As a mom, you do lots of things. As a mom, you do lots of things RIGHT. Don't you wish there was some way to tell the world when you celebrate these triumphs? Have you ever found yourself saying, "I should get an award for that!"? Thanks to The First Years, there...
...and if you're like me, the minute one of your family members starts coming down with symptoms of any kind, you jump on the web to research, try to figure out what's going on. There's a new app for smart phones called iTriage that lets you search and browse hundreds of...
Did you know that, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), nearly 3 out of 4 car seats are not used correctly? That's scary stuff. Yet I know how valid it really is. We were the parents who thought we were doing it right -- that we had our...
I don't know about you, but at our house, we go through bandages like nothing else. Everything from a skinned knee via a pavement spill to a teeny, tiny paper cut warrants a bandage. Whenever my husband tries to talk one of the kids out of asking for a bandage, I laugh...
When our son was almost a year old, he choked on a Goldfish cracker. Before I knew what I was doing, I had pulled him out of the highchair, had flung him, facing down, onto my forearm, and began to hit his back between the shoulder blades. After two times, the cracker flew...
For a few years now, we've been a big fan of the TykeLight Jr. by Mobi Technologies. I stumbled across the kid-friendly nightlight on Amazon and ordered one. It's still going strong. Our son has passed it down to our daughter. I just can't say enough about the TykeLight Jr. ...
When it comes to car safety and peace of mind, I have to be in the know regarding what is the safest everything. Our research process when buying our current SUV was months and months in the making. When we registered for our first baby gifts almost five years ago, I wouldn't...
The topic today is a bit sobering, yet I believe it needs to be brought to attention. It's something my husband and I didn't even contemplate until 1) we had children of our own and 2) we moved into a house with more than one story. To begin, here are some startling...
