Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child

Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child

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One of the country's leading researchers updates his revolutionary approach to solving--and preventing--your children's sleep problems

Here Dr. Marc Weissbluth, a distinguished pediatrician and father of four, offers his groundbreaking program to ensure the best sleep for your child. In Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child, he explains with authority and reassurance his step-by-step regime for instituting beneficial habits within the framework of your child's natural sleep cycles. This valuable sourcebook contains brand new research that

- Pinpoints the way daytime sleep differs from night sleep and why both are important to your child
- Helps you cope with and stop the crybaby syndrome, nightmares, bedwetting, and more
- Analyzes ways to get your baby to fall asleep according to his internal clock--naturally
- Reveals the common mistakes parents make to get their children to sleep--including the inclination to rock and feed
- Explores the different sleep cycle needs for different temperaments--from quiet babies to hyperactive toddlers
- Emphasizes the significance of a nap schedule
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Rest is vital to your child's health growth and development. Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child outlines proven strategies that ensure good, healthy sleep for every age. Advises parents dealing with teenagers and their unique sleep problems

The Happiest Baby on the Block: The New Way to Calm Crying and Help Your Newborn Baby Sleep Longer

The Happiest Baby on the Block: The New Way to Calm Crying and Help Your Newborn Baby Sleep Longer

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According to Publishers Weekly;

Karp, a pediatrician in Santa Monica, Calif., and assistant professor at the School of Medicine, UCLA, offers a new method to calm and soothe crying infants. While nursing or being held satisfies some babies, others seemingly cry for hours for no reason. These babies suffer from what Karp calls the Fourth Trimester. When you bring your soft, dimpled newborn home from the hospital, you may think your nursery is a peaceful sanctuary.... To him, it's a disorienting world part Las Vegas casino, part dark closet! Karp recommends a series of five steps designed to imitate the uterus. These steps include swaddling, side/stomach position, shhh sounds, swinging and sucking. The book includes detailed advice on the proper way to swaddle a child, the difference between a gentle rocking versus shaking and more. According to the author, virtually all babies will respond to these strategies although some trial and error may be needed to find the most effective calming method. A number of the steps letting kids nurse more frequently or encouraging babies to use pacifiers, for instance contradict other childcare experts. However, parents who are at their wits' ends because of a baby's incessant crying will find this book invaluable. In fact, expectant parents may want to read it before they bring their newborns home from the hospital.

Nursery Rhymes - Good Night, Sleep Tight

Good night, sleep tight,
Wake up bright
In the morning light
To do what's right
With all your might.

Good night, sleep tight,
Don’t let the bedbugs bite.
And if they do
Then take your shoe
A nd knock ‘em ‘til
They’re black and blue!

Fisher-Price Smart Cycle

Fisher-Price Smart Cycle

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Fisher-Price Smart Cycle

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What to Expect the First Year

Is our baby eating enough? Is this much crying normal? How do I know when she is really sick? This hefty, 671-page guide to your baby's first year is brought to you by the creators of the bestselling What to Expect When You're Expecting. The three authors, all mothers themselves, are calm, clear, and encouraging as they tackle the first year of child-rearing, month by month. The easy-to-absorb, chronological format includes sections such as "What Your Baby May Be Doing," "What You Can Expect at This Month's Checkups," "Feeding Your Baby This Month," "What You May Be Concerned About," and "What It's Important to Know."

Part Two addresses special concerns such as illness, first aid do's and don'ts, the low-birthweight baby, the adopted baby, becoming a father, and sibling relationships. You'll also find discussions of breastfeeding and bottlefeeding, selecting a physician for the baby, diapers and clothing, safety, and many ways of stimulating the baby's development. The recipes for babies and toddlers in Part Three are useful, as are the recommended home remedies; charts on common childhood illnesses; height and weight; and the thorough index. (A particular strength of the book is the authors' careful attention to diet and nutrition for both mother and baby, incorporating the American Academy of Pediatrics' latest recommendations on infant nutrition.) While some of the authors' perspectives are controversial (such as whether to let your baby "cry it out" or not), this book remains one of the most comprehensive resources for new parents as they toddle through their baby's first year.

How To Create a Baby Blog

The Basics of Blogging

I have many blogs, as a friend recently pointed out to me, I narrow cast as opposed to broadcast. By that he meant that I have many different blogs on many different subjects. And as someone who blogs often, I thought I would share some of my ideas about how to create a baby blog.

- So now what exactly is blogging and what is a Blog?

(n.) Short for Web log, a blog is a Web page that serves as a publicly accessible personal journal for an individual. Typically updated daily, Blogs often reflect the personality of the author.

(v.) To author a Web log.

Other forms: Blogger (a person who blogs), blogging (the act of maintaining a web log or blog).

Blogging is just writing. That's all it is. So the first thing that any aspiring blogger should do is think a bit about just what they will be writing about. In this case you probably will be writing about your baby, and your experience as a parent.

Many other parents are doing it, so it has become a popular way to share and communicate with friends and family. Write ups, letters, photos, even video clips can be shared via a blog.

A blog can also be a way of collecting resources that you need and use to be a parent. If you find a web-site that you like, then just link to it from your blog. Then when you need to find it again, you have the link.

