Bribing Your Kids

Find Out How Bribing Your Kids Can Cause Issues

If you’re a parent, chances are good that you have bribed your kids at one point or another. Bribing your kids is often a reactive response to a situation that has escalated beyond your comfort zone. This may be in a public situation where your child’s behavior may have you feeling embarrassed or bring out

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Babies' Language Development

How Does The Way We Talk Affect Our Babies’ Language Development?

There’s something about babies that brings out this unfamiliar voice and vocabulary. Suddenly, we’re speaking in a higher pitch and making up words like “boogly googly” and “nosey wosey.” But, how is this affecting our babies' language development? Brandee Charles, a speech-language pathologist who works with preschool and elementary-age children, said this type of talk

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favorite Pregnancy Podcast

6 of Our Favorite Pregnancy Podcasts

A podcast is like a close friend... full of information, humor and real-life situations. From politics to education tips, podcasts come in many different topics for just about everyone. We’ve rounded out our favorite pregnancy podcasts for you baby-waitin’ mommas, so grab your headphones and get listening! Pregnancy Podcast by Vanessa Merten This podcast is

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Baby to the Love of Reading

Introduce Your Baby to the Love of Reading with These Books

Psychology Today reports that “reading to babies as young as six months of age leads to stronger vocabularies and better early literacy skills four years later, just as the children are getting ready to go to school.” So, there is no time to wait to instill a love of learning, a growing vocabulary and engaging

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Creating a modern nursery

Creating a Modern Nursery For You and Baby

Long gone are the days when nurseries had to be strictly pink for girls or baby blue for boys. With modern times, come modern colors, decorations and furniture. Creating a modern nursery depends on not only what you think would be best for your baby but also what you like personally. The décor can be

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Jogging With Baby

6 Tips For Jogging With Baby

After having a baby, the first couple of months are spent caught up in all the new mommy duties that now exist in life. But, as the mommy honeymoon phase dwindles slightly, many moms want to begin returning to pre-mommy habits, and that is perfectly normal. A new mom may miss her weekly workouts, and

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