How to Create a Healthy Home Environment

From our children’s success at school, to how we perform at work, to how happy we are in our relationships with family and friends, many things can be linked back to our healthy home environment. One way to adjust how we look at our home is to break down our activities and improvements into the

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Make This Easy Shaker From Plastic Easter Eggs

After this weekend, you might have a lot of plastic Easter eggs laying around from all your at-home Easter egg hunts! Use those leftover plastic eggs to make an easy shaker perfect for little ones to shake in an at-home jam session! Easy Shaker By using different materials inside each egg, each shaker will produce

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Fertility Issues

The Ups and Downs of Fertility Issues

According to the Mayo Clinic, approximately 10-15% of American couples experience infertility issues, defined as having frequent unprotected sex for at least a year that does not result in pregnancy. About one-third of infertility cases are due to an issue with the man, about one-third are due to an issue with the woman, and the

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Tips and Tricks For Easier Pumping & Breastfeeding

Breastfeeding and pumping is a very personal decision. Deciding how long and whether you’ll be nursing or pumping or both is a decision only you can make. This act of nourishing your baby can be very rewarding, but simplifying the process will make it a more enjoyable experience. (pictured above: Sarah Franklin with her newborn

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Social Isolation

The Pandemic Effect: How Social Isolation Affects Young Children

It’s no doubt that 2020 and the impact of COVID-19 has affected virtually every person on the planet. For infants and children under 2, the influence of the pandemic may not be very apparent as their routines likely didn’t change and they won’t remember it in the future. But what about toddlers and young preschoolers?

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Should You Censor What Your Tween is Reading?

It’s a miracle! Your child has traded in his video games for an old-fashioned book, filled with pages of words that will transport him into a world of endless adventures. It’s often stressed that reading to your child is important for his development, and it is exciting to witness his desire to read on his

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Radio Frequency Radiation

How Do You Keep Your Kids Safe From Radio Frequency Radiation?

When wireless devices like cell phones and tablets made their debut, we all knew that they would change the way that we communicate. Nowadays, they are almost a necessity if you want to stay fully connected in such a fast-paced world like ours. However, wireless devices aren’t just used for communication anymore, they are used

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Internet Challenges

How to Monitor Your Tween and Internet Challenges

As a parent of tweens navigating uncharted waters with social media and the internet, new trends have appeared that make your job even more difficult. Most of us have heard of the Ice Bucket Challenge that raised money for ALS research. Yet there have been a number of social media or internet challenges posed by

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Meet Sarah Beck, a Local #BossMom!

As a mom, you quite literally do it all! Between working and making sure your kiddo gets to school with a matching pair of shoes, it proves to be the toughest job anyone could do. Sarah Beck, a Specialty Care Representative, is one of our Giggle Moms, and she has shared with us what makes

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All Incoming US Travelers Must Test Negative for COVID-19

As reported by ABC News yesterday, there is a new traveling rule regarding COVID-19. All travelers coming into the US must test negative for COVID-19. Travelers will have to provide a negative COVID-19 test that was taken no more than three days before traveling. If travelers fail to do this, they will be denied boarding.

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