Boy or Girl? A test that finally works!

September 9, 2009

Ok, there are so many online articles and blogs about gender prediction that I actually told myself I wouldn’t blog about this subject a few years ago. I don’t listen to myself obviously because here I am blogging about it. But I have good reason ok?! If you have read my previous blog entry about [...]

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Workplace Benefits Can Provide Work Life Balance

September 9, 2009

All parents strive to provide their kids the best of everything.   We try to give them all the possible lessons, possible activities, possible toys, and the list goes on.  But all of these ”things” require money.
So, when parents go searching for a job or they stay in a job that they hate, they’re thinking of the bottom [...]

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Top 10 Tips for a Happy & Healthy Family

September 8, 2009

1) Get everyone involved in saving money when eating out
The next time you go out to eat with your family give everyone a maximum amount they are allowed to spend on their meal. This promotes good financial practice for all members of the family and you can even turn it into a game to see [...]

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Got Pregnancy Insomnia?

September 8, 2009

I am awake at 4:18AM blogging about insomnia because well, I am 23 weeks pregnant and just got hit recently with an unwanted bout of “pregnancy insomnia”. Man, this really does suck, but it happens, and it happens to almost 80% of us sometime during our pregnancy (as statistics say anyhow!). Well at least I [...]

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Chocolate Pumpkin Eaters – Fall Rice Krispy Treats

September 8, 2009

Fall is here again! The leaves are turning those beautiful yellow, reds and oranges, the days are getting chiller and it’s time again for comfort foods! This is definitely one of my favorite times of the year and I love everything from the season’s colors to wearing warm sweaters.
It is also back to school time [...]

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Congrats you’re pregnant! Now what??

September 8, 2009

There are so many resources for the newly pregnant, especially on the internet, that it can be overwhelming at times. Sometimes messages can be helpful, sometimes conflicting, sometimes just plain useless and when you are new at this pregnancy thing, where do you start? Well, after surfing the web for the last few years throughout [...]

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What to do about Eczema during Pregnancy?

September 2, 2009

Who said pregnancy was a piece of cake? Not only am I growing bigger every day, now my skin has to itch too?? I have heard of so many mother’s complain about itchy skin from stretching, heat, etc., during pregnancy  but I had no idea it would be this bad. I guess during my first [...]

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13 things you NEED to consider when naming your baby

August 31, 2009

Finding a name for a child is definitely not an easy task for most. If you are like me, you will be going through books and inventing names until the moment you go into labor. Some people pick out a few names, only to have a nameless baby for a few weeks and then decided. [...]

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Day going downhill? Turn it around with one of THESE up your sleeves…

August 31, 2009

All of us have been there, a day that just won’t go our way. And then we watch our kids go through it and it’s an agonizing ordeal. Frumpy days are bound to happen. I say, let the bad vibes be your guide and go with it! Here’s a few ways you can use these [...]

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To do Amnio or to not do Amnio?

August 30, 2009

I went to the doctor this week because during my routine 19 week ultrasound, they found a “bright spot” in one of the baby’s heart chambers, or aka echogenic focus.
Because of this finding I was told that my risk of having a baby with down syndrome goes up to about to 1 in 750 (which [...]

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