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It takes a village to raise a family; advice and tips to make the most of yours.

10 Ways to Initiate a Conversation with Your Spouse
When you're with your spouse, conversations often seem to take forever. Even if the topics of conversation are completely irrelevant to one another, it's difficult for either one of you to get the other's thoughts and feelings out of your head and onto the table.
By Phong OG 5 years ago in Families
How to fast loss wait in 2021.
The most effective method to get better and get more fit in 2022, and stay with it Nutritionist and wellness mentor says keep away from craze slims down
By Ankush5 years ago in Families
Things about raising a baby.
Seeing your baby for the first time is the most magical moment that you will ever have in your whole life. Let’s talk about breast feeding. It’s hard and it’s not for everyone but don’t ever let anyone tell you what you should and shouldn’t be doing. It’s your body, if you can breast feed without any problems, that’s fantastic but If you can’t, don’t stress about it. There are heaps of people who don’t breast feed and I am one of them. I started off breast feeding but it wasn’t for me and I found my baby settled better on formula. Everyone’s different and everyone had different beliefs, just do what’s best for you and your baby.
By Summer Rayne5 years ago in Families
Aspects
Da Vinci get over here! I’m sorry Dad. I must run. The life it brings is as it is in the spiritual world. Da Vinci! He wouldn’t understand the breeze that pushes my ears back. He’s going to be upset and then let me lay under him later. If he only knew I reflect he the rebel. Mother is going to scream when she hears what I did.
By Tony randle5 years ago in Families
The Toy
I saw Dad punch Mom in the face again. And again, when I asked my mom why dad did that to her, she replied, "He is just playing."
By Violet Hamilton5 years ago in Families
Nightsweepers
“One… two… three… oh yeah that one, too, four. I was leaving that one out. That should be enough for one day. Seven months old—how sad. Gone too soon. I do this for you, little guy.” These stories never get old. No one is like the other. You never see the same exact dates. The names are never duplicated. No one’s story ends the same because no one’s journey is remotely similar. “Thank you for your service, sir,” he says as he salutes.
By Kristina Stefanko5 years ago in Families
knee pain home remedies
These days, knee torment is a typical issue, in the event that seen, this issue happens to elderly individuals, yet in the present time, this issue is likewise happening to more youthful individuals.
By Health life 4 U5 years ago in Families
TIPS ON PREPARING YOUR BABY'S COT
As new parents, you must be really excited to welcome your baby to your home. There are so many things to do like, preparing a nursery, buying new toys etc. One such preparation also involves preparing a cot for your newborn.
By Habios5 years ago in Families
What Can You Do To Make Your Child More Independent?
As your child enters the toddler and school-age years, you want to gradually teach them the skills he needs to function independently. One way to do this is to not do tasks for him that he can already do on his own. For example, if he knows how to sweep and mop his bedroom floor but the room looks messy, don't clean the room for him. Instead, make him clean it himself. If necessary, take away his favorite privileges until he cleans up. Here are more ways to make your child independent.
By Thea English5 years ago in Families
Is fast food effecting our babies?
Let me start off with some back ground information. Growing up my family mainly ate fast food because we were always traveling for my cheer competitions or we were always at football/basketball games for me to cheer. Then when I got pregnant I was always craving Chick-fil-A, bojangles and McDonald's. Now that my baby is almost 3 months old we have realized he is developing faster than most babies should. He was starting to hold his head up at a week old and now he has full control over it. He also started trying to stand up around 3 weeks old now he can do it on his own for about 10 seconds and then falls down. What really got my dads attention was when I talked to him about how I thought my son was teething and he was making a joke saying "what do you think you just have a genetically advanced baby or something." Well a week later he finally realized I was right and my baby is teething so we had a conversation about fast food. He said they put product in the cows to make them grow fast so they can be slaughtered faster. Then he told me that those same chemicals we are eating when we eat fast food. This made him wonder if since this generation mainly eats fast food if that is why a lot of babies now a days are more advanced than they should be. He said he wonders if it effects our DNA/genetics and then we pass those chemicals down to our children when they are born. And yes we were just talking and no we don't have proof or science or anything to back it up but it really did make me start to think. He's right though a lot of babies are more advanced than there were back in the older days and a big change that has happened is now so many people eat fast food instead of cooking like they used to. But here is the real question. If people knew them eating fast food would effect their children would they stop? Some people may look at it as a good thing because if they are developing faster it means they can do stuff for themselves faster. Other parents may look at it on how it changes babies ability to use their instincts how they normally should. It also takes the parenting out of parenting. Yes you still have to work with them for a little while but if they are learning how to do everything so quickly you don't get to enjoy the milestone moments as long. I don't know about y'all but I cherish every milestone my son makes like he will never do the same thing again and that could just be because it's my 1st born and maybe that is what makes a difference in these parents answers on how they feel about it. But all I can tell you is that if I knew something like that could effect my baby I would have never eaten fast food. I want my baby to take his time because it feels like he is growing up so fast. But that's another thing I have realized once you have a baby you really understand the meaning of time flies because my pregnancy felt like it took forever but the moment I had him I blinked twice and now he's almost 3 months old. That's a story for a different time though but in all seriousness someone should do studies on this and we should see if my dads right because some of it does make sense.
