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More Articles from Parenting Information: | | | | RELATED ARTICLES When Your Baby Arrives Welcoming a newborn baby into the family is always a joyful occasion especially for first-time parents. The nine months of waiting has finally come to an end. How heart-warming it is to hear that first cry. Your baby has arrived! Study Shows High Pollutant Levels in Mothers Milk There is no doubt mothers’ milk is the best food in the world for the babies. Unfortunately, mothers’ milk of today aint the same as the mothers milk thirty years ago. A recent study confirmed previous findings that American mothers milk contains high levels of toxic chemicals called polybrominated diphenyl esters PBDEs, among other toxic pollutants such as PCBs and dioxins. Healing Anger and Violence in Our Society I have counseled individuals, couples, families and business partners for the past 35 years and authored eight published books. All this experience has resulted in the development of a profound six-step healing process, called Inner Bonding, which anyone can learn and use throughout the day FREE course available - see resource box. Do your kids have a “Safety Telephone Number”If not, you should get one for FREE! What is a “Safety Number” Ten Suggestions For The Overscheduled Child Ever wonder what happened to the family dinner hour Or for that matter the family dinner half hour Monday is Soccer Practice, Tuesday is Piano lesson, Wednesday is Church Activities, Thursday is a Soccer Game, Friday a birthday partyto attend. A number of events will fill up the weekend. Do you feel like a professional scheduler and taxi driver Are you finding yourself increasingly irritable as you go from one activity to the next Maybe you and your children are overscheduled. Too Much to Do Too Little Time Have you ever felt like someone just pressed the Fast-forward button on your day and before you know it the day is over and you are sitting there wondering what youve accomplished The First Week with your Baby The first week of your babys life brings big adjustments for both of you. You are adjusting to being a mother and caring for your baby and your baby is adjusting to life outside the womb. It is a time of great joy -- and possibly immense fear! Although youve been preparing for the birth of your baby for months, now he is here and depending on you for everything which can seem overwhelming. Dont expect too much of yourself during these first days! If anyone offers you help -- take it! Mommies and Me Special Time Creating and making special memories with your child is very important, especially for your child’s development. Baby Expense: What To Do When Baby As you probably know, baby expense should be high on your list of things to plan for, before the baby comes. There is no cheap way to have and raise a baby: it takes sweat, work, lots of cash, patience, and more to have a happy, healthy baby. Some studies suggest that you will spend anywhere between $150,000 and $200,000 for your kids by the time they are 18 years old, not including private schools, special lessons, or college. Talk Your Child Clever Most parents can hardly wait for their baby to say its first word. This usually happens between the nine months and a year. From about two years, the child should be able to use simple phrases, and by three he should be able to use full sentences. By four, he should be fully able to talk, although he may still make grammatical errors. By five, he should have acquired basic language. Dyslexia: Is the Shoe Perhaps on the Wrong Foot Reading is the most important skill that a child must acquire at school, because one must learn to read to be able to read to learn. The implication of this is that the child who is a poor reader will usually also be a poor learner. The "B" Word Former students would probably attest to the fact that few things tried my patience as much as did the statement, “This is boring!” As I reflect back on my many years in the classroom, I can’t help but feel a tad bit sorry for the first kid who made the mistake of uttering those words each year. It was rare to hear the phrase a second time because most kids vividly recalled my “sermon,” and they didn’t want to risk a repeat performance. Using Music To Calm Your Baby Music is a wonderful way for you to calm and soothe your baby, especially during the first year.How many times have your heard parents say that there was nothing that they could do with their crying, fussing baby until they tried music.This is because music does indeed soothe the savage beast, or in this case, the baby. Attitudes-Based Learning The greatest discovery of my generation about 1900 is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind. Parenting Yourself When You Have Small Children There’s no doubt about it - parenting small children takes a lot of time. So much time that it’s very easy to forget about your child within. Yet you cannot be a really good parent while forgetting about your own feelings, needs and well-being. How To Purchase A Mural Online For Your Child So you are thinking of having a mural installed or painted in your childs room What a perfect addition to your little ones room. A mural is a beautiful gift to give to any child. I have a mural in each of my 3 childrens bedrooms and I cant tell you how much joy it has brought to them over the years. If you could only see the look on little kids eyes when they see my childrens rooms. There are several options open for you online. Lets take a look: If I Hurt You, Then Im Sorry This statement has stopped many a war in my house.My oldest two children are two years apart in age and would fight about everything and nothing when they were little.One would anger the other and then deny that it ever happened.One would accidentally harm the other during play and not want to accept responsibility for the others anger.Seldom did a day pass by that one of them wasnt screaming at the other for some horrible crime.It never failed when I would be brought in to mediate, theyd both claim they were innocent and the other was bad.How many times did one of them try to convince me that the other was lying and just trying to frame them for a crime they didnt commit.Whats a parent to do I’m Sorry! Blame-Game or Accountability A powerful tool for health as we approach the new year can be to focus on giving and/or receiving only real apologies when we want to heal a rift with a family member, friend, or co-worker. We hear apologies all the time, but I don’t think many of them are sincere. An apology has to be real to heal. Life Stuck In Fast Forward the woes of being a parent of an ADHD child..... Help Your Children to Love Reading It is so important to create an environment that promotes the love of reading. Not only is reading necessary for survival in today’s world, it is educational, it sparks imagination, it is a stress reliever, provides entertainment and enjoyment, the list goes on. |
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