Category Archives: Health and Safety
Baby Mittens Help Keep your Newborn From Scratching Their Face
Does your newborn constantly have scratch marks on their face? As a mom, this used to drive me crazy because I didn’t want my beautiful babies face all scratched up. When my oldest son was a baby, I found these cute mittens that covered up his hands to keep him from scratching up his face [...]
- 04, 23, 2013
- / Category Grooming, Health and Safety, Parenting, Reviews, The First Year
- / Posted By Christy
- / 6 Comments.
Fever and Taking Your Child’s Temperature: When Should You Worry?
This morning my baby woke up with a fever and I knew that something was wrong since he just finished taking a round of antibiotics from his last illness less than two weeks ago. When I took his temperature this morning, it was 103 degree using a rectal thermometer. In the past, we have ran him to [...]
- 01, 24, 2013
- / Category Health and Safety, Parenting, The First Year, Thermometers, Toddler, Young Children
- / Posted By Christy
- / 7 Comments.
How to Make Transitioning Your Baby Into Their Own Room Easier
Many parents work very hard to decorate a nursery for their baby; however, most parents will tell you that their child didn’t sleep in his or her own room for the first few weeks. During those first few weeks most parents choose to keep the baby in their room so that they can easily check [...]
- 11, 22, 2012
- / Category Baby Monitors, Bedding, Blankets, Health and Safety, Parenting, Reviews, The First Year
- / Posted By Christy
- / 1 Comment.
How to Make Bathing Your Infant More Enjoyable?
Bathing an infant isn’t an easy task and can be an overwhelming experience. Once a baby is wet and then you add soap to the equation, an infant becomes very slippery and are hard to hang on to. Luckily, when you baby is smaller they don’t have to be bathed every day. In fact, your [...]
- 11, 16, 2012
- / Category Grooming, Health and Safety, Parenting, Reviews, The First Year
- / Posted By Christy
- / 4 Comments.
Many Parents Dread Trimming Baby’s Finger and Toe Nails – I Did
Trimming a tiny baby’s finger nails is the hardest thing that you will have to do as a parent. I know that I personally hated trimming my baby’s finger nails but it was something that I had to do so that my baby wouldn’t scratch their face all up. Their nails are soft and very [...]
- 11, 15, 2012
- / Category Grooming, Health and Safety, Parenting, Reviews, The First Year
- / Posted By Christy
- / 6 Comments.
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