Kids Friendly iPhone Apps for All Mommies

One of the greatest things about being an iPhone user is the ability to avoid nearly any tantrum right at your fingertips. Although you would not dream of letting your kids veg on your phone all day, you have to admit it is nice to have a distraction on long car trips or doctor visits. If you are not big on handing your preschooler your iPhone and letting them go to town on Angry Birds you may just fall in love with our fancy new list.
Below we have a great selection of neat little iPhone apps that are both fun and educational. These apps are guaranteed to allow you to sidestep a fuss without causing parental guilt.

Peek-a-boo Barn – Created specifically for toddlers; Peek-a-boo Barn is a well thought out but simple app that your child can maneuver through themselves. Once the app has started, a big red barn starts to shake while a hidden animal starts to moo, quack, meow etc. Your toddler than presses on the barn doors and reveals the animal. A child’s voice will say the animal’s name then the name will appear in the top right corner of the barn. Young toddlers will like figuring out which animals make what sound while older toddlers and preschoolers will enjoy learning to spell the animal’s name. The app also has a Spanish mode so your child can learn the animals in both languages.

Elias Zoo – Another fun animal app for toddlers! The Elias Zoo animal cards are expertly animated to attract your child’s attention. Like Peek-a-boo Barn, Elias Zoo aims to teach young children the names and faces of different animals. The Zoo cards can be sifted through in one long line and then shaken to randomize the order. This is a really fun one for toddlers, although many parents claim their preschoolers enjoy it as well.

Itsy Bitsy Spider - This adorable app created after the nursery rhyme is cleverly made to allow your child to interact with every aspect of the page. They can play peek-a-boo with a frog; help a caterpillar become a butterfly, and much more. Children follow the spider from page to page to explore the different activities such as collecting eggs, creating songs, or even just listening to classical music. The illustrations on this app are incredible-very colorful and fun. This is a definite must have for your preschooler.

Since you are brave enough to allow your child to play with your iPhone, do not forget to protect it with the iPhone Woogie—a completely kid friendly stuffed toy that keeps your iPhone safely protected from your toddlers.

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Potty Training Quick Tips

Every stage that your kids go through you thinks, “This is the cutest age!” Then they get a little older, learn new things and suddenly you will thinking that now is the cutest age—except when it comes to potty training. Potty training to your kids sometimes become an ugly affair often resulting in frustration and tears for mommies for months until something finally clicked and they got it. Sometime the problem is that moms started them way too young and kids are not ready for it. Because every child learns differently we are not going to let you make the same mistake many moms do by telling you exactly, How to toilet train your child. Instead we will just give you a few quick hints and tips that may help you get the big-kid-underwear success you are looking for.

Potty Training Books/Dolls: Some kids are hands on learners. If your child is one of them, it may help read them potty books before training. Then allow them to teach the act to a drink-and-wet potty doll. This will help them process the act and motivate them to try it themselves so they can demonstrate for their pupil.

Bribery: For some kids, bribery just works. Whether you use chocolates, a sticker chart, or dollar store toys, giving your child an instant reward for using the potty is a great motivator.

Keep Juice on hand: Even if you usually do not give your child juice, if you can break this rule just for the first few days of training, the benefits are priceless. Your child is not likely to ask for water to drink every half hour, but they would ask for their favorite sweet beverage. The more they drink, the more they need to go potty. The more they need to go potty, the more training opportunities you have.

Other Children Can Help You Too: Whether older or younger, your other kids are a great tool in potty training. If you are using bribes, do not forget to reward your older children for using the potty too. Positive reinforcement works even when your child sees someone else getting the reward. Also, younger diapered siblings can be beneficial. Start applauding the baby for going on the potty.

Go Child Size: Kids like things their size and “just for them”. It is more fun (and sometimes more convenient) to use a child’s portable potty, special child wet wipes, character foamy soaps, or colorful step stools up to the regular potty.

Try the Schedule: Ask every 20 minutes if they need to go. Or if they will let you, just take them to go. Better yet, get them a potty watch that reminds them to go at set intervals.

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