Looking for fun places to take a 1 year old? Check out these ideas for things to do and where to take your toddler to play, both indoors and outdoors.   "I can't wait until my baby is a little older, maybe when he turns a year old," I confessed to a coworker. "That way, I don't have to carry him around so much. He could just walk anywhere he wants!" He tilted his head and smiled as he said, "I don't know about that. Things actually got more complicated when my kids learned to walk because they wanted to walk everywhere! Restaurants were the worst—we could never just sit down and … [Read more...]

This list of rainy day activities for 1 year olds is the best thing to have when bad weather hits! These indoor activities will keep you both happy and sane. Here in southern California, we don't get much rain the way other parts of the country do. We even joke that a light sprinkle is enough to set Los Angelenos in a frenzy driving on the road. Still, when it does rain, we wonder what to do with the kids all day. Even now, my kids love being outside and go stir-crazy when they're cooped up indoors. You can imagine how much harder it is for the 1 year old stage, when you can't exactly … [Read more...]