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Holiday Packages, Bows and Baby

Including Baby in the Holiday Festivities

By Gina Roberts-Grey

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If your toddler is set on unwrapping gifts faster than you can wrap them, consider occupying his busy hands with the chance to create some original wrapping paper. Using a roll of brown or white shipping paper, your tot can use washable markers, paints or crayons to create paper that his grandparents and family members will certainly treasure.

Holiday Dining
Anyone who was once relinquished to eating countless holiday meals at the "kids' table" can appreciate the opportunity to be a part of an adult meal. Sliding your child up to the holiday dinner table is an easy way to keep him involved in your family's conversations, activities and traditions. By placing Baby at the end or corner of a table that is out of the path of fellow hungry diners, he will enjoy a little breathing room and the chance to be near you.

The unique aromas and textures of holiday fare are not always appealing to young children. Introduce small bites of your family's food customs to further make your child a part of the meal. Even if he's not interested in the food traditionally served for your holiday feast, your child can snack on finger foods you've tucked into a diaper bag or graze on a few child-friendly tidbits while he's listening to the chatter at your holiday table. He will feel proud and secure seated in his highchair or booster chair near his loved ones.

Family Traditions
Parents such as Anna and John Novak from Valencia, Calif., have found that beginning a new tradition centered around each of their children creates a wonderful opportunity to ensure their kids enjoy the holiday season. "Since each one of our four children was born in a different state, maintaining holiday traditions seemed difficult," Anna Novak says. Wanting to promote traditions from both of their families and to begin a new tradition for their children to cherish, the Novak's decided they would celebrate their family members' birthplaces.

"When our oldest son was born, we selected a few nights in between Thanksgiving and Christmas to eat favorite meals from each of our birth towns," says Anna Novak, originally from Minnesota. "It's a great way to introduce the kids to the cities and regions where each of us is from," adds John Novak, who was born in Nova Scotia. The couple's approach is one you can incorporate with your young children and all the members of your family.


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