Gift Ideas for Mother’s Day

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Five Gift Ideas for Mother’s Day    1. Give the gift of photos Use sites like shutterfly.com or blurb.com to upload your photos (even from Instagram) and create photobooks or get the photographer of the family a gift certificate to finally get those photos off their iphone.   2. One to grow Buy a live… [Continue Reading]

Effects of Anxiety During Pregnancy

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New findings were published in the Paediatric and Prenatal Epidemiology about the effects of a mother’s anxiety on a baby’s size and gestational age. Anxiety during the third trimester seems to have the most effect. Babies are born earlier and smaller. Of course severe anxiety has the most impact, however anxiety during the first two… [Continue Reading]

Mom Energy

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Mom Energy How to Get it, How to Protect it Being a mom, while very rewarding, is also both physically and emotionally exhausting. Even when you aren’t running around or doing for others, you are sure to be thinking of everything and anything at any given time. You are super mom! So how does one… [Continue Reading]

Tips for Keeping Your Marriage STRONG

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Tips for Keeping Your Marriage STRONG Always keeping in tune with your partner can be a tough task. Between children and work, bills and life’s happenings, a marriage can fall flat, become stressful or worse, be ignored. When a marriage becomes weakened by everyday life or isn’t fed properly, the entire family can feel it…. [Continue Reading]

Regulating Through the Holidays and into the New Year!

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Regulating Through the Holidays and into the New Year! Could it really be that time of year AGAIN?!  Halloween leads to Thanksgiving which kicks off the Winter Holidays and then it’s Happy New Year!  Right about now, life picks up speed at a feverish pace, both at school and at home.  That’s why it is… [Continue Reading]

Mother’s Little Helpers

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Mother’s Little Helpers Kids love to help and do “adult things,” so why not have them help you around the house. Here are 10 ideas to get the kids involved in house cleaning fun. Sorting the laundry. Have your kids help to sort the colors from the whites. Matching socks. Take the matching game up… [Continue Reading]

The Raising of a Mother

The Raising of a Mother by Gail Nagasako I was 40 when I gave birth to my son.  By then I had lived long enough to have learned that many of my assumptions about life had turned out to be false and deeper truths had revealed themselves.  Now I was to find out the same… [Continue Reading]

Mom Can Pamper Herself at Home

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Mom Can Pamper Herself at Home Just like other parts of our body, our skin needs attention for it to be healthy. Facial masks help to remove residual make up, dirt and air pollutants which reside in the pores and also tightens skin, removing small blemishes and wrinkles. Facial masks are recommended at least 3… [Continue Reading]

Summer Tips for Mom

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Summer is in full swing, kids are running in and out of the house, with a few neighbor kids thrown in. Here are some summer preparedness tips for every parent. 1. Plastic drinking glasses & plates: Stock up on reusable plastic cups and plates. This allows parents to breathe easily knowing a broken glass won’t… [Continue Reading]

Great Apps for Summer

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Grab your iPhone or iPad and take on summer with these apps in your toolbox. From SPF to stargazing, we’ve got you covered. SPF App for the iPhone Plug in your skin type, let this app find your location using GPS, and it will calculate how long you should stay in the sun. Since summer days… [Continue Reading]