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Halloween Safety Tips & Tricks for Trick-or-Treaters in 2017
With witches, goblins, and super-heroes descending on neighbourhood’s across Canada and the United States, we’ve
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Halloween Party Planning Tips
Halloween Party Planning Tips Maybe you are just thinking now that it would be fun to organize Halloween party for all your
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Best Halloween Tips
I have had a lot of requests and interest for Halloween information – from costume ideas for adults and children,
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Tips for New High School Students
That first day of high school can be a real awakening. It doesn’t really matter whether it is for the anxious new freshman
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Top 10 Back to School Money Saving Tips
Back to school time is definitely stressful. I am sure you are already worried about saving money and how to manage to buy
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Back To School Tips for Parents
It’s the time of the year to start thinking about back to school days again. Here are a few tips for parents to make
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How To Make Healthy School Lunches
Making healthy school lunch can be hard at times – what your child eats at school directly affects his or her level of
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Guide to Getting Your Child Ready for Kindergarten
I remember to this day what it was like to take my firstborn to his first day of kindergarten. And I also never forgot the
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The Special Role of Fathers
I first wrote and posted this article 4 years ago – but reading it again I have to tell you – I enjoy it more
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Great Tips to Make Healthy School Lunches
First thing you have to remember is that what your child eats at school is the major source of essential vitamins and minerals
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Teaching Your Child to Eat in a School Cafeteria
This just may be the first time your child will decide what he or she will eat. And yes – school cafeterias have improved
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Guide to Easy School Lunches
Believe it or not, making healthy school lunches does not have be difficult. If you start with your shopping list and stack
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Five Fun Rainy Day Games for Kids
Today is a beautiful day out there – blue skies and lots of sunshine. But when I checked the weather forecast, it
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All About Being a Grandmother
Being a grandma for the first time is something I have thought about for a long time – thinking out what kind of a
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How To Prepare Your Child For Kindergarten
Who ever knows how a child will handle separation from the known factors on the first day of kindergarten? Some children
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All About Common Childhood Ailments
Do you have an active child? Active kids are bound to pick up germs and get hurt every once in a while. Hope this simple
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Teach Your Child to Love Nature
I believe it is important to teach your child to love and respect the nature – and to start doing that in your child’s
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How to Childproof Your Home
Do you have a little one at home who is just becoming mobile? I mean – starting to crawl around at a speed you didn’t
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Storkcraft Crib Recall – Warning!
As I’m sure you’ve all heard by now, Tuesday the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the largest ever crib
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Infant Vaccination
I think every mother worries at least a little bit about getting their wee one vaccinated. We worry about the quick pain
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Scrapbooking Your Memories
If you’re anything like me, you want to take pictures of all your memories, and then display them in a nice way for
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Sleeping Through the Night
Some parents luck out with a baby who learns to sleep all on their own right through the night early on. Other parents aren’t
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Formula and Cereal and Pureed Food… Oh My!
I think the time has come where my son is ready, and in need of, the introduction of solids to his diet. For the last two
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The Trials and Tribulations of Breast Feeding
If you’re breast feeding your child, I think you’ll agree when I say this has to be one of the hardest things
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Fussy Baby Tips – Sleeping and Teething
As a new mom I am quickly learning that infants go through a lot of different stages in their little lives, and each new
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How to Protect Your Child from Bullying
Now that the kids are back at school, you may run into a situation that could be potentially dangerous. How do you know you
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Back to School – What Your Child Will Learn
Your child is going back to school – starting kindergarten or moving onto the next grade. You may be wondering what
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Protecting Your Child From Swine Flu
In light of the recent reports that some swine flu cases were reported, I have put together a short information guide on
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Fun Summer Things To Do With Your Children
You may just be one of those fortunate parents who are staying around the house most of the summer, trying hard to think
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Keeping Kids Safe Around Dogs
With summer pretty much here, I feel that it is important to spread around a bit of caution about children and what should
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20 Tips for New Dads
As Father’s Day approaches, I thought it would be appropriate to pass on a few words of wisdom, directed at new dads.
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How to Calm a Crying Baby
First – let’s get one thing straight: Crying is your new baby’s only way to communicate with you. And for
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Simple Vegetable Purees for your Baby
Here are a few suggestions of variations for homemade vegetable purees for your baby. And as with all my recipes and instructions
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Homemade Fruit Purees for your Baby
You can get quite creative with making fruit purees for your baby. It is a great way to include vitamins into the baby’s
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Homemade Sweet Potato and Broccoli puree for your Baby
Broccoli is a great source of nutrition for your baby. It is best steamed or microwaved – boiling will remove about
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Homemade Carrot Puree for your Baby
Carrots make excellent food for your baby when you are starting to introduce solids into baby’s diet, since they are
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Homemade Baby Food
I have decided to add this section because I believe that making your own baby food is an excellent idea for number of reasons.
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Homemade Fruit Puree for your Baby
One of the best first fruit puree to give to your baby is a combination of apples and pears. They contain pectin, which can
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Top Ten Basics for your Newborn Baby
It is not an easy task to get together everything new baby might need. There is oh so much cute stuff available on the market
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