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 Usually while I work in the office I turn on the radio and listen to music during the day. The disadvantage is that there are many publicity spots, political and accident news. What if I can listen to music and at the same time listen to parenting advices, with My Baby Radio.com I can.
My Baby Radio.com is a UK radio that broadcasts worldwide, I listen to it in Portugal and the sound is terrific. Many parenting advices throughout the day, excellent music and really helpful information is available in the site.
The My Baby Radio.com has a blog that is always updated with the latest gossips, radio interviews and much more.
Get online, turn My Baby Radio.com on and have an excellent day.
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I don’t really know if my daughter has a strong personality, what I know is that she drives me insane with her authority and refusal to do what I say even if she know I’ll be mad at her. She’s so stubborn and she really wants things to happen the way she wants. When I contradict her she just throws things on the floor, wants to beat me, etc. Of course this is not her normal behavior, she usually is a very sweet girl, giving me a lot of kisses and hugs, but when I say NO she just goes mad and wants to mark her territory. This same situation happens from time to time in daycare.
My son had this type of behavior when he was younger but he was a lot easier to control, my daughter is difficult to deal with.
My main problem and my problem of every day is being a full time worker. Why? Because it leaves me very, very little time to be with her although this is not an excuse. Most of the times she has this behavior while I’m doing activities (cooking, cleaning, on the computer, etc. ) and I think she knows I’ll be busy to give her full attention, could it be? On the other hand I know full time workers with so well behaved kids.
What am I doing wrong? Can it be her testing my patience to see if I give up contradicting her?
Well, I believe this type of behavior will go away as she grows older.
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This a crossed post with my blog Buy Better and Have a Better Life. This book is worth to be mentioned twice.
Nowadays children have really bad eating habits that end up in obesity, diabetes among other diseases. Creating good eating habits is a frugal point while feeding the youngest. Eat This Not That! for Kids!: Be the Leanest, Fittest Family on the Block!  by David Zinczenko and Matt Goulding is a book that all families with kids should have. This book is a excellent guide to know what kids should eat and what should not eat.
Product Description
It’s no secret that children are getting fatter: 17% of this country’s youth are overweight or obese, and the number of diabetic children has nearly quadrupled in the past thirty years. Now, to help combat the problem, David Zinczenko, editor-in-chief of Men’s Health, and co-author Matt Goulding have created Eat This, Not That! for Kids. This must-have guide for concerned parents offers detailed analysis and nutritional tips on thousands of the most popular food choices for kids. Covering the best and worst options available at the most popular restaurants in the country as well as the healthiest—and most harmful—foods in the supermarket aisles, if kids are eating it, this book is probably analyzing it.
Other features include:
-Restaurant Report Cards on the best chain restaurants for your kids
-Drink This, Not That! for Kids
-The 20 Worst Kids’ Meals in America
-10 “Healthy” Foods that Aren’t
-The 8 Foods You Should Feed Your Kid Every Day
School year is starting in two weeks and although the school provides lunch I have to prepare a snack for each of my kids. Healthy food will be the Menu.
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Lately I have been noticing that some bloggers are not happy with their hosting service. Different hosting companies, different problems, I guess that sometimes things just doesn’t work out and people start looking for a better hosting company.
For those looking for hosting service I advise you to take a look at the webhostingrating site. Why? This site provides information about Host Awards and Hosts Ratings meaning you can check who are the best rated web hosting companies as well as the companies that received awards for their service.
Speaking for myself I must say that having a full time job, a house and two kids to take care (not to mention the husband) I want to be assured that my blogs are hosted by a good company so that I don’t have to worry about poor quality service, cpu problems, etc..
So, if you are having problems with your hosting service check the rates at webhostingrating, compare services, quality and prices and choose the one that suits you the best. If you have your sites/blogs hosted for free remember, having a paid hosting service brings you business opportunities because advertisers prefer paid over free hosted sites. 
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Finally I have my cable TV working 100%. Several technicians spent the whole morning trying to figure out what was going on with my phone line and they managed to fix it. During my lunch time they finished the installation. Now I have phone, Internet and TV in one whole package and I’m able to have cable TV in two rooms (before it was only possible in one) meaning the kids can watch Disney Channel or Panda while we watch Fox, AXN or P&A (my favorites).
At least something end up right!!! I was affraid they were going to remove the service because of bad line conditions. I want to keep my night blogging but I’m sure there will be night when I will be distracted by all the new TV channels I have.
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Since early age, my son has been a very active and curious boy. Right after he started walking by himself I was in trouble because every appliance with a door or buttons was a target for him. We realized that electric plugs were a high risk issue so we bought safety caps that could only be removed with a piece of metal. Sometimes when I needed to use a certain plug I used to remove the safety cap, use the plug and immediately insert the safety cap again. I must say that the safety caps I used were very narrow and for the few times I forgot to put them back after using the plug my son ended up with them in the mouth and this scared me a lot. Although it never happened to my son, it was very easy for a baby / toddler to chock with one of those.
