Are they ready to move out of a booster seat and into regular seat belts? Are you sure? Belt-Positioning Booster Seats Booster seats boost your child up, providing a higher sitting height, which allows the adult lap and shoulder belt to fit properly. Booster seats are used forward facing only and are used without harness straps. Other things to know about booster seats: Kids should sit in a booster seat until they are “old enough and large enough” for seat belts to protect them properly, which usually isn’t until they are 4 feet 9 inches tall (57 inches) and are between 8 and 12 years old....

Although many kids don’t actually need to take a daily vitamin, if yours does, be sure they are actually getting all of the vitamins and minerals they need from the supplements they take. Simply choosing a vitamin because it is the only one they will take is not necessarily the best idea, since it might not even include the nutrients they are missing. When necessary, most kids can take a daily children’s multivitamin, which should have the recommended daily allowance of all of the vitamins and minerals they might need, including vitamins A, C, D, and K, the B vitamins, iron, and calcium....

Photo Credit: johnjefferis/Flickr Take Kid-Friendly Pit Stops If you’re planning on spending a lot of time in the car during your vacation, make sure to schedule a few kid-friendly pit stops along the way. On long car rides, children will often have a lot of built-up energy. Although you may already plan on stopping for meals, also look for unique or fun pit stops that will allow the whole family to stretch their legs....

Materials Drawn pictures or magazines Scissors Wallpaper paste Old paintbrush A border is a line of pictures pasted to the very top of the walls around the entire room.

Breastfeeding let down feels different for each person, but many people report that it feels like a tingling sensation. Some people feel a warm sensation or even a bit of prickling right when their milk lets down. Others feel nothing at all. Sometimes, parents know that their milk has begun to flow when they notice that the breast that the baby is not feeding on has leaked. There may be an emotional response to let down, which may be either a calm, relaxing feeling or a feeling of dread....

This is simply not true. Parents with small breasts can absolutely breastfeed and produce a healthy milk supply for their child. Small Breasts and Milk Supply Your breast size does not determine your ability to breastfeed. Women with breasts of all different shapes and sizes can breastfeed successfully. The size of your breasts largely depends on how much fat they contain, not the amount of alveoli (milk-making tissue). People with larger breasts have more fat in their breasts, but they do not necessarily have a greater number of alveoli....

Good news: getting your hair dyed while pregnant is considered safe, especially in the second and third trimesters. Since most hair dyes have little contact with your scalp, the chance of any chemicals reaching your bloodstream, and therefore your baby, is low. Keep reading to learn more about why it’s generally considered safe to get your hair colored while you’re pregnant. What Is Hair Dye? Hair dye comes in different forms: permanent, semi-permanent, and temporary....

Concerns About Visitation Here are some scenarios that might leave parents feeling hesitant about their children going for visitation with the other parent. Sherry complains that her kids spend more time with her ex’s new girlfriend during visits than with their father. Marc’s kids become so anxious about visits that they can’t sleep for days before and after, crying and telling him that they don’t want to go. Janelle fears for her kids’ safety when she sends them for visits because of her ex’s history of domestic violence and alcohol abuse....

In fact, there hasn’t been enough research on chamomile tea to say for sure whether it is safe to drink while pregnant. For now, you might want to find other ways to help you wind down in the evenings. “It’s best to avoid chamomile tea during pregnancy, as there is not yet a setamount that is deemed safe,” says Melissa Mitri, MS, RD, a registered dietician for Zenmaster Wellness....

Many people rely on Adderall (dextroamphetamine and amphetamine) to help them focus and perform to their best abilities. If you take Adderall to improve your Attention Deficit Hyperactivity (ADHD) symptoms, you will most likely want to start planning on how to function without it for the next nine months. Research shows that Adderall can cause birth defects, so it is not considered safe to take during pregnancy. “Taking Adderall while pregnant may increase the risk of congenital defects affecting certain organs,” says Kim Langdon, MD, an Ohio-based OB/GYN with over 20 years of experience....

But getting pregnant may change things. The joy of seeing a positive pregnancy test result may be tinged with a nagging sense of worry if you rely on antidepressants. You may wonder whether you can continue taking your medication now that you’re pregnant, and you may have concerns about going without it for a period of nine months. Antidepressants can cause birth defects if you take them when you are expecting....

There are multiple options at the drugstore for treating constipation and other digestive issues, one of which is MiraLAX (polyethylene glycol 3350). When choosing what to grab during pregnancy, experts give MiraLAX the green light. “MiraLAX is considered safe to take during pregnancy by the American Gastroenterological Association," says Sarah McBane, PharmD, the Associate Dean of Pharmacy Education at UC Irvine School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. Here, we discuss what to expect when taking it along with a few precautions to keep in mind....

“Does my daughter know what she should do if a stranger approaches, asking for help or offering candy?” The good news, experts say, is that recent high-profile kidnapping cases do not reflect a growing problem. According to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, the number of serious abduction cases is consistent with last year’s figures, but overall trends show an actual decline in such cases. In 2001, 725,000 children - nearly 2,000 per day - were reported missing....

However, the state would prefer for children of single parents to receive child support over public assistance, whenever possible. For that reason, in cases where a single parent who is not receiving child support requests public assistance on behalf of their child, the state will usually initiate a child support case—regardless of whether the parent wants a case or not. It is important for single parents to consider child support matters when requesting benefits through SNAP....

Neither do children automatically know how to “play nice” with puppies and dogs. They need to be taught that ears aren’t for pulling and eyes aren’t for poking. If you have an adult dog—or adopt one—the same rules apply. Too many people assume that nice dogs will put up with anything a kid dishes out. That’s not fair to the dog, and it’s not necessarily true. All too often we hear about a dog that bit a child “without warning....

In this chapter, we’ll cover the basics of selecting a venue, including home-based parties, such as meal or cocktail parties, open houses, or block parties, destination-based parties at bars, restaurants, and banquet halls – even another city – and outdoor parties at the park or the beach, the woods, the river, or the parking lot of your favorite sports arena. As any designer will tell you, form and function are interrelated....

Materials Clay that can be oven-dried, such as Fimo or Sculpey, or air-dried Spoon (optional) Paintbrush and tempera or acrylic paint (optional) Clear acrylic spray Directions