Family flying: 3 tips for a stress-free trip

Remember those days when you’d cower in your airline seat, praying that the woman inching her way down the aisle with the screaming infant wouldn’t sit next to you? Now you’re the one wearing the burp cloth, feeling like Typhoid Mary as you lug your child, stroller, carry-on luggage, and bulging diaper bag through the [...]

Reality Check: Murphy’s Laws of Parenting

The other day, I was bundling up my seven-month-old for a stroll in the park. I changed her diaper and put on her onesie, her pants, her sweater, her jacket, her hat and her booties. Then I fastened her into the stroller and neatly tucked a blanket over her little legs. Just as we were [...]

Red Light / Green Light

In this game, one person plays the “stop light” and the rest try to touch him/her.
At the start, all the children form a line about 15 feet away from the stop light.
The stop light faces away from the line of kids and says “green light”. At this point the kids are allowed to move towards [...]

Bubble Gum

You had to have at least three people to play but an unlimited number could join in.
Everyone would gather in a tight circle and make a fist with both hands and hold their fists out in the center of the circle. I cant remember exactly how we chose who would be the counter (I think [...]

Leg Cramps in Pregnancy

Cramps in your muscles are common during pregnancy. They may be caused by the weight you are carrying, circulation changes, or calcium deficiency.
 
Suggestions:

Regular exercise
Adequate calcium intake
When the cramp begins, bring your toes towards you, and massage the muscle

To try to prevent leg cramps, I’d recommend that you do a bit of stretching before bed. One [...]

Morning Sickness - An Infamous Pregnancy Symptom

When does morning sickness occur in pregnancy?
Morning sickness tends to be the first pregnancy symptom most women experience. It can start nearly as soon as the pregnancy test is positive, though many women will not notice morning sickness until about the sixth week of pregnancy.
Is it only in the morning?
You may experience morning sickness at [...]

The Annual Holiday Family Newsletter-Yea or Nay?

Ah, the annual holiday family newsletter. It reminds me of that Goodwill commercial that airs this time of year. You know the one about the purple paisley shirt. The worker sitting in the back of the Goodwill donation truck describes the polarized reactions of two people viewing the same article of clothing:
“UGH! [...]

Pregnant Indians risk passing diabetes to babies

CHENNAI, India – Up to 15 percent of pregnant women in India are developing diabetes, raising the risk of their children developing the disease, said experts on Sunday, who blamed factors including malnutrition.
Experts at a diabetes summit in Chennai in southern India said genetics, a sedentary lifestyle, as well as women simply [...]

Christmas Fun in North Pole… Alaska

Yesterday I wrote about several U.S. cities that sport Christmas-themed names, including Noel, Missouri; Santa Claus, Indiana; Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; and Christmas, Florida. Thanks to an astute reader I’m back again with one more–North Pole, Alaska.
North Pole, Alaska–not to be confused with the planet’s geographic North Pole–is located roughly 12 miles from Fairbanks [...]

Another Reason to Encourage Your Kids to WRITE a Letter to Santa

In a previous blog I vented… rather, shared my feelings regarding the influx of websites encouraging kids to go high-tech and email their letters to Santa instead of writing them by hand and shipping them off via snail mail.
Frankly, I find the whole Santa email idea a bit insulting. It’s a slap [...]

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