like that to display work makes sense, agreed Jeffry Cudlin, a professor of curatorial studies and practice at Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore. He routinely highlights the work of his 4-year-old son, Miles, at home to show him that the family values handmade art.

Cudlin uses binder clips to hang Miles’ art in an ornate frame that usually hangs in his dining room; the clips mean he can rotate different pieces through the frame for an ever-changing display.

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He also finds that he appreciates many of his son’s drawings more after he asks questions about them.

The art provides insights into how the preschooler views the world, and helps preserve his thoughts, Cudlin said.

“His way of thinking about things — the way he experiences the world — you’re not going to get that back,” he said.

Cali Sanker, education coordinator of the Ohio State University Urban Arts Space in Columbus, recommends saving a child’s pieces from various ages to create an artistic record of his or her growth.

“It is not only a special way to reminisce about your child’s younger years, but a special way of embracing how much they have grown,” she said.

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three weeks, are classified as having colic. “Colic” is a term, not a specific disease, and there are no long-term health effects.

Parents often find that colic arrives when a baby is two or three weeks old, according to Baby Center.

The American Academy of Pediatrics said it is quite common for episodes of colic to occur between 6 p.m. and midnight, right when parents are looking to wind down themselves.

Roughly one-fifth of all babies will develop colic.

Colic may be blamed on gas or sensitivity to milk protein in formula or breastmilk. But colic often occurs because the child’s nervous system is immature and the baby is unusually sensitive to outside stimulation. The infant cannot self-console, and it could take several weeks or months for him or her to grow accustomed

to outside stimuli.

Distraught parents may think there’s no end in sight when facing an infant with colic. But many cases of colic resolve by the time the child is three or four months old. In extreme conditions, colic may last until the child is six months old.

Parents who suspect their child has colic should first rule out any other medical conditions, such as acid reflux, hernia or another illness. If the child is otherwise healthy, one or more of these methods may help soothe a colicky baby.

• If you suspect gas, gasrelief medications can be administered under the advisement of a pediatrician. Probiotics also may help maintain a natural balance of good bacteria in a baby’s digestive tract.

• Hold the baby as upright as possible during feedings and burp him or her often.

• Avoid potential

allergy-inducing foods if you are breastfeeding.

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• Some children like to be held closely and comforted. When you cannot

hold your baby, try swaddling.

• Rocking motions or riding in the car can soothe some children.

• A warm bath may help calm a crying baby.

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Avoid an accident with poison prevention at home (BPT) — Nearly 1 million children under the age of 5 are exposed to potentially poisonous medications and household chemicals every year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And more than 60,000 young children end up in the emergency room each year from wrongly ingesting medications.

It’s not only parents who need to be aware of the risks; many of these incidents occur outside of a child’s home. In fact, in 23 percent of the cases in which a child under age 5 mistakenly ingested an oral prescription drug, the medication belonged to someone who did not live with the child, such as an elderly relative or grandparent.

Medications can be poisonous, too

and attractive to children and can be mistaken for candy. For example, Tums look like SweeTarts, and Advil and Ecotrin resemble Skittles or M&M’s. Parents should not encourage children to take their medication by comparing it to candy, as this may lead to improper use.

Lock it up: Don’t leave your next dose out on the counter where a child can reach it. Tightly secure caps and lock up all medications and vitamins in a cool, dry place. Keep medications in their original labeled containers so if there is an emergency, you can tell medical personnel exactly what the child ingested.

Do not share: Be sure to remind children that they should never share their medications. When playing “doctor,” friends and younger siblings of those taking a medication are often the recipients, leading to an accidental poisoning. This is an important message for teens, too, as this behavior often leads to prescription-drug abuse.

Parents know to keep household cleaners and other chemicals out of the reach of children, but should also be cautious about prescriptions, overthe-counter medications and vitamins.

There is no better time than now, during Poison Prevention Week, to learn more about preventing accidental and unintentional poisonings. Here are some important tips you can share with family and friends.

Be cautious of colors: Medications are colorful

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Know the signs: Reactions to ingested medications or household products may vary. Look for signs such as vomiting, drowsiness and any residue odor on the child’s mouth and teeth. But know that some products cause no immediate symptoms, so if you suspect that your child has ingested a potentially hazardous substance, call the poison hotline immediately.

Keep calm: It’s important to remain calm so you can effectively communicate

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No matter what is stored in the trunk, a driver’s most precious cargo is his or her passengers. Never is that more apparent than when children are on board.

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Some tips on parenting two kids under 2

NEW YORK (AP) — Monaco has royal parents of newborn twins, and Britain’s Kate and William will soon have a second little prince, but will parenting two kids under 2 be a soul-draining, tear-inducing experience for them like it sometimes is for the rest of us?

Unlikely, but their cushy highnesses aren’t completely immune.

Regression and rivalry may rear in older siblings, even royals, as they’re expected to be big boys or girls when still babies themselves. Even with plenty of extra hands, bringing home baby No. 2 can be more mega-disruption than bundle of joy to the comforting routine of baby No. 1.