I’m glad George DeCell invented SafetyCaps. Having a daughter himself that chocked with one regular plug, he, more than anyone, knew the urge to find a safe electrical outlet safety plug.
Safetycaps have the ideal measure (greatest diameter of 2 1/3″) and have air holes to prevent kids from choking. This is a totally safe product that can save your kids life.
One whole house can be totally protected with only $10.99 (or for $9.99).
Thank you George for invented SafetyCaps that are really safe.
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I really am not in a good phase of my life. I’m fed up with my work (I need motivation to go on with my life), my back pain is killing me and patience is something I lose very easily.
Thursday I was in such pain that I went to the doctor and the prescription was an urgent pain killer injection and three more in the following three days. The last injection is tomorrow and although I feel a little better today the pain is here, still active.
To make things worse Friday I had to take my mother to hospital because she broke a toe. Having my father totally dependent in bed makes things worse because to go to the hospital my mother had to find someone to stay with him. Luckily the broken toe will cure by himself and there is no need to immobilize the foot, therefore she’s able to walk around the house and still take care of my father.
Being in pain causes me a lot of discomfort, makes me impatience and I lose my temper very easily. Being in the computer has been very complicated lately because it caused me a lot of pain on my back and since I stay in the computer at work 8 hours, at night I’m already suffering a lot and I’m not able to spend a few more hours on the laptop. I look forward to September so that I can go to my doctor and start physiotherapy.
Regarding my work/job that’s a tough issue to resolve. No idea what to do with my working future.
One day at a time is an easy advise people usually give but it’s really hard to practice.
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How many times were you looking for a Certified Expert and you just didn’t know where to look for it? With Clicksmart.com you can find the Certified Expert you want following only three steps. But what is Clicksmart?
Clicksmart is the connection between consumers and businesses who are experts on what they do best. With a huge database of Clicksmart Certified Experts, consumers are assured that they will find a highly qualified Expert on the field they are looking for.
Now, an example of how easy it is to find a ClickSmart Certified Expert. Imagine you are looking for a dallas home inspector. You just have to follow three steps as I mentioned before:
- Step 1: choose the Expert category you are looking for, on this case Home & Office Services
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and there you have a complete list of all Home & Office Services. Now you just have to look for Home Inspection to find the Experts you are looking for.
Clicksmart is at a distance of a click, ready to be used, by you.
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My kids love to be in the backyard pool. This photo was taken in July and they were playing at “Diving Together”. It’s great to capture their best moments together, when they are really getting along and not teasing each other.
You can see more Wordless Wednesday at WW HQ and 5 Minutes for Mom.
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 I must confess…lately I’ve been lazy when it comes to tell bedtime stories.
I use to tell a story every night to my son and daughter but lately, with the hurry to go to bed, with our conversations (that are also important) bedtime story has gone to a second third plan. I confess this is something I’ve been thinking about lately because I’m afraid my kids will lose the “reading feature” we should all have.
For some kids reading can be a natural feature but for others reading is something that has to be learned-to-like. Not reading to my kids might transmit a negative idea and although they see me reading all the time, reading a bedtime story is something experts say: it’s a “must”, it’s essential to read to our sons and daughters.
I’ve done a little research about telling a story and what I can do to make my kids wanting more stories and I come up with a few important points:
Have Fun: The main objective of telling a story is to have fun, create a bound between the parent and the child.
Learn to tell a story: For a child, a parent that is able to tell a story without a book is the best parent. The story has to have a meaning and we can’t hesitate while we tell it. The child must be aware that the parent knows the story as well as the characters he’s/she’s talking about.
Repeat as per request: Anticipating what is going to happen is good for the child development. We should keep the story for how long the child requests it but we can add small details that will keep the story interesting to the child.
Know how to choose a story: Be aware of the child’s age when choosing a story. Most stories have details that will only be understood by the child years later but that’s a good think as long as the story adds something to the child’s life.
Forget the story moral: Don’t resume the story in one sentence when finishing reading it. The message should be transmitted on the story context, not at the end. If the child doesn’t understand the story maybe it’s not an appropriate story for his/her age. Years later, without notice, they will understand it for sure.
Read before telling: Read the story before you tell it to the child, this way you already have the idea when you should change your voice, make a pause, raise or lower your voice. Remember, if you make a special voice for each character you have to keep that until the end of the story.
Of course there are other important points I must be missing here and therefore I’m willing to receive your feedback. Please take a few seconds and answer to my poll:
Leave me a comment if you would like to add suggestions/opinions regarding “Telling a Story Time”, I’ll post them on a different post in a few days.
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