It seems that many couples hold off having children because they want to have their careers established or buy a home or have enough money saved. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, raising a child until age 18 can cost anywhere from $110,000 to over $410,000. And baby’s first year alone can rack upwards […]
6 Ways To Calm A Baby
1. Rocking-Rock your baby in a rocking chair or just sway your arms in a rocking motion will often calm a fussy baby. They seem to like a change of positions. 2. Walking-Pacing or walking a baby the motion seems to help soothe a baby’s cry. 3. Nursing- Quite often simply nursing a baby will […]
Five Smart Parenting Solutions
Parenting just got way easier thanks to these five smart solutions: 1) Giving your toddler medicine can be a nightmare. Sippy Sure is the world’s first medicine dispensing sippy cup. It was developed by a doctor and dad of two small children. The Sippy Sure patented design creates a spill and leak proof cup that […]
Free Parenting Seminar From Smooth Parenting
~Baby & Toddler Sleep Consultations and Parenting Coaching ~ Smooth Parenting, which offers ‘Baby and Toddler Sleep Consultations’ designed to help parents who are struggling trying to get their babies and toddlers to sleep for naps and nighttime, today announced a free teleclass for parents everywhere. “Baby Sleep Basics Teleclass: Top 7 Strategies to Help […]
IKEA Children’s Project
This is pretty interesting… IKEA conducted a children’s project, called Playreport – it explores child development and play worldwide and is currently the biggest global survey on play and child development to date. It is now a living, continuing survey about the state of play and is now live at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Make-the-world-play-more-playreport-USA/124553714222962?v=wall If you so desire, […]
How Much Does Your Tooth Fairy Pay?
So, how much do you pay your children when they lose their teeth? I remember getting a quarter to fifty cents or a fifty cent piece. I don’t think I ever got a dollar. We gave our first couple of children money, but just didn’t stick with it and the rest of our children may […]
