Archive for January, 2008
Thousands of grandparents are raising their grandkids. According to Us Government statistics, eight percent of the children in the the nation are being raised by their grandparents. In some states this number has risen to 15 per cent. Though grandparents have experience to draw upon, they need to learn new things about child-rearing. This article tells how one grandmother learned the meaning of the slang term "hang out."
12 Ways to Make a Difference for Your Autistic Grandchild
You have awaited the news of your grandchild for months, maybe years and now the gut wrenching truth is almost too painful. Your children are suffering. What could be worse? How can you help? You play a role that is critical and you have the power to make life more manageable for your children and your grandchild or you can undermine their challenges and exacerbate an already fragile situation.
Grandparents - Taking a Larger Role in Raising Grandkids
Today's Boomers are a very busy group of people. From buying new homes, vacationing around the world, and using their business savvy skills to become the most profitable group of retirees ever, you would think that Boomers would enjoy saying good bye to their parenting years and embark on their new solo journeys. However, today's Boomers are finding themselves in a very similar role to the one they've played for the past eighteen years, grandparents raising grandkids.
Grandparents - What You Can Learn From Preschoolers When Going For a Walk
Walking with preschoolers is a different kind of walk. Here are seven things that I learned about life when walking with my grandchildren.
Teens in the House Again - A Grandparent’s Blessing
Today, thousands of grandparents are raising their grandkids. While these grandparents love their grandkids, caring for them at this age and stage of life is hard. But as this author and grandmother discovered, it is also a blessing.
Saving Money On Organic Cotton Baby Clothes
As Parents we want the best for our Baby We want to keep our Babies safe from things that might harm them This is exactly why more and more Parents are choosing Organic Cotton Baby Clothes...
Buying Baby Furniture Tips And Tricks
There is little doubt that a large portion of Young Parent's budget will be spent on Baby Furniture for the Baby Nursery However, there are many ways to save money by purchasing your Baby Nursery Furniture and other Baby Items used, or new at discounted prices
In most cases Baby Items of all types and descriptions can be purchased for pennies on the dollar if you know where to look...
Mastitis
Mastitis is a breast infection that can affect some breastfeeding Moms According to Dr Ruth Lawrence, author of Breastfeeding: A Guide for the Medical Profession, mastitis is an "infectious process in the breast producing localized tenderness, redness, and heat, together with systemic reactions of fever, malaise, and sometimes nausea and vomiting...
Adventures In Childbirth Inspire My New Birth Plan
This is not your run-of-the-mill birth plan It was inspired from a repetition of events in my life, namely the births of my children Here is a summary of those events:
Birth One was a relatively uneventful first labor lasting only six hours and requiring only about six pushes...
