Halloween is a magical time filled with costumes, spooky decorations, and, of course, the excitement of trick-or-treating begins to build. While it’s a fun tradition, as parents, we want to ensure that our toddlers have a safe and enjoyable Halloween experience, including the treats they receive. In this article I’ll explore the what to avoid …
When you are baby-led weaning there is so much focus on the solid foods. What about when you are suppose to start to give your baby water. Do you give them water, juice, milk, or formula? How much should they have with solid foods, if any? When you are baby led weaning you usually start …
As the Fourth of July approaches, you may be looking forward to you baby getting to see their first Independence Day fireworks show. However, loud fireworks can be a danger to you, and more importantly your child’s hearing. The question is are they safe for babies ear? What is the proper ear protection is right …
Getting your baby to try new things at an early age is best because the earlier they try things the more likely they will grow up to like the items they are use to eating. However, there are some items that you must wait to have them try for health reasons. Honey Nut Cheerios is …
Eyelashes play a very important roll in protecting our eye from small particles like dirt & dust, wind, sweat, and germs that can cause eye infection. A baby’s eyelashes are no different. Other then what eyelashes protect eyes from, long eyelashes on a newborn baby are just adorable in how they frame the baby’s face …
I was looking around my house the other day and realized I have 3 packs of baby wipes open and it started me thinking. How many wipes do babies go use in a day? You might be wondering the same thing. It’s good know if you should get bulk wipes before the baby arrives. If …
Disclosure: Our content is reader-supported, which means that if you click on some of our links that we may earn a commission. With the warming weather and summer time just around the corner you’re probably thinking, When is it ok for me to take my newborn baby to the beach? Is it too soon for our …
So we had a rough Christmas this last year. 5 days before Christmas I was sick to the point I had to go to the ER because I was vomiting blood. With that late night we still had school events that we (by “we” I mean my wife) needed to prepare with the gift exchanges, …
There was a discussion at work the other day about how much we spend per child on Christmas gifts. Nothing competitive just everyone was discussing it and one woman without children said we shouldn’t spend over $100 on each kid. She felt that was more then enough. Another parent and I laughed. I don’t even …
When you’re a parent and you live in an apartment you likely will have to deal with noise complaints from your neighbors. It’s almost a right of passage into toddlerhood. I had a very interesting one this morning. 8am and Jasmine, my 2 year old, was having a tantrum about us not letting her wear …
