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The Real Reason Your In-Laws Don't Want You (and Your Baby) to Visit

Got a mule handy? Great! Because here's what one of the parenting magazines suggests you take along if you're traveling to, say, your brother-in-law's house for a long weekend with your baby:
A portable crib
A baby monitor Stair gates ...

Professional Babyproofers: Spreading Fear Or Safety?

Place plastic covers over electrical outlets. Make sure cords from window blinds are well out of reach. Install baby gates at strategic locations. Oh, and keep that confounded Poppins woman under constant electronic surveillance. Most new ...

Baby Gates: Essential to Keeping Your Child Safe

Baby gates are barriers that protect babies and toddlers from falls and other accidents. By blocking access to stairways, doors and off-limits areas, baby gates are an inexpensive and effective way to keep your child safe. Safe baby gates come in ...

Green Easter Baskets, Bullying, and Homework - Links We Love

Juggling work, family, school got you with too many balls in the air? Try one of these fabulous organizational tools ... download for free! -- Mommy Track'd If you're redoing your kids' bedroom and have, oh, an extra $10,000 to spare, these ...

Accidents happen - Maybe less often with these tips

Yesterday at the park, my three-year-old went down the tall, silver slide ten times, landing safely at the bottom each time. Then, on her eleventh run, she stuck her foot out for some unknown reason. The rubber sole of her shoe caught the edge of the ...

Toddler makes late-night run for chocolate... alone

(Click the photo for more shocking escapes!) Here's a boy after my very own heart. Three-year-old Max McGrath woke up at 3 A.M. and decided he wanted a chocolate egg. So he put on his brother's shoes, grabbed some money, and even remembered his ...

Toddler takes SUV for a joyride

What kid doesn't like to play in the front seat of Mom and Dad's car? Whenever we're parked for any length of time, my kids beg to come up front and try out all of the buttons and knobs, so that when I finally turn the car back on, the radio is ...

When coffee tables attack

When my nephew lost his two front teeth to the coffee table at age 2, my brother was so hurt/angry/upset that he threw the coffee table down the basement stairs and swore they would never use it again. It was that incident that made us move our own ...

Baby-proofing 101

Well, this past weekend you could say I had a "crash" course in baby-proofing 101. Here Mr. Pickles is less than a year old and I thought I had at least a few months before I'd have to remove everything from our bookshelves, hide the valuables and ...

Baby Safety Month, coming soon...

For those of you not in the know, and this included me until just a few minutes ago, September is Baby Safety Month. Hosted by the Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association, the intention is to raise safety awareness within the home. The JPMA ...

Baby proofing the outdoors

In my prenatal classes, they had a short section on baby proofing your home. Get on your hands and knees and look around the house, they said.  See it from a baby's perspective and you'll get an understanding of what needs to be done. Our house ...

The toy jail: healer of sibling rivalry

I'm not proud. But I admit: I use the play pen largely to negotiate toy battles. Everett (you know) has all the best toys. No matter what he's playing with that day, it's the only thing 11-month-old Truman wants and he's desperate to get it, at all ...

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