After all the baby furniture is purchased, you'll have to start thinking of baby safety supplies. Once your baby becomes mobile (and that's in a few short months), battening down the hatches is extremely important. If you have stairs or open doorways leading to areas that you don't wan ...

Were teaching our kids to be consumers at an early age. Look at the number of superhero and product endorsement Valentines on the store shelves. We, as parents, are sucked in by the media to believe that we need the latest, greatest gadget or fad for our kids. Share your love by g ...

Bath time can be fun or it can be a real hassle if your child is afraid or dont like it. So we as mothers try to make it a fun time for our little ones! Then the problem will be getting them out! Color It Bubble bath can be irritating to little ones causing urinary track infections, ye ...

Rainy days can be so boring for a childand just as hard on moms. So we give some ideas to brighten your day and chase their rainy day blues away! Shadow puppets In a room that is fairly dark set up a flash light so it is facing a wall. Have the children make hand shadowsIf they get rea ...

Feelings about how to parent seem to shift with every generation. A new way of parenting, sometimes called attachment parenting, has emerged and it challenges many of the rigid teachings of our mother's generation. Although breastfeeding is on the rise now, women are still dealing with t ...

Something eerily familiar happened in KwaZulu-Natal's Hluhluwe-Umfolozi Park in Africa recently. The adult elephants were taken away and the orphaned youngsters were left to fend for themselves. The youngsters started the path to sexual maturity. The young boys were going into lengthy ...

It is so important to create an environment that promotes the love of reading. Not only is reading necessary for survival in todays world, it is educational, it sparks imagination, it is a stress reliever, provides entertainment and enjoyment, the list goes on. Here are some ideas to h ...

I have made a discovery in my adult life, kids toys were made for kids. Now I know you may be puzzled about this because we all have sat down and played with our children, but if you peer deeper into this issue you will see as I do. Lego Mines Tell me why it is a child can run blind fo ...

My son is a wonderful boy, an imaginative, active four year old with a set of rules for life all his own. The rules that keep his four year old views in his perspective, the rules to life that make him, his own person. One of his rules is that his Elmo doll must go to bed with him each ...

What your baby needs and may not need. There are so many gadget out on the market, so many cute little out fits, so many baby thing that we think we need, so many we dont need. Simply Moms offers you a list to get you started and steer you clear of the dont needs. Layette Dont spend T ...

Moms, did you ever question your value as a role model, caretaker, administer of hugs and Band-Aids I think we all have in today's climate of "do more, get more, have more." Many of us work to bring home a paycheck and others work for our sanity. Have you ever wondered if your children ...

After 42 weeks of pregnancy, two days of undergoing inducement and physical stress on the baby, my daughter was delivered via an emergency C-section. Oh, it was music to my ears when my gynecologist arrived in my hospital room at 4:30 a.m. and told me they were going to do an emergency C ...

Every pregnant woman has experienced the pregnancy blahs. I can remember feeling so big and unattractive throughout my two pregnancies, and secretly wishing for the pregnancy to be over so that I could have my body back and fit into my normal clothes. Its sad to say, really, because preg ...

When you and your family are on a tight budget, sometimes one of the first things to be cut out is money for entertainment. When our 3 children were small, my husband and I always tried to find fun things to do as a family that didn't make a huge dent in our budget. One thing we reco ...

1. New Word of the Day Introduce your preschooler to a new word each morning at breakfast and define it for him. Keep it simple by using synonyms for words he already knows. Example: vehicle can be another word for car, truck, van, etc. Make a game of using the word as many times as pos ...

Let the child choose his or her own lunch box or reusable lunch bag. Encourage the child to add decorations, too. Children like finger foods. Cut chicken, cheese, or meat into bite-sized pieces for easier handling. Sandwiches dont have to be boring. Use a variety of breads and fil ...

My oldest boy is fifteen and was a real jerk about a month ago. He had gotten pretty full of himself and acted like he was too cool for the rest of the family. Pretty typical teenager behavior, but I didn't like it. I had gotten to the end of my patience with him and laid into him abo ...

Some things we take for granted. Like getting dressed. Unless we are paraplegic, an absolute klutz or have just smoked far too much cabbage, getting dressed is a cinch. Sure, if you happen to be the winner of the 2004 Imelda Marcos Shoe Collection Trophy, you might have trouble choosi ...

HERE ARE SOME OF THE REASONS WHY READING IS SO IMPORTANT FOR CHILDREN. WHY DO WE TELL CHILDREN TO READ ©2004 We're always telling children that books and reading are good for them, but have we ever really thought about why that's true Exactly what do older children get out of r ...

As someone once said: "There's an easy way to do something, and an unlimited number of difficult ways". Take simple division, for example: Suppose you need to divide 43 by 9. The answer is 4 (the first figure of 43) and the remainder is 7 (4 + 3). Similarly 35 divided by 9 is 3 rema ...