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Random Helpful Tips, Tricks and Facts Index

Random Helpful Tips, Tricks and Facts

Independent Playtime Overview

by Valerie Plowman from Chronicles of a Babywise Mom

I very often state that one of my absolute favorite parenting tools is Independent Playtime. This block of time has immense benefits to the entire family. This post will take you through the basics on what it is (and isn't), the benefits of it, implementing it, and solving potential

How to convert a battery powered swing to a plug powered swing

I found this article and thought it was pretty cool and useful. I think I'll try this with my next baby. As far as I can tell, it works on any brand swing.

I hope this helps some of you out and saves you a bunch of money!

http://russelldad.blogspot.com/2009/02/guest-post-baby-swing-batteriesplug.html

Attitude Is Everything

Babies are smart creatures. And toddlers only get smarter.

They can read into and understand so much more than they let up so it is important to keep your emotions and responses to your baby in check--no matter how young he is. If you think going to sleep in his dark little crib sounds frightening and you

Accidental Parenting

One of The Baby Whisperer's favorite phrases is "Start as you mean to go on." You've probably been in a rough situation with your child where you were willing to do anything to fix the problem. Well, often this "anything" turns into a not so good habit down the road. Sure you may not care too much about this habit at first, but 4 months down the road you may find yourself

Parents who in the heat of the moment take what seems like an easier road, only to find out later that it leads them to a dangerous dead end... Start as you mean to go on.

Parenting is the ultimate test of patience. Our child doesn't want to take a nap. Do we give in because we just don't feel like fighting a battle right now or do we

Habits

Many people expect healthy sleep habits to form automatically. This is rarely the case. Parents have a lot to do with the development of healthy sleep habits and unfortunately often end up hindering them.

"It is easier to teach good habits first than it is to correct bad habits later" (Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child, p. 12). Sleep habits also are a lot easier to form than break, generally get harder to break the