What is cord blood and what are the benefits of cord blood banking?
The blood that remains in your baby’s umbilical cord after it has been cut is called cord blood which is rich in stem cells. These valuable cells which are genetically unique to your baby and family, can only be collected in the minutes [...]
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There many dangers that face children, but summer months bring their own added dangers. One common occurrence during this time of the year is leaving children locked inside a hot car. Over the last ten years between 300 and 340 children have died after being left in hot cars. As a matter of fact, some [...]
Tags: children locked in cars, dangers of lock cars, keeping children safe, kids and safety, kids in hot cars, summer safety
Posted in: Health & Safety
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If you have recently had a baby then you probably already know that you’re spending more than you thought you would. You can take solace in the fact that you’re not alone; most new parents find themselves stretching their budget further than they ever had before. No matter how much misery loves company, [...]
Tags: bills, cash, credit cards, debt, fees, interest
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Stocking up for a new baby can get really expensive. There are so many things to buy – furniture, a stroller, clothes, and everything else that a new baby needs – that it can truly drain your wallet just to prepare everything for an impending birth. With so many purchases to make, it’s [...]
Tags: cheap baby stuff, discounts, getting baby items on sale, sales
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This page presents the top 1000 given names for births in the 1960’s. The data comes from a 5% sampling of Social Security card applications with dates of birth from January 1960 through December 1969.
All names which occurred at least five times in the sample are included in the table below. The [...]
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Posted in: Baby Names
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Most expectant parents have already read the statistics with great alarm: The cost of raising a baby from birth through college is into the hundreds of thousands of dollars, and that’s only if your child is willing to attend a public college instead of a private university.
The problem with these statistics is that they are [...]
Tags: baby expenses, budget, cost of parenthood, costs of first year
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If you are pregnant now or your baby is still in diapers, congratulations. This is the very best time to realize that you should start saving for your baby’s eventual college education. You have many years before your Little Genius starts comparing different options for college and you also have one magical component [...]
Tags: college fund, compound interest, educational IRA, paying for college, prepaid tuition
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