There are many milestone events in a child’s life. From your baby’s first smile and first steps to the introduction of solid foods and more, there are many treasured events that you happily document in photos as well as in your little one’s baby book. Perhaps the most significant milestone in a child’s early years,…
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Tackling the challenges of learning around your kids
Tackling the challenges of learning around your kids Education is a lifelong process that doesn’t stop after high school or college. Opportunities for learning are always available, adding value to everything that has been learned before. Passing an exam and getting a diploma or certificate is gratifying, and can certainly lead to improved opportunities for…
Your Baby’s Growth During the First Year
Are you observing your child carefully to make sure that they are growing as they should during the first year? When should they be attempting to roll over, or talk, or walk? Is your baby ahead of schedule or behind? Your acquaintances and relatives will be looking for progress reports on your baby, so be…
Boogie Board LCD eWriter Review and Sweeps!
by Meridith What a cool treat we got when Improv Electronics sent us their Boogie Board 8.5 LCD eWriter to review. It was like Christmas morning when it arrived and my daughter ripped open the box. So, what is the Boogie Board 8.5 LCD eWriter? According to the website: “The original Boogie Board LCD eWriter…
Wikki Stix is giving away Trick or Treat Paks to 5 Winners
I love seeing alternatives to sugar and junkfood on Halloween, but the kids usually want something associated with the season. I think we may have found the perfect mix! Takingtimeformommy has teamed up with DenSchool to giveaway Wikki Stix Trick or Treat Paks to FIVE lucky winners! This great prize includes 50 individually packaged Halloween…
Huggies Easy On Easy Off Challenge
My girls were SOOO swirmy. It was exercise just to change their diapers but guess what? Diapers have gotten easier! Huggies® Slip-On® Diapers were made with squirmy babies in mind, providing stretchy sides to let you quickly slip on the diaper for a close, comfy fit and trusted leakage protection. Plus, they have easy open…
Scared Of The Dark
Many children have a fear of the dark. As the lights go out their anxiety rises. It is a normal part of life to be fearful of things whether you’re a child or an adult. No parent ever wants their child to be afraid. There are a variety of ways to help your child overcome…
Creative Living – 6 Ways to Promote Creativity in Your Child!
Creativity is most often associated with the Arts but did you know anybody and everybody is creative to some extent? Creativity is not simply the talent to execute some artistic skill, but a thought process. Artistic talent is simply a tool to express creativity… and it is only one in a plethora! Creativity is displayed…
The Seven Most Common Nap Traps
Excerpt The following is an excerpt from the book The Lull-A-Baby Sleep Plan: The Soothing, Superfast Way to Help Your New Baby Sleep Through the Night . . . And Prevent Sleep Problems Before They Develop by Cathryn Tobin, MD Published by Rodale; August 2006; $14.95US; 1-59486-222-2 Copyright © 2006 Cathryn Tobin, MD The Seven…
Your Newborn and Sleep
Your Newborn and Sleep By Kim West, LCSW-C, Author of The Sleep Lady®’s Good Night, Sleep Tight: Gentle Proven Solutions to Help Your Child Sleep Well and Wake Up Happy As a parent, you will learn that children need a certain amount of rules and structure. Not rigidity for the sake of rigidity, but a…
Breastfeeding Fact or Fiction?
Now that a large majority of new mothers in the U.S. begin nursing their newborns, breastfeeding is a familiar topic among expectant and new parents. But there may be some facts you still don’t know or “things you know that just aren’t so” about the natural art of breastfeeding. Test your breastfeeding IQ by answering…
Everyday Family – Baby Milestones
The decision to have a baby—and then the angst of conception, pregnancy and parenthood—is fraught with uncertainty and lots of questions. It is so helpful, then, to have a website that addresses just about every concern or dilemma faced by parents and parents-to-be. From the days of preparing for the conception through the pregnancy, birth…
Zigo Mango Stroller Great for Active Moms!
We are really trying to get in shape as a family. My littlest one who is 5 is riding her bike and well…. bike rides are going very slowly! I wouldn’t have had to wait so long if I had gotten a jogging stroller. I recently became aware of Zigo Mango Stroller. The Zigo Mango…
Sometimes the gift of life needs a little help
Being a mom is one of the best things that ever happened in my life. Every morning when I wake up to a smiling child, I am so grateful to have experienced having a child. Carrying a baby and then watching them grow is something you can’t describe, you have to experience it. Things don’t…
Stay-At-Home-Moms Guest Post by Author Judy Serrano
So I went back to school and got my BA in English. I was a substitute teacher from time to time on my own schedule and managed to write when I had a spare moment. I tried to get a 40-hour job, editing, writing, teaching… anything in my field that might be available. But day after…
Vacation: Kids or not?
My anniversary is coming up in a couple of weeks and I’ve hit a wall. I have no idea what to plan on doing with my husband! Like no plan at all! We both took a week of vacation but nothing else has really been planned. So I took the question to my Facebook fans…
Online Tutoring, Homework help, and Private Tutoring
How are the kids’ grades? Do they need help with their homework? Have you thought about getting a tutor? It really isn’t as expensive as you may think. Especially if you get an online tutor. You aren’t paying for them to drive to your house. & you can use them when you need them. You…
Saving your Eggs Yay or Nay?
If you’d asked me 10 years ago what my thoughts were about freezing my eggs I would have stared at you blankly. I’m 34 now and have two girls. If I want to add to my family I need to do it soon. I have a lot of friends who aren’t even starting their…
Top Ten Tips For Taming Toddler Tantrums
If you have ever watched a desperate mother trying to round up flailing arms and legs as she wipes her child’s snot off her arms in the middle of a shopping centre and vowed that your own sweet baby will never carry on like that brat, think again. Tantrums are a normal fact of toddler…
A Mom’s Guide to Saying No
By Jennifer Pate and Barbara Machen, Author of The Mothers of Reinvention: Reclaim Your Identity, Unleash Your Potential, Love Your Life You can’t be everything to everybody. It just isn’t possible. All you’re doing by keeping yourself hyper-busy, whether that means over-thinking or overdoing, is keeping yourself away from spending time figuring out you. Reinvention requires you…