Moving Tips & Advice: Meijer
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Moving to Grand Rapids Area
Asked by J.S. from Grand Rapids
on May 3, 2008
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My husband was offered a job yesterday that would move us to the Grand Rapids area this summer. What can you ladies tell me about your community? My husband wants to...
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- There are great schools within 20 minutes of Grand Rapids. My children go to Kentwood and I love it!!! There is Rockford, Forest Hills (ada area) Grandville and Byron...
- Grand Rapids is a wonderful area. I moved here 7 yrs ago and love it. Holland and Grand Haven are nice but I prefer living in the GR area and visiting those places. ...
- Welcome J., You can be assured that you are moving to a wonderful area. Grand Rapids and the surrounding areas has so much to offer you and your family. I do unde...
Scrapbooking Tips for 9 Year Old
Asked by B.P. from Kalamazoo
on August 17, 2009
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I would like to start scrapbooking with my daughter but have never done it myself. I bought a scrapbook but am at a loss of how to attach things to the pages - there ...
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- Good morning B.! I'd suggest the Tombow mono-adhesive. It is very easy to use and refill and they do have a 'temporary' one so that if your daughter doesn't like wha...
- I work full time, so I need quick, easy and mess free scrap book stuff for when I actually do have a scheduled moment of free time! Ahesive double sided tape in a disp...
- I didn't have time to read your other responses but I have a 6 year old who really wanted to scrapbook. So what I did was had a girlfriend who is a avid scrapper (I a...
Anyone Want to Share Their Best Penny Pinching Tips?
Asked by A.C. from Detroit
on August 14, 2010
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Is anyone interested in sharing their best penny-pinching, why-didn't-I-think-of-that-myself tips? Here's mine, though I'm sure II'll add more later.
When you open ...
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- My best advice is to switch stores to Melaleuca! You can save money while making your home and the environment safer for your family. Example: Laundry detergent.....
- My input on laundry savings: * Wash all of your loads in cold water, except for bedding and towels which can be done in hot. * Turn the water inflow valve to 1/2...
- I follow "moms need to know" blog on Facebook. She's always got good deals on there. Also, I check out walmart's free samples at walmart.com. I get samples of meds, la...
Cloth Diapers
Asked by S.C. from Grand Rapids
on November 15, 2008
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Hi... I know, this is my 3rd question in like 24 hours... but I am curious...
We are going to be useing cloth diapers on our 4th babe. He is due in 3 months. I don...
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- An old friend of mine just started a company that maybe a solution for you. She has cloth diaper in a varity of sizes and patterns. You can buy individual ones or bund...
- You don't have to use pins anymore.. you can use a snapee.. it has little claw like arms and works just like pins would. Cloth diapers save a lot of money dependin...
- I know the feeling about asking a million questions - Cloth diapers are a lot to wrap your head around. I used clth diapers for child 2 & 3. I used a few differnt ki...
Play Sets for Toddlers
Asked by V.S. from Lima
on May 27, 2010
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I have a 2 year old daughter and a 2 week old daughter. My husband and I are currently looking for a play set for our toddler. We've looked online through Walmart, M...
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- I also have a 2 year old daughter and now a 5 month old son. We did the same thing and did a lot of research. The best one out there is at Home Depot. We spent just...
- It's garage sale season! You can get one CHEAP by watching the paper for people who want them gone because their kids don't play on them anymore. I found someone a blo...
- I did a lot of research last year and we ended up getting a Rainbow America one. Different models were sold at Sam's, Cosco, Toys R Us and I think Home Depot or Lowe'...
Overnight Diaper Leaks
Asked by A.H. from Dayton
on May 3, 2008
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Does anyone have any good tips for overnight diapers for my 3 month old? Now that she is sleeping through the night, we have wet clothes every morning. It is coming ...
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- When I had problems with my son's diaper leaking, I swithced from Pampers to Huggies because they have the elastic around the back. He is now 17 months old and we have...
- Put her in Size 3 for overnight. They will seem huge on her, but they absorb a lot more, and will not leak! P.S. I wish my 5 month old was sleeping through the ...
- A., Try Luvs, they're great! We hardly had any leaks with our two kids. Vinyl pants would just lock in too much heat and may cause heat rash. Good Luck! R.
Help Relieving My Newborns Gas Pains
Asked by N.O. from Detroit
on March 14, 2009
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I have a newborn. He is being formula fed and doing quite well. However, naturally he gets gassy from time to time and he seems so uncomfortable. He doesn't have to ...
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- Pay no attention to the formula and babies don't mix well!! People like that drive me crazy. This is something I saw my mom do years ago with my niece, lay him on his ...
- Lay him on his back and bicycle his legs.
- We had the same issue. When our son was about 5 weeks old he started developing painful gas and as a last resort we swiched the formula to a more soy based (Enfamil G...
The Best Booster Seat
Asked by P.N. from Detroit
on May 3, 2008
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I am interested in moving my daughter to a new seat (which is my sons old car seat), so I want to get a booster seat for my son. He just turned three. I've looked at...
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- It's nice to see so many educated responses. So I'll just say my 5 yo just hit 40lb, and still has some to grow before she will reach the hight limit of our 5 point ca...
- Our three year old has been in a booster seat for about 7 months now, and she just turned three. However, it was very hit in miss in the beginning and we spent a lot ...
- Hello! Many of the car seat/booster seats are two fold. Most of them have the 5 point harness which can be removed at 4 then they have the seat belt guiders to be ...
Temporary Blackout Curtains and Painters Estimate
Asked by A.L. from Chicago
on August 31, 2011
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Hi Moms,
We're moving into a new house next week which only has very see-through shades in the bedrooms. We're probably going to use Costco for all the window treatm...
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- Frankly, for something temporary, just use thumbtacks and bath towels. (I'm sorry, I don't know how large your windows are... that may not work if the windows are larg...
- I would just put 2 small nails in each corner of the window and hang up a throw or a towel to keep the light out. Sorry, I do all my own painting.
- kmart, I ordered paper blackout shades from them online they come in a pack of 4 for $25, they attach with a sticky tape strip at the top. you can put them on the meta...
Coffee Stain on New Carpet!!
Asked by J.O. from Detroit
on July 28, 2008
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Help! On Saturday, my husband spilled a cup of coffee all over our new, light grey carpet. I tried treating it with Bissell's stain remover, but it didn't work and n...
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- About 4 years ago my son-in-law spilled a can of wood stain on off white carpeting. I took a steam cleaner with normal solution for that model and added oxy-clean in l...
- Try a carpet cleaner called Kids and Pets. It is great for getting stains out. Squirt some onto the stain then take a white towel or paper towel and dab the stain. ...
- I was able to get a coffee stain out of berber carpet without a problem with Oxyclean. Ok, there was one little problem...it got the stain out so well that the rest o...
