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Safety regs must be the paramount concern when buying a seat for your children, but the style variations aren’t purely aesthetic, and it’s important to know what the exact effects of your selection are before you make it rather than regret it at some later point.

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Cosco, Graco, Safety 1st, Disney — these and other brands produce high-quality seats targeting children of up to 12 months or 20 pounds. Since the majority — though not all — of these are rear facing only, it’s critical to decide which will be best for you and make sure when buying that what you choose fits the bill. The better chairs are also baby carriers, meaning it’s easier to move from car to house without your baby stirring.

Seats like these are fine for your baby from their first car trip to the point where they grow too big for child seats, though you’ll notice a convertible seat comes at a higher price tag. If you’re leaning toward a convertible seat but also want a baby carrier, you’ve often got a tricky decision ahead of you.

To dispatch with generalities,types of chairs aren’t perfectly equal. Car seat comparisons are the best method of gaining an awareness of just what all the models have to offer as well as what aspects will be most useful. Because of their independent nature these reviews have the distinction of being free from bias, so you can trust them. Created to cater to growing children, the booster seat takes over the task of supporting your children when they weigh thirty pounds and will keep them safe until they no longer need these seats. At this age, your children have a part to play in the selection — if you get them to experience both styles (the difference being in how the child’s kept inside, using either a five-point harness or the car’s own safety belt) and see which is more comfortable. You’ll notice with the reviews, these seats typically come with many extras to make travelling easier by distracting your little one.

It would be hard to deny that you’re faced with a tough decision, as it’s so important to find a product to suit the needs of the moment, and your lifestyle and wallet are hardly minor concerns. To sum up, the comparison reviews on offer are the most useful guide you will find.

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Baby’s coming home soon - have you got what you need to take care of the little angel properly? You know you need footie pajamas and onesies, baby towels and bibs - but how many is enough? Having done this five times now - please hold the applause and gasps of shock - I consider myself a bit of an expert on bringing baby home to a prepared household. Most estimates of ‘what you need for baby’ are a wee bit off, in my opinion. Having brought baby home both with and without a handy washing machine, here’s my recommendations for what the well-equipped baby should have at home before he leaves the hospital.

Layette:
Four to six undershirts - the usual recommendation - is actually plenty. You’ll find you use them far less than I did when my oldest was born - pre-Onesies days. Skip the tank tops, as cute as the little midge might look in one just like daddy’s, and go straight for the lap-shoulder t-shirts. They slip on easily, and if you buy them a size or two too big, they’ll be long enough to tuck into sweatpants or bottoms.

Sleeping gowns are underrated. They make a great second layer over onesies, and are cool, loose and comfortable for baby in the summer. If you’re bringing home a summer baby, pick up at least 6 or 8 sleeping gowns. They’re much more comfortable in the heat than stretchies.

You can never have enough onesies. Whether you use them as the bottom layer in winter outfitting or the only thing baby wears in the summer, you’ll go through several a day. If you have a washer at home, you can get by with 6-8. Otherwise, pick up even more. An even dozen isn’t really too many at all.

- Experienced mom’s note: DO use them in the summer. They’ll keep your baby cooler than being in a diaper alone because the cotton absorbs moisture and wicks it away from the skin.

Stretchies are the second handiest baby invention ever. Stick with 100% natural fabrics like stretch cotton or cotton terry for the summer. For the winter, fuzzy jammies should go OVER a pair of onesies rather than against the skin to prevent irritation. 6-8 stretchies should be enough for baby’s first few months.

Pick up one or two sweaters or sweatshirts to keep baby warm in wintertime or on cooler spring/summer evenings.

Four to six pairs each of booties and socks should be plenty. Cotton stretchy ones will be far more comfortable for baby than nylon.

One special take-me-home outfit and a few cute everyday ones.

Supplies:
Half a dozen baby washcloths are a must. They’re far thinner than regular adult washcloths, and less likely to irritate baby’s skin. I never used more than three or four hooded towels, but your mileage may vary. They’re awfully handy for wrapping a baby up from head to toe after a bath, especially in a cool house.

Bibs are another of those things you just can’t have enough of. Drool bibs are fine for tucking under baby’s chin to keep drool and spit-up from staining clothing. You won’t need the bigger bibs for feeding for a while, but pick up one or two to have on hand.

