Browsing archives for May, 2008

Is Bottled Fancy Water Bad For Kids?

+Mom's Tips 29 May 2008 | View Comments

Is fancy water hurting your teeth? Fancy water is any water that has something added to it. Some dentists will tell you fancy waters that have flavor added are no substitute for tap water. Apparently the concern is that these bottled waters don’t contain enough fluoride to adequately protect and maintain your teeth from decay. [...]

Nice gift for friend’s child

+Mom's Tips 28 May 2008 | View Comments

The child’s name is the star of the show in the personalized childrens book My Name in Lights. In this personalized children’s book kids are treated to a whimsical theatrical performance where their name is spelled out by delightful alphabet characters. A kid’s attention is captured by the adorable rhymes that accompany the illustrations. Each [...]

Paying Off Parent Plus Student Loans

+Mom's Tips 26 May 2008 | View Comments

If you have a teen going into University and a bunch of kids down the lien going into school then you will probably want to know about the Parent Plus Student Loanda. A Parent Plus Student Loan is a kind of federal student loan that is taken out by a parent on behalf of a [...]

Hoodia for Post-Partum Weight

+Mom's Tips 23 May 2008 | View Comments

If you have gained weight after pregnancy you might want to consider taking hoodia. It has worked with me. The key is to take it in a safe way. Then you will be guaranteed to lose the weight in a healthy way. Like any type of weight loss aid or supplement you are the safest [...]

Is Having Children Bad for the Planet?

+Mom's Tips 20 May 2008 | View Comments

I read something today that perturbed me as I do have quite a few kids but I am not thinking of having any more on purpose specifically because of my environmental concerns. The article was from last year and published last May in The Australian. It was by Sarah-Kate Templeton and all about how having [...]

The DNA of Bad Kids

+Mom's Tips 17 May 2008 | View Comments

Apparently crime is so bad in Britain that they are now thinking of putting the DNA of kids who are really bad on record. This is the plan according to a story by Mark Townsend and Anushka Asthana in England’s The Observer. The idea is that primary children would be eligible to have their DNA [...]

Baby’s Sleep and Natural Light

+Mom's Tips 14 May 2008 | View Comments

Sometimes it is hard to tell why your baby won’t sleep through the night. I could be colic or anything. At any rate that good night’s sleep seems so hard for some baby’s to come by and that affects your sleep too. Now there is a new theory. It is not colic at all but [...]

The Competitive Mom

+Mom's Tips 11 May 2008 | View Comments

The thing I can’t stand about some of these celebrity moms is how over identified they are with their children. The child is simply not allowed to have its own identity. A good example of this is Surie Cruise. The two are parading around in identical Armani outfits and Katie recently got a haircut to [...]