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Author :: Mehnaz Ansari  |
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| Article Title :: My Sweet Little Valentine |
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| Valentine day has always been a special day in my life since Naseer, my husband proposed me to marry him a few years back. Since then, we never missed the chance of cherishing and celebrating every Valentine’s Day. But this year we were neither together nor celebrating, yet it was very beautiful. I had the sweetest valentine with me this time and he was snuggled comfortably in to my arms. I am on my journey back home from the air show and am enjoying every moment of my valentine’s day.I have always loved taking challenges and am an ardent believer that a good homemaker can be a successful career woman as well. Therefore, this time while representing my company in the air show, (read full article) |
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Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: Arabella Greatorex  |
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| Article Title :: Coping With Colic |
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| Quite simply, an absolute nightmare for parents and babies alike, colic is likely to be the first major test of your parenting skills. It is dreadful for all concerned but these tips should help you cope with this difficult time.You must at all times remember that your baby is not crying to annoy you or to punish you for something you have not done. It is not your fault that she is suffering in this way, nor is it hers. All you can do is to help relieve her pain.Is it colic?Colic is defined as 3 or more hours of continued crying in a day. It is not an actual illness or physical ailment and doctors are still not sure what the cause is. All that is known is that a n (read full article) |
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Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: Arabella Greatorex  |
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| Article Title :: Co-sleeping, a personal story |
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| When I was pregnant, we knew that we had some fairly fixed ideas about how we wanted to raise our child, including allowing her to share our bed for as long as she wanted to.We have been shocked and sometimes upset at other people’s reaction to what seemed to be a very instinctive decision, to sleep with our daughter. I am often made to justify this decision and made to feel as if we are “bad” parents just because we hadn’t trained her to sleep in a cot in her own room by 8 weeks old.As it happens, we didn’t even really talk about it, it just seemed the right and natural thing to do and offered some major advantages. Our daughter loved the constant contact and it (read full article) |
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Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: Arabella Greatorex  |
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| Article Title :: Eco-Parenting |
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| Arabella Greatorex, owner of The Natural Nursery, reports on the rapidly rising demand for natural, environmentally friendly and ethically sound parenting products and highlights some of the concerns that have fuelled these demands.Organic FoodThere has been much media debate around the promotion of heavily processed foods to children, part of a long standing concern about the quality of food on offer in the UK. While some say the jury is still out on issues such as pesticide residues in fruit and vegetables, it is worth noting that only 30 additives are allowed in organic food, compared to over 300 in non-organic. Specifically, organic food bans the use of tartrazine (lin (read full article) |
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Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: Arabella Greatorex  |
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| Article Title :: Using Cloth Nappies |
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| We all know that using cloth nappies is best for the environment and for our baby’s health (not to mention our pockets) but just how easy are they to use?Here are answers to some common questions to help get you started.
Are cloth nappies easy to use?The short answer, is YES. The more useful response is to answer some common questions about real nappies.What do I do at change time?If the nappy is simply wet, all you need to do is take it off, throw the liner away (if disposable) and put the nappy and reusable liner in your nappy bucket instead of the bin.If the nappy is dirty, the poo can be flushed away down the loo (far more hygienic than putting it (read full article) |
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Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: Cristiane Cardoso  |
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| Article Title :: Being A Mum - It's About Them And Not About You! |
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| So you want to be a mum? Every time you see a little baby in a mother’s arms you
desire it even more. I am going to ask some hard questions here for those who want
to be mums: Why do you want to be a mum? Is it because it will be fun? Is it because
you can show your motherhood to others? Is it because you want to keep your
partner?Is it because of your loneliness? Is it because you are curious? Is it because you can
get so many benefits in this country? Is it because you want to leave your surname
going after you die? If you had to go on an interview in order to be authorised to be
a mother, do you think you’d pass?Motherhood is a full-time job with long hours and (read full article) |
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Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: Anil Vij  |
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| Article Title :: Tracking Your Child Progress |
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| As a parent, you can learn a lot about your child's learning
and watch for signs of possible problems. Here are some
things to look for and to discuss with his teacher:Starting at age 3 or 4:Does your child remember nursery rhymes, and can he play
rhyming games?At about age 4: Can your child get information or directions
from conversations or books that are read aloud to him?
Kindergartners:Is your child beginning to name and write the
letters and numbers that he sees in books, on billboards and
signs, and in other places?At age 5:Can your child play and enjoy simple word games in
which two or more words start with the same sound? For
example: "Name all (read full article) |
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Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: Marie Roker  |
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| Article Title :: Are You Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child? |
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| Although many parents are concerned with our children's intelligence quotient (IQ), research shows that a child's emotional quotient (EQ) is just as important for that child's personal success. So what is Emotional Intelligence? Emotional quotient is your child's ability to feel, while intelligence quotient is your child's ability to think. Although the term was coined in 1990 by psychologists Peter Salovey and John Mayer, the person responsible for bringing more awareness to emotional intelligence is a science writer Daniel Goleman.Mr Goleman's book
Emotional Intelligence brought to light the importance of a child's skill of awareness, empathy and ability to manage emotions. Altho (read full article) |
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Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: Lorraine Kember  |
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| Article Title :: A Mother's Love |
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| Once upon a time there was a beautiful bird whose golden feathers and sweet voice attracted attention where ever she went. She was not only beautiful but also extremely intelligent and talented and she longed to leave the nest and try her wings out in the big world.At first she did not fly far from home and when she returned to the nest, she still felt a part of it but then she flew to a foreign land and things began to change. She stayed for awhile on the rim of the nest of others but she could not find a place to rest, so she flew around and around getting more and more dis heartened and more and more tired until her golden feathers lost their lustre and her sweet voice no long (read full article) |
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Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: Erika Chopich, Ph.D.  |
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| Article Title :: Children, Entitlement and God |
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| “Setting the alarm on Sunday mornings is inhuman…..God should know that!” Those were my adolescent thoughts every weekend when my parents forced me to church. “I can get more out of my headphones and the Beatles.” It was this way as far back as I can remember. Early Sunday school, then later Bible studies, liturgies in another language, all culminating in a weekly teen rebellion against God and my parents. I really hated my parents (especially my Mother) for forcing religion on me. “Besides, I don’t think the Smothers Brothers forced their kids, and they are political giants!” I would brood the entire hour’s drive to church just to make my parents as miserable as I fe (read full article) |
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