Receiving blankets make great all purpose you-name-its. They’re the perfect size for swaddling baby under a crib blanket, tossing over your shoulder when you burp the munchkin - or for privacy while you nurse him. You’ll use them as towel substitutes, to toss on the floor or on a changing station before you put the baby down, spread them over the stroller or baby seat in the sun - in other words, for just about everything. 6-12 certainly aren’t too many. It’s not like the baby will outgrow them - my toddlers used them as bath towels for years.

Even if you’re using disposable diapers, pick up a dozen cloth diapers. They’re simply the best burp rag ever made.

Two packages of disposable diapers (size newborn and size one) if you’ve decided to use disposables.

Kirsten Hawkins is a baby and parenting expert specializing new mothers and single parent issues. Visit www.babyhelp411.com/ for more information on how to raising healthy, happy children.

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In this piece, we’ll discuss car seats and the role they play in keeping young kids safe. Safety regulations cover the market so greatly that identifying the safest for your child can be problematic. To negotiate this maze successfully and emerge with the safest seat, you’ll have to be able to understand the technical jargon. Let’s start out with the variations in style.

The standard has been set by major brands (Safety 1st, Graco, et cetera) and consists of a range of seats intended for children of twelve months or under - a total capacity of approximately twenty pounds. Remember, while sorting through potential chairs, to think out a preference between rear facing chairs and chairs capable of facing in either direction to avoid selecting a chair not in line with your preferences. Doubling as a baby carrier, a seat like this one makes it less problematic to carry your child from house to car - even without stirring. Useful throughout the time in which these seats are required, the more expensive price tag is made up for by being useful for more time. If you like the idea of a convertible seat but you also need a baby carrier, you’ve often got a difficult choice ahead of you. Your first step whenever you’re looking at desirable safety chairs is to always examine all reviews given that no two chairs are alike, different feature sets are unlikely to be equally useful to any family. Plus, you’re sure to find that reading car seat reviews provides an unbiased independent judgment assuring you that you’re definitely buying a high quality chair.

Child booster chairs are designed especially for children weighing between around thirty pounds until they reach eighty. You will have to make your choice between the five-point harness and those requiring the car’s safety belt. To make certain your little one will be comfortable in it, test them both out and see what the reaction is. Educational toys are often built into these seats, keeping your child happy and occupied while you get on with driving.

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It’s our hope that this brief overview has shortened the long process of identifying the right chair for your son as the choice you face is an important one. Wise parents don’t neglect reviews and ratings - they’re beyond doubt the most reliable information resource out there.

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So you have discovered that you will soon need a baby pushchair, stroller, or pram, and the massive selection to choose from has already hit you or will soon. With such a wide variety on offer, it has become so daunting to choose the ideal baby pushchair.

You need to understand that, if this is the first time you are having a baby, everything is a lot more complex, because it will all be new to you.

Although clear to some parents, those who hastily purchase a pushchair instead of a pram soon realise their error. The most determining factor is the age of your baby.

It is important to remember that new-borns should lie down and not sit up, so, as an example, choosing a pram where the baby lies down would be a better choice than, say, a stroller. Also, what is your principal ground for wanting to buy a pram or pushchair? If you use your pram daily, or if you want it on a holiday. Light weight strollers are fine for holidays , but they are not so good for daily use. You may go in for a complete travel system.

Your budget plays a big part in making your preference if you havent yet started shopping around, also youll soon learn about just how much the price can very between different brands. For more info about pushchair and the difference a good designer can make check our website.

Even-though there are good quality pushchairs available at affordable prices, some of the designer brands are also available which costs a small fortune. A quality pushchair is a wise investment that should last a long time. Instead of rushing at last moment , its important that you shop around always before hand.

Don’t forget, you are going to be using this pushchair for several years so make sure it is something that you’d like to be seen with everyday. Perhaps the best part is that there are a vast amount of different types available including: all terrain vehicles, and contemporary three and four wheelers.

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Wipe solutions are so easy to make and can save you money too! Use them for cleaning sticky hands and messy faces as well as dirty bottoms. Unlike commercial wipes, these recipes don’t contain alcohol or chemicals, and they smell good. Use these recipes on cloth wipes or make your own disposable wipes and save even more money! To make disposable wipes, cut high quality paper towels in half, or leave whole for full-size wipes.

