by Sophia Hamel | Feb 8, 2026 | Luminous Childcare General Blog, Parent Resources
Valentine’s Day is a great excuse to get out your craft supplies. Valentine’s Day crafts with your preschooler can be fun and easy. This holiday is all about love! And if there is anything we want to show our children, it’s how much we love them and how...
by Sophia Hamel | Jan 28, 2026 | Luminous Childcare General Blog, Parent Resources
As a working parent, it can be difficult for me to find balance – at home as a parent and partner, at work as an employee, and inside my head as an individual with a few hobbies and self-care needs.Wanting to spend time with my little one pushes a lot down the...
by Sophia Hamel | Jan 22, 2026 | Luminous Childcare General Blog, Parent Resources
As parents, we show up for our kids, and we love to celebrate them. It can be hard to know what to splurge on, though, when the price of food, gas, energy and most other things continues to rise. Birthdays are a wonderful opportunity to show our babies just how...
by Sophia Hamel | Jan 12, 2026 | Luminous Childcare General Blog, Parent Resources
Do you ever feel like your kiddo just has too many toys? And they don’t actually play with a majority of them? They could be scattered across the house, maybe half in one room and the rest in the other, or they’re all getting jumbled together during clean up and who...
by Sophia Hamel | Jan 6, 2026 | Luminous Childcare General Blog, Parent Resources
It’s a new year, and for me that means I have an opportunity to reflect on the last year of parenting my sweet little stinker. It’s a chance to highlight where I felt that I succeeded as a mom and also identify where there is room for improvement. This is by no means...
