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How to Pack a Hospital Bag

By AmyU

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Planning a trip to the hospital? Packing your hospital bag is easy, if you know what you may need! If you know how many days you will be staying then it makes it so much easier!.. more »

How to Pack a School Lunch Box that Kids Will Eat!

By KCout

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What a child eats at lunch will impact their learning and behavior in school. It is important to provide a healthy variety of nutritious foods your child will eat! Your child’s lunch box should include a good source of protein, calcium, grains ... more »

How to Painlessly Potty Train

By Beren deMotier

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Potty training nightmares abound: parents tear their hair out, pediatricians offer advice, grandmothers give lectures, yet how many kids really go to college in diapers? Follow these steps (and the path of least resistance) to learn how to ... more »

How to Parent Like Britney Spears

By Melody

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Unfortunately, not all women are born with the natural instinct to be great mothers. If you are unsure of your own parenting skills, you can’t go wrong by modeling yourself after Mother of the Year, Britney Spears... more »

How to Pick a Craft Project for your Teenager

By Hillary Marshall

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Teens who craft have a different agenda than other young crafters. Teen crafters want their finished product to look impressive and not chintzy. Teens craft for the purpose of either using their products themselves, giving them as gifts or ... more »

How to potty train your child when they don't want to

By Deanna H

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My youngest girl is a bit delayed with her motor skills and development. One of the areas she was having trouble with was potty training. After searching the web and talking to other parents and still not getting any results I was beginning to ... more »

How to potty train your stubborn child

By lbelle77

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If you are like me, you have a child at home who knows how to use the potty, but would rather stay in his or her pull ups until they graduate high school. Although truly frustrating, this method worked very well for me, and will hopefully work ... more »

How to Potty train your toddler (and make it fun!)

By Jess

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Is your little one ready to graduate to a training potty? Here's a few tips to make the transition easier on both mommy and child... more »

How to potty-train your toddler

By AdamBomb

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Potty-training is a big step for toddlers, and it's possible to do it without tears or trauma! Follow these steps to help your little one learn to use the potty... more »

How to Prepare a Blue Colored Food Night for your Kids

By writeitout

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Having a one-colored food night is a great way to start a new family tradition, celebrate an event, or just have fun. My youngest daughter helped inspire the foods for this celebration... more »

How to Prepare Children for a Parent's Deployment

By JanCast2007

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Military deployments are difficult for every person directly related to the services member, and are especially hard on dependent children. Children do not always comprehend and understand the reasons why their parent has chosen to dedicate ... more »

How to Prepare for a Water Birth

By eHow Parenting Editor

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Worldwide, more than 25,000 babies have been born underwater. Women laboring and delivering under water report a 30 percent to 80 percent reduction in pain. Their lower bodies are freed from the pull of gravity... more »

How to Prepare for Labor Using the Ice Experiment

By Heidi Gonzales

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Labor is one of the most intensive things a woman will go through. Although labor pains feel nothing like ice in your hand, this experiment will simulate the idea that pain perception changes with different comfort measures. This is a great ... more »

How to Prepare for Natural Childbirth

By eHow Parenting Editor

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Just as no two children are exactly alike, no two deliveries are identical. When deciding whether to give birth naturally without drugs or to have an epidural, you must understand that childbirth is an individual choice. Every pregnant woman must ... more »

How to Prepare Older Children for a New Sibling

By eHow Parenting Editor

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A new baby can be a huge change in everyone's life, but for children who are well established in their roles within the family, a new sibling can mean a lot of changes. Preparing your older children for the new baby and the changes that go along ... more »

How to Prepare Siblings for a New Baby

By eHow Parenting Editor

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Whether baby makes four, five or six, the change in your family will undoubtedly both excite and confuse your children... more »

How to Prepare Your Child for a Hospital Visit

By eHow Parenting Editor

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Visits to the hospital can be scary and intimidating for young children. But with the support of a caring adult, children can feel more comfortable with the different sights and sounds as they explore the hospital... more »

How to Prepare Your Twins for Separate Classes at School

By Rodney Southern

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Your twins begin together in the womb, and stay together throughout their infancy. Then along comes school, and they find that they are going to be in separate classes. The shock to the system can be severe if you are not prepared. As a parent, ... more »

How to Prevent Children From Viewing Unwanted Websites

By Cloey

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It’s true that the Internet offers a lot of undesirable sites that prevent you from wanting your children to search for certain resources on their own. However, it has become the largest and most informative source for education research that we ... more »

How to Prevent Shaken Baby Syndrome

By eHow Parenting Editor

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Shaken baby syndrome is a brain injury resulting from aggressively shaking a baby. If you have a baby or you care for a baby, you need to be aware of shaken baby syndrome. An estimated 600 to 1,400 cases of shaken baby syndrome occur annually. ... more »

How to Protect Your Child Against Parental Abduction

By Sheila Wilkinson

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Most of the children who are abducted each year have been taken by their noncustodial parent. This is a terrifying ordeal to the parent who has custody because they have no idea if their child is with their parent or with some other dangerous ... more »

How to Put the Kids First After a Divorce

By Amanda Morin

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Even in the most amicable of divorces, there are hard or hurt feelings between ex-spouses. When there aren't any kids involved, it's easy enough to move on in opposite directions. However, when a couple has children together, they are ... more »

How to Put Together a Snack Box for Children

By christieo1

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Often times getting kids to make healthy food choices is a losing battle that many parents face daily. Kids want to be given the option to choose the foods that they like and snack time is often one of the most difficult battlegrounds because ... more »

How to quickly heal a diaper rash

By stephleppard

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Nothing makes you feel more guilty as a new parent than when your baby gets a diaper rash. Rather than fret, follow these steps and their rash will be gone quickly (usally within 24 hours)... more »

How to quiet a crying baby

By BillieGriffin

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Newborn baby that won't stop crying no matter what you do? Try this... more »

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