Kids & Company Blog

Food Tips for the Office – a Kidco Kitchen Blog for the Parents

Posted on: Wednesday April 9th, 2014

Posted by: Lisa Ruscica

This week my Kidco Kitchen blog is going to focus on you, the parent. Usually, these blogs are focused on your children whether it be a fun activity in the kitchen or a learning opportunity. As parents, our health and nutrition is very important as well. We need to make sure we keep ourselves active… [read more]

Preparing for the Potty Training Adventure!

Posted on: Friday April 4th, 2014

Posted by: Jackie Kardesh

 As most of you know Landon, my son, is a toddler and the question regarding when to potty train has been lingering through our household for a couple of months now. Especially with number two on the way…From what I’ve heard/read you have two choices when it comes to adding baby number two and potty… [read more]

Kidco Kitchen Activity – Food Collages!

Posted on: Wednesday April 2nd, 2014

Posted by: Lisa Ruscica

Last week, we had a very special guest at our office. Kids & Company’s Human Resource Manager’s daughter spent the day with us and actually influenced my blog for today. She was looking for a fun activity idea and decided, seeing my many interesting food magazines, that she would like to put together a food… [read more]

Sibling Harmony

Posted on: Monday March 31st, 2014

Posted by: Kids & Company

I grew up in the family of three girls where sibling rivalry was always very  prevalent. In fact as adults I would say in certain circumstances  the sibling rivalry is still there!  Being the youngest of the three I often felt the need to  be careful of what I did and said so as to… [read more]

Kidco Kitchen Challenge – In the Spirit of Nutrition Month!

Posted on: Wednesday March 26th, 2014

Posted by: Lisa Ruscica

As March, or Nutrition Month as the Dietitians of Canada call it, comes to an end, I want to promote their ideas once again (If you missed last week’s blog, take a quick look here to see the campaign Dietitians of Canada has going on for the month of March.). It is so important to… [read more]

Getting Young Children to Sleep

Posted on: Monday March 24th, 2014

Posted by: Victoria Sopik

Spring is the time when many of our families are anticipating the arrival of their second child. A very important time to ensure that child number one is a good sleeper. Tough to go from feeding a new born baby one hour and then soothing a toddler back to sleep the next. I learned the… [read more]

The Gift of a Growing Family

Posted on: Friday March 21st, 2014

Posted by: Jackie Kardesh

So this month we’re addressing growing your family and siblings…It’s fabulously appropriate for my home now because we’re only a few months away from adding another little person to our collection ourselves. Yep, that Kardeshes are growing. A baby girl is scheduled to arrive in June and we’re delighted. My sister shared this video with… [read more]

March is Nutrition Month!

Posted on: Wednesday March 19th, 2014

Posted by: Lisa Ruscica

Did you know that the Dietitians of Canada has named March the Nutrition Month? I received some great information from the Dietitians of Canada recently and thought it was important to share with my Kids & Company network. The Dietitians of Canada’s Nutrition Month is “designed to get back to the cooking basics and to… [read more]

The Arrival of Child #2 – How Not To Do It

Posted on: Friday March 14th, 2014

Posted by: Kids & Company

As this month we are discussing all things “siblings”, I just thought I would share the crazy story of how our son (Joshua) arrived into this world (and how I got to share the news to my then 2 year old daughter Jainie). So, I will preface this story by saying my wife and I… [read more]

Fun with Food and Nutrition – Mix a Fruit Salad!

Posted on: Thursday March 13th, 2014

Posted by: Lisa Ruscica

I came across the ‘Mix a Fruit Salad” game recommended for preschool-aged children while looking through a newsletter issued by our Public Health Nutritionist in Nova Scotia. While I’m not one to suggest playing with your food, I do love this fun food activity. Looking for ways to have your children play together? The whole… [read more]