Your House’s Danger Zones

Your House’s Danger Zones

Moms / Parenting

While you don’t want to be a high-strung parent who is paranoid of danger lurking behind every corner, it is critical to your child’s safety and well-being that you educate yourself about your house’s danger zones. It’s a good idea to go through your home every few months and evaluate…

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How To Reduce Childcare Costs

How To Reduce Childcare Costs

Moms / Parenting

Next to rent or mortgage payments, childcare often ranks as the second-highest expenditure in a household budget. Working couples can pay a whopping 10-20% of their incomes on childcare while their children are small. Seeing the high cost needed to be expensed for their children’s care, some couples decided to…

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A Bedtime Routine For Your Baby

A Bedtime Routine For Your Baby

Moms / Parenting

As soon as possible, you should start a bedtime routine with your baby. You can start when the baby is six to eight weeks old, and your baby will surely reap benefits from the early routine setup. Establishing a stipulated system will make your baby appreciable of the consistent pattern….

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Caretaking Parents, Entitled Kids

Caretaking Parents, Entitled Kids

Moms / Parenting

Demanding children – children who have entitlement issues – seem to be common these days. Like the obnoxious child, Veruca Salt in Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory, who was constantly demanding that her father get her whatever she wanted (“I want an Umpa Lumpa! Get it for me NOW!”),…

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Surviving Colic

Surviving Colic

Moms / Parenting

Colic is basically uncontrollable crying in a healthy baby. It can come as early as two weeks and last as long as three months. Typically they will cry for hours at a time and may do this a few times a week. If your baby is crying like this and…

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High Blood Pressure: Is Your Child At Risk?

High Blood Pressure: Is Your Child At Risk?

Moms / Parenting

“High blood pressure in kids? That’s what my grandmother has!” Nearly 2 out of 3 American adults have unhealthy blood pressure. Hypertension, or high blood pressure (HBP), cuts off nearly 5 years from an average person’s life. It is more common beyond middle age. Hence, what comes to mind when…

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Medicine Cabinet Must-Haves

Medicine Cabinet Must-Haves

Moms / Parenting

If you haven’t taken a peek into your medicine cabinet lately, it might be time to take a look. Every home should have basic supplies to help with minor accidents or middle-of-the-night illnesses. A medicine cabinet should also have important phone numbers taped inside of the door to call in…

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