And logistics, of the nonroyal variety, can play out like you’re trapped inside a Rube Goldberg machine.

“The very first time I tried to leave the house alone with the two boys my youngest was 5 weeks old.

It literally took me an hour and 20 minutes,” said Sarah McNish in San Jose, Calif. “I had a moment of, ‘I’m done.

What did I do?”

McNish, whose kids are now 8 months and nearly 3, persevered with a plan of attack that began before her second delivery.

Prince George will be about 19 months old when the Duchess of Cambridge’s due date rolls around next month.

“Most of us are not like the royals. We don’t have someone to hand the baby to. They have all of the help that they need. For most families, if you’re lucky enough to have two parents, one of them is off earning a living, and maybe both of you are off earning a living after a few months,” said clinical psychologist Laura Markham, whose book Peaceful Parent, Happy Siblings: How to Stop the Fighting and Raise Friends for Life will be released in May

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considers herself a highly structured, organized person who likes to follow a schedule.

“If you are the same, get over it because no two days will be the same and that’s OK,” she said. “A routine will develop, but it might be a year or so.”

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This July 2014, photo shows Britain's Prince William (right) and Kate Duchess of Cambridge with Prince George during a visit to a London museum.

Children closer in age do have a tougher transition, according to research, “but there’s a silver lining, too, because they can become very close,” Markham said. “Don’t expect things to be perfect. If you have two under 2 you have to start from the premise that you’re in a marathon and you can’t meet all their needs all the time.”

Other tips from the two under 2 parenting trenches:

MOMMY’S GROWING TUMMY

Pregnancy is hard to hide once mom’s belly swells, but there’s no one school of thought on when to introduce the idea that a sibling is on the way, Markham said.

Some parents wait until after the first trimester and that major risk for miscarriage. Others fret their oldest won’t understand when mom is too nauseous and too exhausted to play in the early weeks before she’s showing. Whatever you decide, Markham suggests reading books with your child about siblings a month or so before breaking the news.

If the big announcement doesn’t bring about lightness and joy in your oldest, validate, validate, validate by saying things like:

“Babies do need a lot of love and care. But you are my only Joshua,” Markham suggested.

Avoid the implication that Joshua is “a big boy now,” dwelling instead on how he will be the “big brother.”

McNish and her husband decided to bring big brother Sawyer along on ultrasounds. “We shared with him that the baby was a boy and that the baby’s name was Sutton before he was born,” she said.

BRINGING BABY HOME

While McNish and her husband did a lot to get Sawyer comfortable with the sibling idea before birth, having the real thing home proved to be another matter.

“He came to the hospital the day we came home and he was looking at the baby like, ‘What is this thing? I don’t know what it is.”

That’s where extra attention from dad and grandparents came in handy, she said.

McNish signed up her husband and oldest son for a daily swim class the first month for quality time away from the baby.

Susie Hayne in Cameron Park, Calif., has a 14-monthold son and a daughter who will be 3 in June. She

If you plan to nurse and your older child has become the Velcro-sibling, put together an activity box and keep it fresh with things to do as you nurse. Nursing, or even pumping and putting breast milk aside in bottles, might reawaken your older child’s interest. McNish said that’s what happened at her house and they went with it, allowing Sawyer to drink pumped breast milk when he wanted.

She pumped so she could hand the baby off to her husband. Switching up which parent is with which child is important, Markham said, so both kids feel they’re getting time with each adult.

Markham said tandem breast-feeding works for some families to foster a close relationship between siblings close in age.

“When you sit down to nurse the baby, your toddler looks at you doing that and feels the same way you might feel if you watched your husband walk into a bedroom with another woman,” she said.

TWO IN DIAPERS, SLEEPING ARRANGEMENTS

“They never pooped together,” McNish laughed, and her older son lost interest in potty training once his brother came along.

“I believe Sawyer would be further along at this point if I didn’t have the baby so soon after Sawyer but I don’t push because clearly he needs time and is being influenced by having a baby in the house,” she said.

The family moved into a new house about six weeks

before the baby was born.

McNish and her husband didn’t want to shuttle Sawyer off to a new room so soon after so they let him sleep in a portable crib in their room as the baby slept in the room in a bassinet.

“That way he felt like he wasn’t being pushed out because of the baby,” she said.

Hayne suggested investing in the biggest, baddest double stroller you can find and getting both children out for walks. Chances are they’ll fall asleep at the same time that way and mom or dad can enjoy some fresh air for a while.

Diana Julian, a child sleep consultant in Helena, Mont., said parents commonly welcome their second baby by moving their older child to a toddler bed.

If the older child is under 3, consider getting a second crib rather than rushing that transition.

“Most children younger than 3 don’t understand the rules that go along with sleeping in a big girl or boy bed. This will only lead to many trying, sleepless nights for everyone,” Julian said.

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