Face Time With Your Baby Helps Foster...
Driving into work on Tuesday morning, I heard an interesting news report out of Florida:
Scientists have discovered that infants read lips!
This research comes from Dr. David Lewkowicz, of Florida Atlantic University. He reports that at six months of age, babies begin shifting their gaze from the eyes to the lips to learn how to imitate the s [...]
Food Allergies
My older daughter isn’t quite a finicky eater, she just doesn’t eat. Bread, Nutella®, milk, water and the occasional chicken nuggets comprise her food pyramid. Every once in awhile, she’ll throw in an apple or two for good measure.
Several months ago she began commenting with greater frequency that certain foods caused her throat to be itchy. [...]
Dunebrook Receives Grant from Horizon...
Steve Kring from Horizon Bank presents Diana Dibkey with a check for $2,500.
Michigan City, IN – January 12, 2012 – Dunebrook is pleased to announce that it has received a $2,500 Horizon Cares Charitable Grant for Community Partners.
Community Partners, an initiative of the Indiana Department of Child Services (DCS), is a short-term home vis [...]
Nurturing Family Program- New Classes...
Parents Nurture, Kids Soar!
Dunebrook’s Nurturing Family program is an educational series that offers support for families.
Topics include: effective disciplining, establishing family rules, balancing work and family & the importance of praise for children and parents.
Parents and children both attend sessions. We will start with a [...]
Offender Registry
The recent news story of the death of a 3rd grader from Fort Wayne likely sent chills down the spine of anyone who read the details. This tragedy has left family and friends devastated, and a community outraged.
At present, this case presents more questions than answers; but, one of the facts that has been revealed is the huge concentration o [...]
Family Resolutions
As New Year’s Eve approaches, you might find yourself a lot like me – thinking back to all of the unfulfilled resolutions from 2011. Eating healthy, exercising and cutting back the diet soda are just a few personal resolutions that sounded good a year ago. They sounded good the year before that, and the year before that, too. Somehow my [...]
Sledding Safety
By all accounts, it looks like it is going to be a green Christmas this year. Maybe we’ll get an unexpected jolt of Arctic air from the North Pole that will whip up a snow shower; but, as the forecast now stands, it is rather doubtful.
All of those new sleds that are unwrapped on Christmas morning are going to have to sit patiently for just a [...]
Christmas Traditions
Does your holiday tradition include wrapping presents until 4:00 am on December 25, only to be awakened at 6:00 am by bright-eyed, bushy-tailed children?
If it does, you’re a lot like me. While my husband and I try to balance all of the added responsibilities of the season – shopping, wrapping and hiding presents – amidst the responsibilities [...]
Reducing Holiday Stress
More than any other time of year, the holidays tend to demand the most patience from little ones. Whether they’re tagging along at the mall, posing for a holiday picture, or attending religious services and holiday pageants, children are expected to be quiet, compliant and still.
It is easy for us grown-ups to become frustrated when the perfe [...]
Beware…It’s Christmas.
I remember Christmas as a child in my parents’ home, chasing our cats away from the water in the Christmas tree stand. I could never understand how they were tempted by the taste of pine sap; but, my Mom warned that if the cats drank it, it could kill them.
The pine sap wasn’t our Christmas tree’s only natural weapon. My little sister used to [...]
