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What to Expect with Newborn Care in the Delivery Room

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The birth of your new baby is such a beautiful and wonderful moment. There are very few times in life that can even compare to this experience. While newborn babies have fantastic and amazing abilities you wouldn’t even think of, they are completely dependent on you for warmth, feeding and comfort.

With birth, come several amazing physical changes and experiences. If you are expecting a baby, you may be wondering what to expect when it comes to the care of your newborn in the delivery room. There are a few things that you will want to prepare for.

Newborn care immediately after delivery. What to expect when you have your baby. How the nurses and doctors take care of your baby immediately after birth. [Read more…]

Looking For Interactive STEAM Toys? – Sphero BOLT and Sphero Mini Robots

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This post was sponsored by Sphero as part of an Influencer Activation for Influence Central and all opinions expressed in my post are my own.

I struggle to find toys for my boys that are STEAM oriented where they aren’t just sitting. Sphero BOLT and Sphero Mini have been an awesome addition to our house.

My twin boys are 10 years old. They will be attending a STEAM middle school next year so we have been looking for activities and toys to reinforce what they will be learning at home. My boys are very active and I don’t want them to just sit at a computer all day.

Sphero Mini STEAM robot is so much fun for kids. Makes coding and programming exciting. [Read more…]

7 Things Moms Should Look For In Their Health Care Plan

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I was invited by Carusele to participate in the #BlueEssentials campaign, sponsored by BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina. Although I have been compensated, all opinions are my own.

Has anyone else been feeling the importance of health care coverage lately? Luckily, we haven’t had any serious health problems but even with any minor illnesses or injuries we are thankful for great health care coverage.

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5 Things Moms Who Use Positive Parenting Do to Get Kids to Listen Without Yelling

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Parenting can be an extremely frustrating and daunting experience, yet it is also one of the most rewarding jobs you will ever have in your life. It is difficult to keep our cool while figuring out how to get kids to listen without yelling.

I admit, I yell sometimes.

As you can tell, since I write a blog about parenting, I am always trying to learn new ways to be a better parent.

Part of improving my parenting is to yell less. Positive Parenting seems like such a calm and mature way to raise kids. I want to find out more about it and some basic steps to implement the techniques and have a more calm way to deal get kids to listen.

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5 Strategies To Stop The After School Meltdown

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This post was sponsored by NABISCO as part of an Activation for Influence Central and all opinions expressed in my post are my own.

Are you excited to hear about your kids day at school but as soon as you see them they aren’t very nice? In fact they are in a full after school meltdown and all you wanted to do was ask them how their day was.

I first became aware of this problem when my boys were in preschool. Their teacher promised me that they only cried when they saw me at the end of the day. Why?

Avoid the after school meltdown with these 5 tips.

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5 Fun Ways to Teach Cursive Writing at Home.

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Is cursive writing being taught in your school? Do you need to teach cursive handwriting at home?

In a lot of schools, including ours, cursive is being dropped from the curriculum.

At first I was apathetic and didn’t really care because I barely write in cursive anymore. I thought “Well, everything is going to be typed on computers anyways.”. Then I changed my mind when my boys couldn’t read a card my Grandmother had written to me. I do want my boys to be able to read cursive handwriting so I researched 5 fun ways to teach it at home.

Our school system no longer teaches cursive handwriting. Here are some fun ways I found to teach cursive handwriting at home this summer.

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