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Charts, Charts, Who Needs a Chart?

Sometimes computers are a wonder of modern technology, and sometimes they are just plain frustrating. For me, the frustration comes when I need to use a program that I don’t normally work with and I need to learn how to use it quickly. While I use Excel for my monthly budgeting, I don’t love making graphs in Excel. Most of the time, all I need is a very simple graph to illustrate something that I am writing, and Excel has so many features that I get overwhelmed. If your pre-teen or teen needs to create a chart for a science … Continue reading →

The Best of the 2007 Baby Blog

It has been an exciting year in the baby blog with a few changes in bloggers, several news stories, a few series started, and of course lots of information and reflection. This is a list of the best of the best. . .the best news, the best advice and the best of my personal favorites. With that I wish you all a Happy New Year, and look forward to an exciting year in 2008! Ask a Baby Blogger Series–This, in my opinion is one of the best things the baby blog has to offer. Granted, it’s my advice which I … Continue reading →

The Trouble With Weight Charts

In the UK, there is considerable pressure being placed to get rid of the 20 year old weight charts and use more up to date weight charts that are reflective of babies who drink breast milk. The 20 year old charts are based on formula fed babies who tend to grow more quickly than do breastfed babies. But the weight chart problem is not one that is strictly related to the UK. Breastfed Babies are Too Skinny Whenever a breastfeed baby is told to gain more weight, the rallying cry is ‘beware the growth charts’. And it is true that … Continue reading →

Charts and Graphs for a Home Business

I LOVE charts and graphs. If there is an article in a magazine that includes colorful bar graphs or pie charts, that is an article I will at least look over. It was always one of those things I liked about doing annual reports and grant reports and other such things in my old career incarnation. Now that I have a simple, little home-based business, I don’t have the same opportunities for using and utilizing charts and graphs that I used to—but I still think there is a place for them in a small home business! Charts and graphs are … Continue reading →

Baby Blog Week in Review: April 29th to May 4th

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I apologize for this being a little late. I actually took a weekend off. A whole weekend to myself to attend a homeschooling conference. But I won’t bore you with the details of my homeschooling conference since this is the baby blog! Here is last week’s list of articles: Sunday, April 29th Old Growth Charts Blamed for Fat Babies Since childhood obesity is reaching epidemic proportions in the United States, experts are looking at anything and everything as the cause. Many believe that encouraging breastfed babies to gain as much weight as formula fed babies is part of the problem. … Continue reading →

Old Growth Charts Blamed for Fat Babies

I’m sad to say it, but some pediatricians are just not up to date on breastfeeding. I would understand, to some extent, misinformation from say, my general practitioner. I would understand misinformation from my dermatologist. After all, their specialty is not connected to babies per se. I don’t understand misinformation from pediatricians’ offices. (I do have to insert here that my childrens’ pediatrician is wonderful and I picked her because she is really very breastfeeding ’friendly’.) Every once in awhile someone will pop up in the forums or send me a PM saying that their doctor doesn’t think the baby … Continue reading →

Apps for Busy Parents

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Parenting has often been described as a full-time job. Moms and dads have to organize children’s schedules, find kid-friendly places to eat, and remember all the things that their family needs from the grocery store this week. Fortunately, there are apps that can help busy parents to keep track of everything. Here are a few to try. Mom Maps Mom Maps helps moms and dads find places that are appropriate for family fun. There are over 28,000 locations supported by this app. It gives you directions to parks, playgrounds, children’s museums, kid’s indoor play areas, kid’s restaurants and more (including … Continue reading →

Preschoolers’ Health Improving

Preschoolers aren’t getting any fatter, according to a new report. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention just announced that the nation’s obesity epidemic has stabilized in the past five years among preschool-age children. According to researchers, 14.6 percent of 2- to 4-year-old children were obese in 2008, which is about the same as in 2003, but still higher than in 1998 when about 12 percent of preschoolers were obese. The CDC defines obesity as having a body mass index, which ranked at or above the 95th percentile on growth charts. Much has been made of preventing childhood obesity … Continue reading →

Do Your Kids Need More Exercise?

Health experts would answer that question with a rousing “yes,” and now they have even more evidence to support their assertions. A new study found that more than half a million 4-year-olds are obese. Even more disturbing, according to researchers, is the finding that nearly a third of American Indian children are obese. The study’s lead author noted that the findings are “of major concern” among children so young given that obese individuals are at very high risk for heart disease, high blood pressure, cancers, joint diseases and other health problems. If you are concerned that your child may be … Continue reading →

Children Learn and Develop One Step at a Time

While many of us parents find that our children definitely do not follow those growth and development charts perfectly and fit absolutely into the “average”–I do still believe that children do learn and develop step by step. One child may speed through the steps faster than another, and many children tend to go in stops, starts and spurts–but overall, I think as parents we need to respect that things happen step by step. Expecting a child to go from sitting to running sounds pretty ludicrous, doesn’t it? Still, if we get stuck comparing our children to others we may wonder … Continue reading →