Browsing archives for December, 2007

Breast Feeding or Bottle Feeding?

+Mom's Tips 29 December 2007 | View Comments

Should you breast feed or bottle feed. Most experts recommend breast-feeding. This is because recent research has shown that babies who are breast-fed have higher intelligent quotient scores (ICQ’s) then children who were bottle-fed. So if you want a smart kid you better bottle-feed because the average boost in IQ for breast-feeds babies over non [...]

Special Sleeping Tips for Newborns

+Mom's Tips 26 December 2007 | View Comments

The first thing you need to realize about newborns and sleep is that they do not necessarily need sleep! They don’t have biorhythms like we do or need eight hours sleep at night. It is very abnormal for a newborn to sleep all night so you might as well see it as a natural process [...]

Shower Cash for New Moms

+Mom's Tips 24 December 2007 | View Comments

The baby shower is a great venue for which to solicit funds for a new mom. Sometimes the mother-to-be is strapped for cash, in which case you can set up a donation station at the event. There are several fun ways to set up a donation station that is fun and makes people smile as [...]

How to Avoid Shrinking!

+Mom's Tips 21 December 2007 | View Comments

Calcium is one of the most important nutrients for a woman especially as you age and your bones start losing mass Taken in the right ratio with magnesium calcium also contributes to the health of tendons, the heart muscle and the nerves. One of main benefits of eating calcium rich foods, especially for women, is [...]

History of the Baby Shower

+Mom's Tips 18 December 2007 | View Comments

Nowadays it is customary for the Baby Shower to be thrown before the birth of the baby. These events are planned anywhere from six-months to just a couple of days before the blessed event. Probably the optimum time to throw a party is in the third trimester of pregnancy, but not too close to the [...]

Dead Sea Salt Stress Cures

+Mom's Tips 15 December 2007 | View Comments

As a busy mom I am always looking for ways to rub the detritus of the day off of my body and also to relax. The benefits of salts scrubs are many and varied but what they are most famous for is making your skin look pinker and younger. This is because the salt has [...]

Baby Shower Crafts and Favors

+Mom's Tips 12 December 2007 | View Comments

Baby shower crafts are fun to make and usually tied somehow to the theme of the party, which can be anything from storks to ducks to stars to teddy bears. Before deciding on what kind of baby shower crafts you would like to ask guests to bring to the party, decide on a theme and [...]

Tips For Dealing With ADD

+Mom's Tips 9 December 2007 | View Comments

ADD which stands for Attention Deficit Disorder is a distressing psychological condition which results in all kinds of behavioral symptoms including a lack of concentration, bed-wetting, aggression and compulsive behavior. It affects both adults and children. ADD is almost always described as a three-pronged illness that contains three components – irritability, compulsivity and distractibility. Another [...]