Greetings from the new Editor of the Early Childhood site at BellaOnline.com. I just began training for this site at the beginning of July and am beyond excited to be serving parents (and caregivers or educators) of children birth - 12 years. I also write the Breastfeeding Site here at BellaOnline (since October 2007), so feel free to visit me over at http://breastfeeding.bellaonline.com as well. You can learn more about me at http://www.bellaonline.com/about/earlychildhood -- and you can also drop me a line through the contact option at the bottom to say hello!

I must admit I am a little overwhelmed by the vast possibilities of what there is to write about in this topic! So I'd love to have your feedback -- as a current subscriber, what have been your favorite articles and discussion topics on the site so far, *and* what new topics or articles would be most useful to you? I want to know -- please take a moment to either reply to this message and say hi, or post to the topic I will be starting in the Early Childhood forum.

In the meantime -- to get started I have posted two articles sharing tips and insight from recent experiences with my 5 1/2 year old.

Your Child's First Dental Visit
Planning your child´s first dental visit can be stressful for parents and children. Here´s some tips and ideas based to help make sure it´s a good experience for your child.

http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art57869.asp


Mother Daughter Tea Time
A visit to a tea garden or tea parlor can be a great way to spend some quality mother-daughter time for children around age 5 and up.

http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art24748.asp

Please visit earlychildhood.bellaonline.com for even more great content about Early Childhood.

To participate in free, fun online discussions, this site has a community forum all about Early Childhood - Parenting children from birth to age 12 - located here -

http://forums.bellaonline.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=postlist&Board=67

I hope to hear from you sometime soon, either in the forum or in response to this email message. I thrive on your feedback!

Have fun passing this message along to family and friends, because we all love free knowledge!

Nicki Heskin, Early Childhood Editor
http://earlychildhood.bellaonline.com

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