Category: The First Year
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12 Tips to Keep Your Child Safe on the Playground
Most kids are out for the summer and parents find themselves looking for activities for them to do with their kids. Parents want to keep their kids busy and active during the summer months. As you are finding activities for the kids to do, remember that doing free things can be just as fun and…
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Swimming Pool Safety Tips to Keep You and Your Family Safe This Summer
I always loved summer time as a kid, it meant spending time at the pool and hanging out with my friends on the weekends. While I was growing up, my mom would often invest in a small wading pool for us so that we could swim in the backyard. A wading pool is a small…
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Prevent Heat Related Car Accidents This Summer
Each summer I always cringe when I hear sad stories on the new about parents or daycare workers accidentally leaving a child inside of a hot car, in some cases the child was only left alone few minutes. As a mom, I always wondered how and why these kind of things happen to an infant…
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Tips To Protect Your Family from the Sun’s Harmful Rays and Prevent Sunburns this Summer
As school is letting out for the summer, many parents begin planning activities to keep their child busy over the summer. As a working mom, your child may go to daycare. If your daycare is similar to the one my kids attended, they go on field trips throughout the summer to keep the school aged…
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Working Moms: Daycare Arrangements Need to Be Made Before Your Baby is Born
Are you planning on returning to work after your maternity leave is over? If so, you need to begin thinking about where you want your child to go to daycare at while you are at work. In fact, you need to begin your researching your options roughly five or six months ahead of time to…
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How Can I Determine if My Baby is Allergic to Formula or Dairy Products in Breast Milk?
If you read my blog post yesterday about “Does My Baby Need a Specialty Formula?“, you probably noticed that I briefly mentioned that some mom’s felt that their baby seemed to be having issues digesting the cow’s milk formula (regular formula). Allergies are on the rise and more parents are seeing that their infant possibly…
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Does My Baby Need a Specialty Formula?
Yesterday day I wrote a post called “Choosing the Right Type of Formula for Your Baby?” If you read this post, you will find out how overwhelming it can be to pick a formula for your child. Most parents start out with a cow’s milk based formula which is tolerated by most babies. Some babies…
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Choosing the Right Type of Infant Formula for Your Baby?
When I was pregnant with my each one of my children, I knew from the beginning that I was planning on breastfeeding my babies. Breastfeeding was a personal preference and I realize that not everyone wants to or can breastfeed their baby. I am the type of person who urges new mom’s to try breastfeeding…
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Why Does My Baby’s Chin Quiver Occasionally?
I was at church on Sunday and was gazing at the newest baby in our extended family. I noticed that the baby’s chin was quivering. As a seasoned mom, I knew that this was a normal and that it is caused by a baby’s immature nervous system. As a first time mom, seeing your baby’s…
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Teaching Your Toddler How to Have Good Manners: Please and Thank You
Do you want your child to be polite in public? Do you want them to say “please” and “thank you” when they are offered things? If so, it is important that you begin teaching your child how to have appropriate manners early on. In fact, the earlier you begin teaching your child the better off…