by Royce Armstrong
“Dad, you’re going to be a grandfather.” My son was calling from his Naval base. He could have told me anything else on earth and I would not have been more surprised. At first I thought he was joking. I waited for the punch line. It was no joke.
He had come home on [...]
Tags: advice, anger, babysit, criticize, grandparent, Grandparenting, help, innocent, limits, love, new, respect, rules, spoil, unconditional, unexpected
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Are you a grandparent? If you are and if you have a constant presence in the lives of your grandchildren, there may come a point in time when you have to discipline them. Unfortunately, with good reason, discipline is an area that many grandparents fear to enter. Many grandparents are concerned with how discipline will [...]
Tags: advice, discipline, grandparent, love, parent, policy, spank, time out
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by Sherry Smith
I remember attending and hosting several baby shower parties long before the Internet. Our resources were either what we created, (baby diapers made from napkins, dipped in paraffin wax as our favor containers) or a few baby shower products available at our local party store. Although the basic concept of the baby shower [...]
Tags: advice, Baby, balloons, extras, Scrapbooking, shower, themes, tiaras
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By Elizabeth Pantley, Author of No Cry Sleep Solution
Congratulations on the birth of your new baby. This is a glorious time in your life. Whether this is your first baby or your fifth, you will find this a time of recovery, adjustment, sometimes confusion and frustration, but — most wonderfully — of falling in love.
Babies [...]
Tags: advice, Baby, biology, comfortable, day, falling asleep, feedings, learn, newborn, night, nipple, read, signs, sleep, through the night, tiredness, waking
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