A blog can be a way of connecting to others who are just like you. As you blog about your baby, you will meet online and probably become "on-line friends" with other bloggers. Who knows, some of your on-line friends may become real world friends.

Software and hardware needs

-- Blogging platforms - To blog, you need some kind of blogging software, also called a blogging platform. There are many, too many to mention. But a very nice post over at Mashable.com titled Baby Blogging: 8 Trendy Tools Compared gives a nice overview of some of the platforms that are out there.

You can also start your new baby blog at blogging web sites like blogger.com and wordpress.com.

Obviously if you are reading this you have a computer. But there are other hardware tools needed to be an effective baby blogger. You will at least need a digital camera preferably something that also can do video.

The Flip Video Ultra Series 60-Minutes Camcorder is a perfect video camera for a parent who wants to use it to take video of their children for a blog.

Flip Video Ultra Series Camcorder, 60-Minutes (Black)


Some features that you might want in a camera;

- Simple to use, pocket-sized camcorder with one-touch recording and digital zoom

- Holds 60 minutes of full VGA-quality video on 2GB of built-in memory; no tapes or additional memory cards required

- Convenient USB arm plugs directly into your computer for easy viewing and sharing

- Built-in software lets you easily e-mail videos, upload to YouTube and AOL, and capture still photos from video

- Ability to watch videos instantly on TV with included cable


Blogging is also reading other blogs.

Finally to maintain a active blog that is updated often and read by others, you will also have to read the blogs of others. This will also help you get ideas about how to blog better.

And remember that blogging is fun, it is about sharing information with friends and family. It will help you keep track of your baby's growth, and could be something that you share with them when they are older.

Books About Blooging

Sleep Is for the Weak: The Best of the Mommybloggers Including Amalah, Finslippy, Fussy, Woulda Coulda Shoulda, Mom-101, and More! (Blogher Book)

Blogging For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))

The Huffington Post Complete Guide to Blogging

ProBlogger: Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income

Books @ Amazon.com about blogs

Baby Shower Gift Ideas

There are never ending options for buying gifts for a baby shower. I want this post to help friends and family choose gifts for babies and mothers when attendeding a baby shower.

New babys can use and need all kinds of things, from bibs, burp cloths, baby gear storage solutions, fornature, car seats, and the list goes on. Gifts can cost from $100.00s to less than $25, so there is a large range of items that you could buy.

Please consider the following suggestions for baby shower gifts;

1. BurpCatcher Burp Cloths

The Original Burp Catcher:
The Burp Cloth With a Pocket! Pink Dots

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BurpCatcher has an ingenious pocket that hangs open to catch baby's spit up every time. Put it over your shoulder or across your arm BurpCatcher stops the spit up before it makes a mess! Made of soft flannel or cozy fleece, BurpCatcher is totally washable and versatile, with no hard parts or hardware. It can be scrunched into a diaper bag and used just like any other burp cloth. Only it's much better.

JJ Cole Burp Cloth Set

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2. New Blue Minky Dot Chenille 10pcs Baby Crib Bedding Set

New Blue Minky Dot Chenille
10pcs Baby Crib Bedding Set

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10 Piece Set Includes:
• (1)Crib Quilt
• (1)Crib Bumper
• (1)Fitted Sheet
• (1)Crib Skirt (Dust Ruffle)
• (1)Diaper Stacker
• (2)of Window Valances
• (1)Toy Bag
• (1)Baby Pillow
• (1)Baby Bib
• This set fits all Baby cribs and Toddler Bed!

3. Dunstan Baby Language -- Learn the universal language of newborn babies

Dunstan Baby Language -- Learn the universal language of newborn babies

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As announced in an exclusive interview on the Oprah Winfrey Show, Australian mother Priscilla Dunstan has the world talking with the discovery of the secret language of babies. This breakthrough in infant care is the result of one mother's intuition that began nearly a decade of investigation and international research.

The Dunstan Baby Language DVD teaches parents the 5 cries all newborns use to communicate their everyday needs from day 1. You will know when your baby is hungry, tired, needs burping, has lower wind or is simply uncomfortable. By learning this System parents are able to settle their baby faster, resulting in happier babies who sleep longer and cry less - something every new parent would wish for.

Sarah Palin's daughter gives birth to son named Tripp

The Associated Press is reporting the birth of Sarah Palin's daughters baby in an article titled "Palin's daughter gives birth to son named Tripp".

People magazine reports that Bristol Palin gave birth to Tripp Easton Mitchell Johnston on Sunday. He weighed 7 pounds, 4 ounces.

Turtle Cloud b Twilight Constellation Night Light

Cloud b Twilight Constellation Night Light

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FeaturesColor Name: Turtle

• Twilight Turtle gently transforms nurseries and bedrooms into a starry sanctuary that comforts and calms children.


• From within his plastic shell, Twilight Turtle projects a complete starry night sky onto the walls and ceiling of any room.


• Choose any one of three soothing color options blue, green, and amber to create magical, tranquil environments that are ideal for helping children of all ages fall asleep easier.


• Auto shut-off — 45 minute sleep timer


• Three AAA batteries included

Cloud b Twilight Constellation Night Light

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