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Author :: Michelle Higgins  |
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| Article Title :: Confused by Nipple Confusion? |
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| You need to go back to work and would like to bring on a combination of breast and bottle. But you have heard that this could lead to 'nipple confusion'. Do you need a lactation consultant? Perhaps you need a primer on nipple confusion.What is nipple confusion all about?Babies who are fed both by the breast and the bottle can sometimes have problems in recognizing the difference between the two nipples.Sucking milk from the breast is quite different from sucking from a bottle in terms of technique. Add to that the ease with which milk flows from a bottle and you get a puzzled baby.To suck or not to suck, that is the questionMost babies get confused if th (read full article) |
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| Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: Michelle Higgins |
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| Article Title :: Preparing a Sibling for Baby |
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| You may be excited about the thought of having another baby to complete your family, but your little darling first born may not quite feel comfortable with the idea of having a sibling! The spotlight that was on her all these years is about to shift and she may feel threatened. Help her make the transition a smooth ride and let her enjoy the experience of having a little brother/sister.'You are gonna be Big brother!'It is crucial to prepare a sibling for the arrival of a new baby, much in advance. Tell him he is soon going to have a playmate as soon as you begin to show. Address the baby as his little 'sister' or 'brother'. Involve him in all decision making about the new ba (read full article) |
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| Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: Steve Hill |
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| Article Title :: Stutter In Toddlers |
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| For a parent, it is a big shock when their young toddler starts to stutter. What to do next is hard to decide, whether to seek help from a stutter specialist or to hope it is just a phase.I met a lady who was thirty and her little boy aged four had had a stutter for quite a while. She had taken him to speech therapy and was extremely anxious as to why he had started to stutter. It had possibly started because the toddlers father had quite a severe stutter, the boy may of picked up his stutter this way.Many other people contact me asking why their toddler has developed a stutter and asking what forms of stutter treatments are available.I always suggest that they keep a (read full article) |
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| Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: Destry Maycock |
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| Article Title :: Ten Alternatives to Spanking |
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| Spanking is only a temporary solution to ongoing problems. Spanking usually leaves a child wondering what should I do differently so I don’t get hit again. Seldom are spankings followed by instruction on what the child needs to do or stop doing. It generally is nothing more than a release of the parent’s frustration directed toward the child. It teaches a child to comply because of fear rather than a sense of what is right or wrong. It teaches children that violence is an acceptable way to solve their problems. Children who are spanked often have a greater risk of low self-esteem, aggression, lying, cheating, depression and bullying. Spanking sets the example that it is okay to hit wh (read full article) |
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| Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: Mike Poff |
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| Article Title :: Mess Management |
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| It seems to me that much in life is a lot like potty training. Then again perhaps, I am a bit to introspective at times. Bear with me though.Of my six children three are girls and three are boys. My first two daughters were loving sweet healthy singlets. The last four came three boys and one girl all at once, all similarly sweet, loving and healthy. My oldest daughter was potty trained just after her second birthday. My next daughter was potty trained by her second birthday in no small part thanks to her older sister. My third daughter was potty trained also not long after her second birthday. My three sons, well they are a different story altogether. Yes boys are different, quads (read full article) |
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| Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: Pat Wyman |
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| Article Title :: Higher Grades: Top 10 Tips To A's And B's |
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| 1. Identify your child’s learning style. Does it match the school’s testing style?First, you and your child must discover they style in which they learn best. This is important because each person has a preferred style and you’ll want to help your child get a “leg up” by understanding that schools use written tests to measure knowledge, and those written tests, are by nature “visual”. You are going to empower your child to ace those written tests, by learning how to add some visual learning strategies, no matter what their learning style is.Does your child learn best visually, by thinking in pictures? Is your child learn best by listening - an auditory learner? (read full article) |
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| Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: Carolina Fernandez |
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| Article Title :: Little Victories |
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| "Our noisy years seem moments in the being of the
eternal silence." William WordsworthEarly every morning, years ago in Lexington, Kentucky, I worked
out at the YWCA, first riding a stationary bike and then enjoying a vigorous hour-long swim. Morning after morning, the same folks exercised together, all of us getting in our workouts before our workdays began. One gentleman rode the bike more furiously than anyone I had ever seen. He was a rather stocky guy, with enormous leg muscles--certainly from all that biking--and through the grunting and heavy breathing, with sweat rolling off his forehead in almost disgustingly heavy amounts, he always managed a quick "Good morning, how ar (read full article) |
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| Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: Valerie Hasara |
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| Article Title :: Educating a Grasshopper |
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| Are you familiar with Aesop's fable "the Ants and the Grasshopper" as retold by Disney? A grasshopper unconcerned that winter is coming fiddles and plays through his day. He tries to convince some of the worker ants to stop and enjoy the beauty of summer. Fate is realized in winter, the grasshopper starving and cold collapses at the door of the ant colony. The ants, being board with winter, see a use for his cheerful fiddling and take him in. The grasshopper "earns his keep" by entertaining the ants with music.
I am raising a grasshopper; a child who is in no hurry to do anything but find's joy in everything. I am protecting him from the ants; people mainly in the sch (read full article) |
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| Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: Susie Cortright |
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| Article Title :: Staying Calm: Tips for Parents |
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| My beloved car had just blown its engine, pregnancy was making
me crazy, and we had no money in our pockets (or anywhere else).
When I slammed our front door, I knocked the only plant I had
managed to keep alive all season off the windowsill. Just as
the pottery hit the floor and cracked, so did I. I lay face
down in black potting soil and pottery shards and let my Labrador
lick the tears off my dirty face.That was just before the birth of our first child. Since
then, there have been countless times when I've wanted to
curl up on the carpet and scream, but the ever-watching kids
have made that a luxury I can no longer afford.It's more difficult now, too. On (read full article) |
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| Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: Delia Galley |
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| Article Title :: Money Management for Children - Teach Your Children Well |
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| Karrine Steffans - Confessions of a Video Vixen. That’s the author and name of one of the hottest books out on the circuit. Pretty catchy title, eh? The author is a 26 year-old, self proclaimed recovered addict of the sex, drugs and go-go dancing world of rap. The book, which was published in June, 2005 landed on the New York Times best seller list in no time. “Sex sells” as they say.So why am I mentioning this book?I had the pleasure of seeing an interview with the lovely Karrine Steffans, in which she casually threw out the fact that, she makes everyone who visits her boudoir give $1.00 to her son for his college education. Let me reiterate what I just mentioned here (read full article) |
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