Parenting & Family

Parents whose babies are teething are quite familiar with amber necklaces. However, people often end up buying fake ones because of how common they’ve become. Read on to find out how you can get to know if the necklace you’ve brought is the real deal! Purchasing Authentic Amber Teething Necklaces …

My daughter is nearly 6 years old and her friends are starting to lose their baby teeth. She is asking me nearly every day how much does the Tooth Fairy give. This morning in the car on the way to school she brought the topic of the Tooth Fairy up …

Let’s face it, toddlers are a handful and parenting a toddler requires buckets of patience. Toddlers are notoriously difficult, but when you think about it then it really makes sense. For the first time in their lives they are able to voice their unhappiness (yes those tantrums) and they want …

When autism is diagnosed early the long term outcome is almost always better since you can start behavioral therapy early on. Being a parent is a demanding task that requires a lot of effort. If you have a special needs child then you will find parenting even more challenging. No parent …

See if this sounds familiar: you used to love shopping. You enjoyed jumping from store to store, trying on new looks and figuring out what works for you and what doesn’t. Keeping up with the latest fashion trends was your favorite way of spending free time. Every time you went …

A happy kid makes a happy parent. And what a better way to make your kids happy than by letting them engage in some outdoor activity? There are endless activities that your kid can engage in. However, some of them tend to do more harm than good. It’s wise to …

Summer weather is only nature’s way of encouraging you to get out of your house and play. And it’s always a fantastic idea to participate in fun activities with friends or family. This way you end up having more fun and making fond memories. So if you’re looking for 5+ …

For as long as we can remember, society created an age limit for women to get pregnant in their 20s. This way a woman could bear as many as ten children by the time she turned 35-40. But in our world today, 40 is the new 20. So here, we …

If you’re raising kids, you should know how important it is that they learn how to cook early on. When your kids get older and they start going to university and living their life, if they don’t have cooking skills, they’re not going to be able to make nutritious meals …

As much as possible, we want to control the food that our kids are eating. We don’t want them to munch on those deleterious junk food that is lingering everywhere. Of course, this kind of compulsiveness is natural for us parents. After all, we don’t want our kids to be …

Babies are messy, so you will need to bath them daily. When raising your child, you will be dealing with food splatter and poop smear, and this is why a baby bathtub is important. You should know how to choose the best baby bathtub so that bathing your baby can …

It is the strangest thing still to think of myself as a non-smoker even though I have not smoked a cigarette for nearly 2 years. I smoked from the age of 14 years old until 36 years old – a total of 22 years of smoking. Scary isn’t it? Now …

Do you remember when your birthday came around as a child? It was like the second Christmas holiday of the year… Everyone showers you with gifts and recognizes that it is your birthday, you are one year older which usually comes with more freedom, and then there’s the birthday party… You get …

When I first became a mother, I spent a lot of time just making sure my baby was okay. I was afraid something would go wrong. I didn’t know what to expect. You can read books all you like. But that never really prepares you for the joys, and fears, …

One of the things I do when my daughter is sleeping and I’m not writing is visiting Yahoo Answers as I’m always interested in what some people ask and how others answer their questions. I find it entertaining mostly but I do find some questions that are unreasonable and ones …

The days when the babies are growing are some of the most memorable days in any parent’s life. Every moment brings joy and their doing new things is worth capturing. So, once the baby can sit and shows some interest towards crawling, the parent feels compelled to buy a toddler …

If you’re new parents, you probably have a lot on your mind. You have a new person in your family and looking after a newborn takes a lot of effort out of your busy day. You may have work or other children to look after in addition to your newborn. …