Tag: family advice
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What to Avoid When Your Child Decides to Cut Their Hair
Get Pregnant Fast As a parent, you quickly learn that kids can be surprisingly resourceful—and not always in the ways you expect. Take my 5-year-old, for instance. While her imagination is a wonderful thing, it often manifests in ways that lead to epic messes involving glue, tape, and the recycling bin. Recently, she developed a…
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10 Strategies to Ease the Stress of Helmet Head
Get Pregnant Fast My little one had to don a helmet. A clear, unappealing, and somewhat odorous helmet. After his journey through the birth canal and his preference for lying on one side, he developed plagiocephaly—a fancy word for a flat spot on the head. My partner and I picked up on this early and…
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Top 7 Baby Swings of 2025, As Recommended by Parents Who’ve Tried Them
Get Pregnant Fast If you’re on the lookout for the perfect baby swing, you’re in the right place! Parents everywhere have shared their insights on the best baby swings of 2025, and we’ve compiled the ultimate list to help you choose. When selecting a swing, it’s crucial to consider factors like safety, weight limits, and…
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Parental Gift Etiquette: A New Approach to Holiday Giving
Get Pregnant Fast With the holiday rush now behind us, the new year has arrived, and the remnants of gift-giving—like wrapping paper and credit card bills—are tucked away, whether we like it or not. I’ve finally taken a moment to reflect on the art of gifting—not just what presents to give or how much to…
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Night Terrors: The Real Horror Show of Parenthood
Get Pregnant Fast Before we welcomed our daughter into the world, I had no idea what night terrors were. Perhaps I had heard the term but always assumed it was just another term for nightmares. Oh, how wrong I was! Nightmares and night terrors are worlds apart. Picture this: you hear about the anglerfish and…
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Hey There, Kiddo: Let’s Talk About Your Toilet Paper Usage
Get Pregnant Fast Listen up, my young friend. We’ve never had a heart-to-heart about this, like those times when we sat together on my bed, knees touching, you avoiding eye contact while I tried to explain why sharing certain photos is a bad idea. Remember? I told you to stick to sending boring lunch pics…
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6 Tough Realities of Life I Want My Kids to Grasp
Get Pregnant Fast As parents, we possess an innate urge to shield our children from the harshness of the world. This instinct might be rooted in our very nature — a subconscious drive to protect our young ones, stemming from our own experiences of wanting to feel safe and secured from life’s challenges. However, the…
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What’s the Answer to Teen Texting and Driving?
Get Pregnant Fast In an effort to tackle the pressing issue of teen texting and driving, Michelin Tires has developed a driver-safety initiative tailored for young motorists. The program not only highlights the severe risks associated with texting behind the wheel—reminding participants that “LOL can kill a person”—but also immerses them in hands-on training through…
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Enough With the “I Don’t Want Them Labeled” Mentality
Get Pregnant Fast If I had a dollar for every time I heard someone say, “I don’t want them labeled,” I could pay off my mortgage and still have enough left for a brand new car. Let’s have an honest chat about this. This sentiment keeps popping up, and I’ll admit I’ve been guilty of…