Change your angle of view and get closer. Get high or low and fill the frame. Especially when photographing children, great shots can be achieved with tight framing and different angles.
Join a local camera club.
Make a backup copy of your images onto a separate drive or storage media from time to time. Especially backup images that are on your camera. A local photography shop can provide a "backup to CD" service when you are traveling or you can email important images to yourself.
