Alana Pace

289 posts

Contributor / When I’m not nursing cold, stale coffee, I usually can be found with the baby on my hip, barefoot, and racing after my two older kids. Thanks to a degree in psychology and a free-range childhood backing onto an expansive evergreen forest, positive parenting and play-based learning are my passions.

Society has unrealistic expectations when it comes to baby sleep. These helpful and easy tips will help gently coach your baby to sleep without the cry it out method or controlled crying. Tips are rooted in positive parenting/ attachment parenting and are research based.

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Pregnancy & Babies

Baby Sleep: Why sleep training might not work & what to do instead

When it comes to baby sleep, it seems society’s expectations are too high. Find gentle ways to encourage…

byAlana Pace

October 26, 2023

Download these awesome Rainbow activity printables and get bonus material! These activities promote fine motor skills, hand eye coordination, colour, word, and letter recognition and more!

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Kids' Play

Preschool Worksheets: Rainbow Play-Based Learning Activities

Download these awesome preschool worksheets. They are centred in play-based learning and promote fine-motor skills, word and colour…

byAlana Pace

November 13, 2023

Are you nervous about introducing a bottle to your breastfed baby? I certainly was. Find out what makes for the best baby bottles as well as how to successfully introduce a bottle to an exclusively breastfed baby. These tips are helpful, straight forward and easy to follow. #ad

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Reviews

Best Baby Bottles: A guide for the nervous mama

Nervous about introducing a breastfed baby a bottle? Find out best tips for successfully bottle feeding a breastfed…

byAlana Pace

November 14, 2023

These dice games are excellent and helpful play based learning strategies to teach numeracy (early math). Preschoolers will learn number recognition, greater than and less than, number sequencing and more!

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Kids' Play

Dice Games for Preschoolers: Fun ways to promote numeracy

These dice games are fun, engaging ways to teach preschoolers numeracy… Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. The…

byAlana Pace

November 7, 2023

These low or no prep backyard activities use household items, are great for toddlers, preschoolers, and kindergarteners. Great for play-based learning!

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Kids' Play

Low or No Prep Backyard Activities for Young Kids

The snow in our area has finally melted. Honestly, it’s as if a massive weight has been lifted…

byAlana Pace

November 10, 2023

Kids not listening? These two helpful strategies are great tips on how to get your kids to listen. Great positive parenting strategies for parents with young kids, toddlers, and preschoolers.

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Toddlers

Your Kids Will Listen if You do THIS

It’s so frustrating to repeat ourselves endlessly. These positive parenting strategies work in a way that kids will…

byAlana Pace

April 12, 2024

The number one baby sleep tip you need to know. Sleeping after just having a baby is disjointed at best, great sleep strategies for your infants including products that will sooth your child and increase the likelihood of sleep. Cetaphil baby #ad

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Pregnancy & Babies

Baby Sleep: The number one tip you need to know

There is nothing more elusive than baby sleep. New parents everywhere seem to be in a perpetual haze.…

byAlana Pace

November 7, 2023

When I looked over our basement, I felt tempted to sweep up and donate them all. Though I didn't do this, I did find balance in a new system.

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Household

Why you should donate most of your children’s toys

When I looked at the sea of toys that swept over our basement, I felt tempted to sweep them up and donate them all. While I would never do this, I did find a balance between being overrun by toys and not having any play things.

byAlana Pace

May 19, 2024