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How many gifts is too many?
Oh, how we love to spoil our children--especially on birthdays and holidays. Television commercials advertise the best, the newest, the most fun toys ever, guaranteed to make our babies and grandbabies smarter, stronger, and happi...
Ho, Ho, Ho: Toys for Christmas 2011
Christmas is just around the corner, and that means busy parents are making a list and checking it twice for all the best new toys to buy this year for their little ones. For advice on toys that are a big hit with today's younger ...
Capturing Memories: 7 tips for taking holiday photos
The winter holidays provide many a perfect photo opportunity for you and your family. You don't have to be a professional photographer or have an expensive camera to get some great shots that will serve as keepsakes for generation...
Holiday Stress: Keep Baby From Being Overstimulated
From Thanksgiving to Christmas to New Year's, the holiday season is full of magic and fun. Nothing is greater than watching your child enjoy all the sights and sounds of the holidays. However, there is a fine line between fun and ...
14 Tips for Buying Christmas on a Budget
Playing Santa isn't cheap, but the desire to have a presents spilling under the Christmas tree is strong especially for parents. Unless you want to pay for Christmas until the next Yuletide season, you need a plan and a budget. ...
Christmas Shopping for Baby - Guide To Finding The Best Deals
Struggling to find a balance between the wish list and the family budget this Christmas? Many families are, and this year seems particularly difficult for most households. However, there are strategies you can use to help stretch ...
Making Baby's First Christmas a Safe Christmas
Baby's first Christmas is undeniably a special occasion. There's something about a baby in the home that makes this family-oriented holiday magical again for jaded adults. But keeping baby safe over the holidays may require a lit...
Mom & Dad's Holiday Survival Guide
1. Take physical safety precautions: Young children are at-risk of eating poisonous holiday plants (mistletoe, poinsettias, and holly berries). Keep your local poison center's number near the phone. Small table decorations and or...
Christmas Dinner for Your Baby!
Who says baby has to eat the same old jar baby foods for Christmas. After all, Christmas is that one special time a year when we all splurge on our dinner tables and stuff our mouths with unbelievable amounts of food. Most of w...
Once a Month Cooking - The Turkey Plan
Turkey is a far more versatile meat than most of us think. Many people relegate it to holidays and "leftovers", but why not make it part of your everyday fare? Turkey is delicious, low in fat (unless drowned in gravy!) and can be ...
Holiday Safety Checklist
Only weeks ago we were at the mall desperately seeking Halloween costumes when what to our astounded eyes appeared? No, not Santa and eight tiny reindeer, but it could have been. Actually, it was several department stores already...
Choosing Christmas Gifts For Your Child
The other day a friend and I were enjoying a cup of tea when she picked up a brochure from my kitchen table put out by a major toy manufacturer and started to leaf through it. "Look at this" she said, "underneath every toy there...
How To Relieve Holiday Anxiety!
I must admit that as much as I love and look forward to the holiday season, I simultaneously feel a great sense of anxiety when the festive season approaches. I look forward to quality time and sharing with family and friends, b...
Beating the Holiday Stress, Stepmom Style
The holidays are fast approaching. I can hear the chaos and calamity right behind me now, can you? My instinct is to find a deep, deep hole to hide in until the festivities have passed, but if memory serves, someone always finds m...
Christmas Traditions
Father Christmas Call him what you will, Father Christmas, Santa Claus, St. Nicholas - children all over the world will be waiting for his visit on December 25th. Trying to get off to sleep, yet listening for the sleigh bells as ...
Help! I Can't Afford Chrismas!
The less money you have to spend on Christmas, the earlier you have to get started. Bargains go quickly, as we all know. First, make sure you get to any car boot/garage/yard/tag sales in your area, looking out for baskets that yo...
Simple Steps to Stop Holiday Stress
The holidays seem to always add extra stress to life. As much as we try to enjoy ourselves it is impossible to avoid feeling stressed. Planning ahead of time and preparing gifts in advance always seem to be the answer, but there i...
The Better Christmas Letter
We have approached the time of year that sends many of us to our computers to wax poetic about the joys and tribulations of our family happenings. Yes, it's time to write the Holiday Form Letter once again. As my beloved sister c...
Winter Time Fun!
Winter is the time of year when many of us, due to inclement weather, are forced to stay inside. If you have kids underfoot during this time of year, you are all likely to suffer a bout of cabin fever. If the winter season ha...
Toddler Toys for Christmas
It's that wonderful time of the year, the holiday season. Children are excited with visions of Santa, and presents under the tree. You have made your list, and are ready to explore the stores. But what exactly do you get a toddler...