2009 Burn Awareness Week

Posted by Cindy

January 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment

TAMPA, Fla. — Feb. 1-7 is Burn Awareness Week, and during this week, Shriners Hospitals for Children will kick-off a year-long campaign focused on preventing gasoline burn injuries. A special Web site has been developed for the campaign, Burn Awareness Week . Once at the website click Parents & Caregivers at the top of the [...]

Pocket Change

Posted by Cindy

January 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Parenting is tough enough without worrying about cutting costs. Whether it’s your day to carpool, pick up groceries, pay the bills or call your college kid studying abroad, thinking about pocket change rarely makes the “TO DO LIST”. THIS YEAR IS ABOUT “CHANGE” Here are the top “TIPS” that’ll payoff big for you and will [...]

Taco Pie Recipe

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January 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment

It has been over a month since I shared a recipe for picky eaters. First I wanted to remind you about our picky eaters blog experiment so if you are new to Mommy Babble click here to read more about this experiment. Today’s recipe is quick and easy to make and is good comfort food. [...]

Parenting Myths Book Review and Giveaway

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January 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Leslie Leyland Fields new book “Parenting is Your Highest Calling and 8 Other Myths that Trap Us in Worry and Guilt“, is an insightful look at nine myths most Christian parents believe as fact. Leslie is a writer, professor, wife and mother of six children which range from a college student to a kindergartener who [...]

How Safe is Hand-Me-Down Baby Gear?

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January 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Welcoming a new member into your family is a joyous and expensive event. New moms and moms-to-be are given lots of hand-me-down baby gear to help reduce the cost of having a new baby. The March issue of “Shop Smart” magazine, from the publisher of “Consumer Reports”, takes an in-depth look at the safety issues [...]

History in the Making

Posted by Cindy

January 19, 2009 | 1 Comment

No matter what your political views history is being made on 1/20/2009. We will officially have the first African-American President of the United States. Just 150 years ago, no one in this country would have thought that it was possible. Politics aside, this is a momentous occasion. Voters of all races, ages and religions freely [...]

Busy Weekend

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January 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment

We are having a busy wekend here in our house. We are getting ready to head to church in about an hour. My husband and I along with another youth leader are taking 12 youth to Winter Jam in Tampa today. This awesome concert is hosted by NewSong and features TobyMac, Brandon Heath, Francesca Battistelli [...]

Chore Chart Winner

Posted by Cindy

January 15, 2009 | 1 Comment

Congratulations to Lara, MomBizCoach. Her entry was chosen by Random.org as the winner for the Chore Chart Giveaway. Here are your random numbers: 4 Timestamp: 2009-01-15 22:17:39 UTC I want to thank everyone who entred the contest and left wonderful comments here at Mommy Babble.  I love hearing from my readers! Is there a parenting or [...]

Vicks Vapo Rub Warning

Posted by Cindy

January 15, 2009 | 1 Comment

When your little one is sick you want to do whatever you can to ease their symptoms and make them feel better fast. All of the changes in children’s cough and cold medicines over the last few years have moms turning to old staples such as Vicks Vapo Rub. Today I heard a story on [...]

New Connecticut Public Health Law

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January 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment

A new law went into effect in Connecticut on January 1, 2009, that effects all children under age 6 in the state. All primary care physicians are required to perform an annual blood lead screening on all children ages 3 and under. They must also screen any child between the ages of 3-6 years of [...]

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