3 Homemade Christmas Ornaments

3 Homemade Christmas Ornaments

Moms / Mom Tips

Look at just about any Christmas tree, and the most eye-catching ornaments are usually the ones made from scratch. You don’t have to spend a fortune on those store-bought ornaments to make your tree stand out. In fact, you can create some awesome ornaments from scratch right in the comfort…

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Functioning on Fewer than 40 Winks

Functioning on Fewer than 40 Winks

Moms / Mom Tips

The arrival of a new baby affects all aspects of parents’ lives, but the one that may have the most impact is the amount – or lack thereof – of sleep you get. All new parents are subject to sleep deprivation, but the effects of it vary from person to…

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Educational Family Vacations

Educational Family Vacations

Moms / Mom Tips

Want to get a little something more out of your vacation than a sunburn or some souvenir mouse ears? Try taking the kids on an educational vacation this year, where they can supplement what they learn in school with some real family fun. Museums and zoos close to home are…

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Are You Giving Your Baby Enough Folic Acid?

Are You Giving Your Baby Enough Folic Acid?

Moms / Mom Tips

The second week of January is Folic Acid Awareness week, and for many women of childbearing age, they may not be getting enough. This particular nutrient is important because it prevents many birth defects, particularly neural tube disorders. The neural tube eventually develops into the baby’s spinal cord and brain,…

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Make Your Kids Happy Campers

Make Your Kids Happy Campers

Moms / Mom Tips

Summer camp is a rite of passage for many kids, but choose the wrong one, and you’ll hear about it for years to come. It’s important to decide whether your child is ready for sleepaway camp or if day camp is the way to go. Kids as young as 6…

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June Is National Child Safety Awareness Month

June Is National Child Safety Awareness Month

Moms / Mom Tips

For most parents, the days of letting their kids run around the neighborhood from sunup to sundown went out with the lax attitude about bike helmets. These days, summer is all about structure for most kids. Whether it’s camp, daycare, summer school or other activity, it’s important for kids to…

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Keep Your Child from Being Materialistic

Keep Your Child from Being Materialistic

Moms / Mom Tips

Gimme, gimme, gimme. If that refrain sounds familiar, then you may have a materialistic kid. With all the online and television ads — not to mention peer pressure — that bombard kids every day with the coolest, trendiest toys, it’s no wonder kids want more and more stuff. If your…

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Baby Weight Reality Check

Baby Weight Reality Check

Moms / Mom Tips

It’s been four weeks since your little bundle of joy came into the world, and you’re finally ready to pose in a bikini on the front of a magazine, right? Of course not. It’s time for new moms to get realistic – and more forgiving – about losing the baby…

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August Is Immunization Awareness Month

August Is Immunization Awareness Month

Moms / Mom Tips

This is the time of year when many children enroll in school or leave the home for college. And with those enrollments come vaccinations, in many cases. The next few months will see doctors’ offices stocking up on flu shots in anticipation for the winter season. The National Institutes of…

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