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How Well Do You Know Back-to-School Bugs?
While your child is making her way to the head of the class, germs could be creeping their way onto the lil scholar. You prepped her before she headed back to class, but how much do you know about the back-to-school bugs? Take the quiz to find out.
Keep Those Wee Teeth Healthy This Halloween
Sure kids adore the costume aspect of Halloween but the number one reason why wee ones look forward to the ghoulish holiday? The hunt for candy. Chocolate bars, candy corn, and bags of Skittles can make a youngster hopelessly in love with sugar but leave their pearly whites in pain.
Mommy's Lil Helper: Bugbands
Hot fun in the outdoor sun doesn't have to mean red bumpy bites too. Humid muggy months often bring bugs with them. Mosquitoes can be particularly bothersome leaving stings and sores in their wake.
Five Tips For Enduring Baby's First Cold
Despite your best efforts of warding off germs from your little one, he's bound to catch a cold. While baby's first bug may turn your life upside down, it's not the end of the world. Do not hesitate to call the pediatrician whenever you suspect your bundle of joy is sick — and use these five simple tips to survive his first, but certainly not his last, cold.
Test Your Tummyache Knowledge
"My tummy hurts" can mean anything from your tot ate too much candy to he's constipated or dealing with nerves or actual stomach bugs. Take our quiz to see how much you know about what ails your child's abdomen.
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10 Lights to Keep the Nights Bright
Good night. Sleep tight. Don't let the bed bugs bite.
The Gosselin Girls Go to Jonas Brothers Concert
The Gosselin girls are growing up! Kate took her twin daughters, Cara and Mady, 8, and a friend to see the Jonas Brothers concert at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia last night. The oldest kids of Jon and Kate's 8 were decked out in age appropriate outfits that didn't match.
Is It Possible to Keep One Kid Healthy When Another Is Sick?
What's worse than a sick baby? Two sick babies. Last week my daughter fell ill with a fever, cough, and a snotty nose.
Hi Ho, Hi Ho, It's Off to Camp We Go!
After spending a weekend in camp country, I got nostalgic about the old beat up camp trunk I took on my childhood trips. Camps usually send a list to parents to help them prepare their kiddos for the weeks away from home, but it helps to have a second checklist to cross-reference so mama feels good about putting her sweet babe on the bus. Print this roster out and get to folding!
Summer Reading: Tots Choose Favorite Books by Age Group
Final class celebrations are in full swing at many schools around the country and while lil ones are counting the minutes until Summer vacation, it's our job to keep their brains growing while they are out on break. Keeping up the routine reading throughout the warm months is one way to ensure that your tot doesn't regress.
The Children's Book Council recently invited children to select their favorite books of the year by age group.
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