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A Mom’s View: How to Get Your Babies to Sleep at Night

At almost 6 months, my little munchkins are pretty understanding of the “Mommy needs sleep!” concept, which I am extremely thankful for. Recently, they’ve been sleeping 9 to even 11 hours in a row. I’m wishing I had a little more wood handy to knock on at the moment – oh wait, we have wood floors! Pardon me for just one minute. Stomp, stomp, stomp.

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Lice Prevention in Schools

The common cold is the only communicable health problem that beats out lice at the school age, according to MayoClinic.com. The small insects lay eggs, called nits, on the hair shaft to continue the population in the hair. The insects travel from one head to the next through direct contact with another person’s hair or things that have touched the hair, such as brushes, scarves and hair clips. School prevention methods keep lice infestations to a minimum.

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Understanding Child Discipline

How you choose or not choose to discipline your child is perhaps one of the great divides between parents. Everyone seems to have an opinion on the “right” way to discipline. It’s no wonder that many parents can be confused. Children need discipline; the disagreements sometime stem from a misunderstanding of what discipline is.