Around this time of year, it can become a struggle to hold onto your principles. Your commitment to eating organic goes out the window when they bring the candy canes around and your disdain for deforestation takes a hit when the family cuts down the Christmas tree. The holidays are rife with excess and can take a massive toll on the environment. From the pretty paper that goes from wrapping to waste in one short day to the...more
Choosing to start a family is an exciting time in life. Picking out names, decorating the nursery, registering for baby equipment, and attending baby showers are the fun parts of getting ready for a baby. But before you can do all of that you need to be pregnant and have a baby on the way. The key to making that happen is to understand your fertility cycle. Getting pregnant is not just about having sex. Your body has to be ready to...more
Baby showers are enjoyable get-togethers usually made up of four main activities: socializing, eating, playing games and the best one of all, opening all those baby gifts! Planning a baby shower is an important part of creating a fun event for the new mother and other guests.Continuing on average two to three hours, it's usually a good idea for the host to outline a schedule of activities ahead of time so the speed of the party remains steady.Planning Details: The beginning of the baby shower is a fun time for socializing. Most of the guests will want to greet each other and spend a little time talking with the expectant mother to find out particulars the baby and her pregnancy.Something to eat is always expected at a baby shower and it needn't be intricate. It's just got to be planned. Finger foods are simplest and guests can eat throughout the whole shower, with a special time, customarily towards the end, dedicated to serving the cake.Perhaps the most popular activity in most baby showers is the game time. There is no end to the variety of baby shower games you can play. Just about any game can be changed to make it suitable for a baby shower.Plan on playing a variety of baby...more
Basically your baby goes from a little blob that can't be seen with the human eye into a seven, eight, nine or even ten pound adorable newborn baby. In order for your baby to develop as healthy as possible, your diet should play a big part. This is because your diet is how your baby is going to receive all the vitamins, minerals,...more
Typically if you are nursing your baby you should produce anywhere from 23 to 27 ounces of milk a day. In order to do this, you need to increase your calorie intake by about 500 more a day. You also have to increase your water consumption to at least 2 1/2 to 3 quarts of water a day. You may notice that you are thirstier during...more
As you are comparison shopping for the best baby monitors, you may notice that prices range from as low as $20 to as high as $300 or more. What makes one product worth so much more than another? The cheapest baby monitors are analog and operate on the 49 MHz or 2.4 GHz frequencies, which, incidentally, many older cordless phones also operate on. So it's not abnormal to hear voices, sirens, traffic or heavy static through these analog models. Today, the best models are the digital products with DECT technology, which encodes signals before sending them, uses more than 60 channels and ensures greater clarity, as well as security.There are many good, digital infant monitors from which to choose. The Philips DECT baby monitor gets the highest reviews for sound clarity and offers special features, like parent-to-baby intercom functionality, alert lights, room temperature gauges, a night-light and soothing lullabies. The Summer Infant monitor offers video, night-vision, sound-alert lights and zoom and pan functionality. The Secure Sounds infant monitor Summer brand has also received positive reviews for limited interference and its stylish, contemporary design. The new Digitally Fresh...more
As you probably know, there are many different types of digital and analog baby monitors on the market. You may have heard that there are wired and wireless baby monitors, but wondered, "What does this mean exactly?" A wired baby monitor offers...more
If you are a first time parent it is expected that you will notice every little thing about the baby, especially when it seems that something is even a tad bit out of sorts.When your baby begins to experience bowel movements in which the stool is...more
It's normal for first-time parents to be afraid of what they don't know. They worry about the baby needing attention and not hearing their infant if they are in another room. They wonder how they will know if the baby is awake with actually waking...more
Are your friends expecting a baby soon? Then you should throw them a baby shower! Baby showers are ways of showing that you care about your friends, and that you want to help welcome in the newest member of their family. A baby shower...more
The baby monitor has come a long way over the years. In the past, monitors simply transmitted baby gurgles, cries, giggles and shrieks like a walkie-talkie. Today, there are many options for analog and digital baby monitors on the market. The best...more
The digital baby monitor is a marvelous invention that enables parents to keep tabs on their crib-side baby, while watching TV, cooking, gardening, finishing chores or simply relaxing. The weakness of the old analog baby monitors is that they are...more