Common Cloth Wipe Solution Ingredients:
Many wipe solution recipes contain similar main ingredients, which are used for the same reason in each recipe. These are the common ingredients and why they’re included:

• Oil: Helps the wipe glide across baby’s skin and keeps skin soft
• Soap: Cleanses by removing all traces of urine and feces
• EO: (Essential Oil) Added for antibacterial and/or aromatherapy purposes.
• Water: The main ingredient in each recipe, cleanses the diaper area and dilutes the other ingredients

The type and amounts of oil, soap, EO and water that goes into a recipe is what gives each cloth wipe solution it’s own distinct “personality”. Have fun trying different recipes until you find the ones that you like best!

How to Use Cloth Wipe Solutions
When mixing solutions it works best to start with oil and end with water. The oil will coat your measuring tools so the soap slips right off. Be sure to add the water slowly or you’ll end up with a ton of bubbles! Most of the time it’s easiest to gently mix the wipe solution in a bottle with a cover, then pour it into the storage container.

There are many different ways to store and apply wipe solutions to your wipes, try a few of the following ideas to find the one that works best for your family. You may discover that one system works great at home and another works great away from home. Here’s some ideas to get you started:

• Use a spray bottle to spritz baby’s bottom or the wipes. (For baby’s comfort we prefer spraying the wipes)
• Use a bottle with a pull-up spout (like on bottled-water bottles) to dribble solution onto the wipes.
• Warm solution and place in an insulated container to provide warm wipes for baby.
• Place the solution into a commercial baby wipes container and dip wipes into the solution.
• Place cloth wipes in a commercial baby wipes container and pour wipes solution over wipes.
• A commercial baby wipes container can be placed in a wipes warmer to provide cozy warm wipes for baby.

Don’t store solution or wet wipes for a long time because they can become musty and the wet wipes may even grow mildew - ewww! Check your solution and wet wipes daily, and mix smaller batches of solution frequently instead of large batches less often to avoid mustiness. We mix fresh solution once a week, store it in a bottled-water bottle, and have not had any problems with mustiness.

Cloth Wipe Solution Recipes
Almond ‘n’ Chamomile
Steep the tea bags in the hot water then add the oil.
2 chamomile tea bags
2 teaspoons almond oil
2 cups hot water

Anti-Fungal
Omit vinegar if baby has a raw rash.
1/4 cup white vinegar
1 tablespoon calendula oil
A few drops lavender oil
A few drops tea tree oil
1/4 cup 100% aloe vera gel
1 cup water

Anti-Fungal Too
Similar to the other anti-fungal recipe, but less vinegar and water.
1 teaspoon white vinegar
1 tablespoon calendula oil
A few drops lavender oil
A few drops tea tree oil
1/4 cup 100% aloe vera gel
1/2 cup water

Basic Wipe Solution
This basic recipe can be adapted by changing the type of soap or oil.
1/2 cup baby oil
1/2 cup baby wash
2 cups water

Castile Solution
Dr. Bronner’s Castile Soap comes in several yummy scents!
1 tablespoon almond, apricot, or other oil
1 tablespoon Dr Bronner’s Liquid Castile Soap
2 drops tea tree oil
1 drop lavender oil
1 cup water

Chamomile ‘n’ Honey
Brew the tea, add the honey, and drink any leftovers!
1 chamomile tea bag
1 teaspoon honey
1 cup boiling water

Easy Peasy
Just three simple ingredients…
2 tablespoons oil
2 tablespoons baby wash
1 1/2 cups water

Eight is Great
Similar ingredients as other recipes, but in different amounts.
1/8 cup vegetable oil
1/8 cup baby wash
8 drops lavender oil
4 drops tea tree oil
2 cups water

Fruit ‘n’ Veggie
Dr Bronner’s soaps can often be found in organic markets.
1 teaspoon fruit or vegetable-based oil (apricot, olive, grapeseed, etc)
1 tablespoon vegetable-based soap (like Dr. Bronner’s liquid castile)
1 teaspoon 100% aloe vera gel
1 cup water

Just One
Just one “something” of each ingredient for this recipe.
1 chamomile tea bag
1 teaspoon oil
1 teaspoon baby bath or shampoo
1 drop lavendar oil
1 cup hot water

Lavender ‘n’ Tea Tree
Lavender and Tea Tree are popular EO choices for wipe solutions.
1/8 cup olive oil
1 tablespoon baby shampoo
4 drops tea tree oil
8 drops lavender oil
3 cups water

