Baby's Bag: Teddy Bears
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Gift Ideas for the New Baby to Give Its Big Brother at the Hospital...
Asked by M.G. from Chattanooga
on May 13, 2009
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Hello ladies,
I am expecting my second child in about 8 weeks and everyone keeps telling me that the new baby needs to have a gift for its Big Brother at the hospital...
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- Congratulations on your new baby. When my daughter had her second child, I gave my grandson who was 2 1/2 at the time a cabbage patch boy baby doll. He is 20 ... a...
- I have had three babies in the past three years. When the sibling(s) come to the hospital, I have a present wrapped for them in bright wrapping paper from the baby. Th...
- Hi M., Have you thought about a 'build-a-bear'? You son could record a message for his new brother/sister. That would keep for the baby to grow up and hear, and your ...
Gift for Big Brother When Baby Brother Arrives
Asked by M.W. from Dallas
on June 2, 2007
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I've seen some other requests similar to mine but they were mainly for girls and most suggested dolls for the older sibling as a gift from the baby. Well I am almost ...
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- My oldest son was 5 when I had my second son. We found a "Big Brother" book at Babies R Us that is similar to a scrapbook/photobook/baby book. It had places for pict...
- Yes, those I Spy Bags are awesome, and I got my son one and he loves it.
- We just had our second baby boy a little over three months ago. His big brother was 21 months when he was born. We bought him a Big Brother t-shirt from Babystyle th...
2 Year Old Sleep Problems - Please Help
Asked by S.P. from New York
on August 27, 2010
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Hi. My almost 2 year old is having sleep problems and I m 8.5 months pregnant and nearly going insane from it. She will wake up and scream and cry all night. All she w...
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- take a deep breath, realize she ISN'T hurt, there's no reason to freak out and stress yourself out - and decide to get through it. you are, i hate to say it, doing it...
- Could there be something wrong with her bed at home? or with the room? maybe she's scared? is she in a big bed or a toddler bed? can you try to lay down next to her an...
- Hi there, so I have an idea for you. Your daughter is still very young and can sense that things in her life are about to change dramatically. There is a time and seas...
Keep or Consignment?
Asked by J.S. from Tampa
on January 20, 2011
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How much of your child's clothes do you keep after they grow out of them?
My son is 3mo and I found a great consignment shop to take his smaller clothes and get bigg...
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- Sounds like what you have selected already will fufilll you sentimental needs just fine. I second having pictures taken in your absolute fav outfits. Look at i...
- I have the opposite problem, i find too many so cute and want to pass them on to my granddaughters some decades away. I have limited myself to one bag full max and wh...
- I didn't keep anything after my second except some Christmas outfits in the hopes of passing them to someone who needed them in that size. My husband was pretty sure ...
Share the Love! How Does Your Family Celebrate Valentine's Day WITHOUT Gifts?
Asked by K.J. from Atlanta
on February 8, 2011
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It seems kids are often robbed of the true meaning of Holidays as big business marketers have us believing that "love" is all about gift giving. Please share your fam...
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- In CT we have a week long school vacation in February. It's either the week before or after President's Day. So we go away for a long weekend, and spend quality time...
- We do not really celebrate Vday only on feb14th, we love each other and tell each other daily. I have been with my hunny for 6yrs and we have never exchanged gifts fo...
- hubby and I don't really do much for v-day but I always make my kiddos heart pancakes :)
X-mas Presents for Teachers
Asked by N.O. from Detroit
on November 21, 2008
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I am looking to get a x-mas present for my sons preschool teachers. Their are 2 of them and since we are cutting back on spending this year for x-mas I would like to ...
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- Spa gifts are wonderful for teachers! I shop online with a fantastic, mom-owned company called The Happy Soul. They have loads of bath/spa items, most completely na...
- Hi...as a teacher, I never expect gifts for the holidays. It is also tough for teachers when parents ask...so I am always honest with them and I tell them that I like...
- a gift card is great... (way better than a knick knack). if you don't want to do Target or a store, give them a treat they may not be able to do for themselves... L...
The Last of the Bottles
Asked by D.C. from Portland
on November 18, 2008
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Ok, so I am going to take away the night time bottles from twin boys on Thanksgiving weekend. I was wondering if anybody had any suggestions of what I could do to mak...
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- I had my daughter go with me to pick out a new nighttime only sippy cup. Then told her that we were going to give the babas to the little boys and girls that dont have...
- Maybe try taking away MILK at night... start switching to only water in their bottles until the final day! They may not like it and not even need to take anything to ...
- Hi D.! I totally understand the anxiety that goes along with breaking the bottle habit. What I did with my son is, about a week before I was going to take his bottle...
