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Wrap Yourself Around these 6 Facts about Baby Swaddling
By Jeff Hayward Children

Wrap Yourself Around these 6 Facts about Baby Swaddling

Swaddling is an age-old practice that involves wrapping a blanket snugly around baby to limit their movement and (hopefully) lull them to sleep. The idea is that it mimics the safety and comfort of a mother’s womb. However, just because swaddling has been practiced for eons, it doesn’t mean we’re not learning new things about […]

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21 Clever Ways to Childproof your Home
By ActiveBeat Author Children

21 Clever Ways to Childproof your Home

Parents worry endlessly about how to protect their children from harm, often overlooking the number one threat to their children’s safety and well-being: their home sweet home!  Children are exposed to countless dangers in the family home (i.e., burns, choking, poisoning, drowning, or falling). Unfortunately, parents weren’t outfitted with eyes in the back of their heads, which is […]

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7 Toddler Development Facts you Probably Didn’t Know
By Jeff Hayward Children

7 Toddler Development Facts you Probably Didn’t Know

Toddlers are (usually) fascinating and fun little humans that bring us joy as well as the usual challenges. However, in our big world we often overlook little details about them, as they seem to change a bit each day. To be fair, there is no way you can know everything that’s going on with a […]

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7 Ways Welcoming Your Second Child Differs From the First
By Sarah Reynolds Children

7 Ways Welcoming Your Second Child Differs From the First

First time parents have the incredible luxury (that they don’t know at the time is a luxury) of planning and preparing, focusing and doing, for one. That first child, whether they realize or not, is getting prime treatment, and parents, are running themselves wild to give them that. It’s pretty exciting and stressful to welcome […]

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8 Tips for Moms to Successfully Balance Work and Family
By Sarah Reynolds Children

8 Tips for Moms to Successfully Balance Work and Family

Motherhood is often called the greatest job and responsibility that a women can embark on. However, mothers who balance work AND family often struggle, and find themselves wrapped in a ball of stress and guilt. For many women, staying home to raise their children simply isn’t a financial option. For others, it may be a […]

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