Lanolin & Glycerine
Lanolin and glycerine moisturize without oil.
1 tablespoon liquid glycerine
1/4 teaspoon liquid lanolin (100% pure)
1 tablespoon baby wash
1-3 drops EO
4 cups water

Lotion Potion
Baby lotion adds more softening power to this solution.
1 tablespoon baby oil
1 tablespoon baby soap
1 tablespoon baby lotion
1 cup water

Magic Baby
Baby Magic products are usually easy to find in local stores.
1/2 cup Baby Magic oil
1/2 cup Baby Magic wash
2 cups water

No Measuring
Don’t measure for this one, just estimate amounts.
2 squirts baby oil
2 squirts baby wash
1 drop EO
1 cup water (about)

Olive ‘n’ Tea Tree
A great natural wipes solution.
1/4 cup olive oil (extra virgin not necessary)
1/8 cup gentle baby bath
A few drops tea tree oil
4 cups water

Shampoo Style
Baby shampoo works as well as baby wash.
1 tablespoon baby oil
2 teaspoons baby shampoo
2 1/2 cups water
Soapless
This recipe relies on the EO to cleanse, instead of using soap.
1-2 drops tea tree oil
1-2 drops lavender oil
1 cup water

Zany Apricot Solution
One of our favorites, the apricot oil smells heavenly!
1 tablespoon apricot oil
1 tablespoon unscented baby wash
3 cups water

Zany Lavender Solution
Our other favorite, the lavender is calming for us and our son.
1 tablespoon baby oil
1 tablespoon lavender scented baby wash
2-3 drops lavender oil
3 cups water

Amy S. Nogar has been using cloth wipes and wipe solution for over 17 years with her infants and young children. She is the founder of Zany Zebra Designs and encourages parents to slow down to enjoy everyday routines with their children.

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A study from Finland shows that teenagers who are out of shape are at increased risk for having high blood pressure later in life (International Journal of Sports Medicine, Volume 26, 2005). In 1976, a group of teenagers ran 1.2 miles as fast as they could. Twenty-five years later, the faster runners had far lower blood pressures than the slower runners. The data was corrected for body fat, so weight gain would not explain the higher blood pressures in the slower runners. High blood pressure increases risk for death from heart attacks, strokes, kidney damage, and diabetes.

The ability to run long distances fast depends on training, so the faster teenagers were in better shape than the slower runners, and fit teenagers are far more likely than out-of-shape teenagers to exercise in later life. If you exercise regularly when you are young, you will be more likely to continue exercising regularly when you are older which can prolong your life.

There are many other reasons to encourage your child to be active in sports. For example, college admissions officers look for students who excel in a specific skill or activity. A student who has an outstanding record in his or her sport will have an advantage over other students. Top athletes with average grades often are accepted at the finest universities.

Dr. Gabe Mirkin has been a radio talk show host for 25 years and practicing physician for more than 40 years; he is board certified in four specialties, including sports medicine. Read or listen to hundreds of his fitness and health reports at http://www.DrMirkin.com

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Let’s say you received a flyer for a new summer day camp in the mail that contained the following information:

“We take your kids and keep them inside all day long. We do not allow them to move around much. They will spend their day in front of screens, the TV screen, the computer screen, and the video game screen. We like to call it Screen Time. Instead of three meals a day, we feed them all day long with junk food to keep them from being hungry for meals. Our camp is only $250 a day, please send a check for the whole week.”

Would you send your kid to this camp? Of course not! What parent in their right mind would?

So why do we do it?

So why do we let our kids do this everyday?

If you will indulge a 47 year old guy just one little “when I was young rant” here goes:

When I was a kid, they had to drag me inside for dinner or bedtime.

Many people my age tell me the same thing.

Most of these things do not happen all at once, they just sort of creep up on you.

What to do

Screen time is not necessarily a bad thing. It’s when screen time is the only thing that it becomes a bad thing.

A strategy that has worked in our family and in the families with whom I counsel and coach is this:

For every hour that a kid spends in front of a screen, the kid has to spend an hour outside having fun.

Simple, powerful, it works. Now go use this stuff!

