Kids VT, March 2012
The Doctor Is In — and Listening — at Fletcher Allen’s Pediatric Immigrant Clinic; Movies Boys Will Love; Great Aprés-Ski Eats; Five Cool Specialty Camps; Hip-Hop Classes for Kids
The Health Department
My small family spent this past New Year’s Eve in the hospital. Actually, my husband let me go home that night — we were taking…
What’s the current thinking on vitamin supplements for children?
Wheel your race-car grocery cart down the vitamin aisle these days, and you’re confronted with a dizzying array of supplements: A, B complex, calcium, iron,…
The Art Of… Hip-Hop
The Urban Dance Complex in Williston is thumping on a Wednesday night. Fluorescent lights buzz over “graffiti”-covered walls, and the unmistakable voice of Rihanna undulates…
Wee Leprechauns
What can I say? Toilet-paper tubes speak to me. There’s a lot you can do with this free cardboard: Two tubes can make binoculars; fill…
It’s a Snowshoe-In
Snowshoeing is a favorite cold-weather workout for me and my husband, and we want our 1-year-old, Celia, to love it, too. The world’s easiest winter…
What bad parenting habits have you developed that you wish you could shake?
Ron Hunt provider liaison at Fletcher Allen Health Care Children: daughter, Julia, 6; son, Danny, 4 Junk food and staying up late are habits that…
Chili Challenge
My 4-year-old daughter has sensitivities to gluten, eggs and sugar, so putting a family meal together often feels like an Iron Chef challenge. When I…
Book Review: ZooZical
Librarian: Sarah Lawton, youth services librarian at the Ilsley Public Library in Middlebury Book: ZooZical, written by Judy Sierra and illustrated by Marc Brown Age…
The Family Table
After skiing, when the boots, poles, helmets, jackets, gloves and kids are finally loaded into the car, I barely have the energy to drive home…
First-Timers
First birthdays are momentous. I’ve thrown three, one for each of my girls. The first was a gigantic party for which I made everything myself,…
