Cord Blood banking seems to be a hot topic these days. Should you or shouldn't you bank your child's cord blood is the big question. I was caught in the same web of questions when I was pregnant with my first, and decided to bank her cord blood. I knew the chances of her using her own cord blood down the road were slim, but I thought that maybe someone in the family could benefit. With my second child it was a no-brainer; we were going to bank ...
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Taking A Time Out for Caregivers #ThanksProject {$50 SpaFinder Giveaway!}
At some point many of us may find ourselves as a caregiver. Whether you are a parent taking care of your kids, or a daughter or son taking care of your parents. Some people may even be in that middle place where you have to care for both, their kids and their parents. My husband and I knew that eventually our parents would need more frequent help, so last year we decided it was time to move out of the city and closer to them. Both sets of parents ...
Spending Time With The Family. $50 Gift Card Giveaway! #sharewhatsgood #sponsored
It's not until you become a parent that you realize all the little moments are really the big moments in life. I realized it when I gave birth to my first child and I barely had a minute to blink and I was already planning her first birthday. Then, after my second baby came along, it really hit me like a ton of bricks. I couldn't remember a lot of things from my first baby through various stages that I was now reliving with our newest member of ...
Share Your Child’s Funny Feeding Story and Enter To Win $20,000! @HAPPYsuperfoods #HFbrightside #ad
Both of my little girls started off as great eaters. They love their veggies and fruits, I always incorporate whole grains in their diets, but when it comes to meat I have to get creative. The only way I can get meat into these girls is by sneaking it into their quesidillas. Oh, and speaking of quesidillas, my oldest daughter always asks for hers with no cheese, so we have to sneak that in there as well. I tell her it's part of the tortilla, or ...
Lightning bugs (fireflies)
When I was pregnant with my first child a colleague told me that the most important thing she could advise about parenting was to put my baby on a schedule. I even read a book she recommended, but I really wasn't able to do it when he was so little. Then my 2nd child was born when my first was 14 months old. By then, he was on a strict schedule, so it was easy to just incorporate my new baby to that schedule. Now that I have 3 I think I ...
4th of July Fun, Family, Food, and Finger Burning
When I was a kid, fireworks were available and no one thought twice about lighting them up for the Fourth of July. We would pick up supposedly child-friendly things like sparklers, morning glories, and those pop or snap type of fireworks (I forget the name.) My mom had some limits - no firecrackers or anything titled with letters and numbers (like M80.) Those were reserved for the adults and children had to be far away from the action. Where ...
What Would You Do With $1 Million?
Did you ever wonder what you would do with $1 million? Living in NYC, I can tell you that a million dollars will not get you far around here, especially if you are buying real estate. Houses and even small apartments in prime NYC run anywhere from $500,000 and up, topping at over millions of dollars. It's crazy, and this is the state we live in, but we are so rooted I can't see us leaving, ever. Aside from purchasing a home to call our own, ...
It’s a First Birthday Celebration with #PartyCity
Birthday parties are a big deal in our family. Each year for our children is a milestone, and we celebrate with our closest friends and family. Just a few weeks ago, my littlest girl celebrated her First Birthday and we threw her an awesome celebration thanks to Party City. Since she was born in the spring, butterflies always remind me of her and Party City had the perfect theme for her birthday! The Hugs and Stitches theme features butterflies ...