By Kay5 years ago in Families
My birth story
A lot of women always talk about how they are afraid to give birth. I was the same way but my birth experience would have been fine if my OB and nurses would have done things differently. Let's start from the beginning. I went in for my 39 week appointment and they told me I needed to be induced that day because I had high blood pressure my past 3 appointments but I was never told I had high blood pressure in my past appointments so I wasn't even able to prepare to possibly be induced that day. Then we find out labor and delivery is full so I have to wait until the next day. That made it a little easier to prepare. Then the next day we go in for the induction and they tell me I have to take this pill every 3 hours and they go ahead and give me the 1st dose. Well I stay up and wait the 3 hours and my nurse never comes so after 5 hours I go to sleep. Well I wake up and it's 10 hours after I was supposed to take my next dose. My OB comes in to see how things are going and asks me how many pills had I taken since I've been here I told her one. So instead of checking me to see how dilated I am she starts talking about sending me home because I needed to take a certain amount for the process to work. I got really pissed off because it wasn't my fault the nurse didn't do her job. So then I had to ask her to check me to see how far along I was. Sure enough I was 3 centimeters and she said she was shocked. But either way just because she thinks it wasn't working doesn't mean she shouldn't have checked before just sending me home I shouldn't have had to ask her to do it. Then a few hours go by I'm in a ton of pain so I ask the nurse if I can go ahead and get the epidural. They send the guy in and he hooks it up and they told me there is a button I need to push to make it work and I can hit it every so often to get another dose added. Well I know that my pain tolerance is low so I was hitting it as soon as I was able to hit it again. My body ended up going numb and I wasn't able to feel my contractions so when it was time to push my nurse told me to stop hitting the button because I needed to be able to feel them. Well by the time my sons head was about to come out the epidural wore off. I was in so much pain everytime I would push I could feel myself tearing and the nurse just kept yelling at me that I needed to push harder and actually push the whole 10 seconds each time but I could only make it 5 seconds. So I told her I couldn't because I could literally feel myself tearing and she looks at me and says well have you pushed your button to get another dose. No I hadn't because you told me to stop using it. Finally I end up pushing him out though but before I can deliver my placenta my OB starts stitching me up so that made that delivery hurt too. Then as she's stitching me up she has her student intern with her and the intern asks I thought we don't let people tear like this when they say they are in pain and my OB goes we don't but she seemed to be doing fine. Then she looks at the intern and says since we did let her tear do you notice how the pieces don't quite line up that means you just have to go with the flow when stitching it back together. I was just sitting there scared as hell thinking she was messing up my lady parts and I'll never look normal down there again! Hands down this was the worse birth experience I ever had but it could've been so much easier if they would've done it differently.
By Kay5 years ago in Families
Is Bed Bug Control Necessary for Residential and Commercial Property
If you're a property manager or owner, you know that keeping pests at bay is only one of the many responsibilities that you face each day. Even though roaches and rodents are often associated with pests, the importance of bedbug treatment cannot be overstated. Pests like bedbugs may be found in almost every household.
By Naseer Ahmad5 years ago in Families