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Most of the time we barely think about what the true consequences of a bad decision can be, and on those occasions when we do think about the consequences, we usually end up lying to ourselves. We find some way to justify what we’re doing and make it seem not as bad as it really is. I use to think like this until I experienced the consequences of a truly bad decision. Let me explain; I heard that some people were going to be drinking at the school football game and thought it’d be fun to be wasted at the game. I drove to the school around the time we agreed to meet up to start drinking. We all sat in my parent’s car in the school parking lot drinking out of the bottle getting drunk. I didn’t think about how I was going to get home, I couldn’t drive home being as intoxicated as I was, but I figured I’d worry about getting home later.

We walked into the football game and I don’t remember much after that. About 20 minutes into the game I blacked out and when I became conscious again I was in a hospital bed with my mom at the side. I didn’t remember how I got to the hospital or anything. The next morning I was faced with many questions, most of them having to do with why I drank, how I was going to get home, what could I of been thinking making a decision like that? I really didn’t have answers for these questions, because they’re all pretty much based on why I didn’t make a better decision. I didn’t think about what would happen if I got caught, how it would affect my life, what consequences there would be.

There were many consequences I had to face from my bad decision, but the worst ones to me were losing the trust of my parents, getting my license taken away, I have to pay an over two thousand dollar hospital bill, and my grades in school dramatically slipped. I now find myself thinking on a more than weekly basis why didn’t I think the decision through? How could I have made such a bad decision?

The next time you’re going to make a bad decision that’ll have negative consequences, take a minute to actually think about what the possible consequences will be if you get caught or something goes wrong, and how they will affect your life. Then make your decision.

My name is Jonathan Burdick, I was most unfortuante to make a very bad decision one night that I’m still suffering the consequences from. I just want to try to stop people or make them think about the consequences of a bad decision before they actucally decide what they’re going to do.

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For 20 years, researchers have carefully studied and tested this concept of using simple movement of fingers, hands, and arms to describe an emotion, action, or event. Originally used for the hearing impaired, it is now clear that all babies can benefit from using baby sign language.

Today, this trend is growing while parents discover the skills of baby sign language from various programs and classes offered in their communities. As more parents experience the benefits of understanding the simple needs of their child, the desire to learn and experience more will continue to grow.

It doesn’t take an expert to tell parents who use baby sign language in communicating with their child, that now they can understand why their baby is crying, respond to a specific need, and overcome the baby’s frustration. Eventually, your baby will begin using baby sign language to share thoughts and feelings, such as how they feel about a book, a toy, or a person.

Once a child has established a form of communicating with a parent or caregiver, there is an immediate connection to good behavior. Many tantrums are due to frustration for the baby in the failure to communicate a need. It isn’t hard to learn baby sign language and isn’t necessarily uniform between all families. So, get started on your journey into your child’s heart and mind. Open the door of communication with your child and catch on to the newest trend in discovering baby sign language!

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I have a daughter and two sons. My daughter took to reading like a fish takes to water. She’ll pick up a book or magazine and spend hours enjoying it quietly on her own. My son, five-year-old Arthur, on the other hand, more resembles a fish out of water when it comes to reading. That’s not to say it’s difficult for him or that’s he’s bad at reading, he would just rather be doing other things. Throwing any object or swinging any stick comes right to mind without even mentioning video games.

Here’s listing of little boy reading material that’s sure to help. Be sure to get books with lots of pictures.

1. Space - Boys can’t resist a good spaceship or alien. Even non-fictional accounts of actual space missions will hold your son’s attention.

2. Wild Animals - Lions, Tigers and Elephants are sure to arouse the big-game hunter in every little boy.

3. Snakes - A type of wild animal that needs to be listed separately. Nothing is more fascinating to kids than these vipers and constrictors. Arthur brought his snake book to his very first show-and-tell.

4. The Sea - Pirates, sharks and whales keep little boys coming back for more.

5. Little Boys - This is the best category. Little boys love to hear about kids like themselves. The wild and exotic adventures of little ones lost at sea or caught up in a dream will seed a fertile imagination. Follow these stories up with a good treasure hunt and your son won’t even ask about video games.

Be sure to check out the many child chairs that are available. Giving a boy a comfy reading spot of his own will go a long way towards developing a bright reading future.

Craig J. Clark, owner of numerous child product and furniture web sites, reviews products for children on a continual basis. Find information about Child Recliners, Rocking Chairs, Play Tents, Puppet Theaters and many other items on his web site: http://www.AKidsChair.com

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