The winter period also contributes to this low immunity, especially for pregnant mothers. Therefore, many would need to shore up their immunity by getting vaccine boosters to help them and their baby stay healthy through the cold season. COVID-19 Risks for You and Your Baby It has become increasingly clear that COVID-19 is not a once-in-a-lifetime disease; it has become an endemic disease with different variants that become more resistant as they progress....

This can be a tricky situation to navigate, says Bethany Cook, a Chicago-based clinical psychologist and adjunct professor. “I doubt you’d find many who would be cool with others using the same baby name they’ve shared,” she says. Picking a name is a very personal and emotional decision, says Gina Janc, a licensed marriage and family therapist based in Carlsbad, Calif. “It’s important to choose a name that holds meaning to you and your partner while navigating familial and societal pressures,” she says....

There will be certain foods you used to love that you absolutely abhor when you are pregnant. But there will also be foods that you crave—maybe foods that you never liked before. There may be some strange combinations of things that you suddenly desire. Pickles and ice cream is perhaps the most infamous combination, but that’s only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to odd pregnancy cravings. Let’s take a closer look at pregnancy cravings—why they happen, how common they are, what types of food pregnant people tend to crave, and when and if pregnancy cravings become something to be concerned about....

Depending on complications following childbirth or a cesarean section, you may see your gynecologist a few days after your baby is born, but after that, you will most likely not have another visit until you are 6 weeks postpartum. New moms and parents can prepare for the postpartum period and encourage a smooth postpartum recovery by knowing what to expect. While the new baby’s health is most attended to, a mother or birthing parent’s well-being is just as important....

More: How to Teach Kids About Saving Money Discussing money and personal finance used to be taboo; parents didn’t discuss financial concerns with their children, and children didn’t ask. Unfortunately, that led to many teens and young adults not knowing how to budget, save money, or maintain a good credit score. According to T. Rowe Price’s 2019 Parents, Kids & Money Survey, 30% of parents are uncomfortable talking to their children about debt and putting aside college savings....

Paths to Early Grandparenthood It’s possible to become a grandparent at a very young age by marrying someone older who has children from an earlier marriage. Technically, those who acquire grandchildren in this way are step-grandparents, but for many, the difference is academic. They consider themselves grandparents. The way most young grandparents are created, however, is when a parent who reproduced at a young age has a child who does the same....

It’s important to remember that teens who run away are just like every other teen. They aren’t bad kids. They just have made a bad decision. They got themselves caught up in something or are feeling pressures that they felt the need to escape from. Instead of facing their problems and solving them, they chose to run from them. Why Teens Run Away Sometimes running away has to do with something the teen has gotten into like drug use or hanging out with the wrong crowd....

Age group: 30-40 months Duration of activity: 10 minutes This lively game will help your child develop motor skills and balance. It is recommended that one of the players be an older child or adult who can help keep some restraint on the activity.

Choosing the Right Toy Cars for Your Toddler The best vehicles to choose are those that are safe. Small cars like Matchbox brand or others have parts that present a choking hazard to your toddler. Also, don’t choose cars that do things that your toddler can do for herself. Examples include cars that make noises and have motors that propel them forward. These features place limits on your child’s own imagination and can reduce the open-ended nature of her play....

Your time only Do you know what your child’s toys are up to when you’re not around? There’s one way to find out… ask your child to divulge their secret lives! Ask your child to tell you what a favorite stuffed animal, for example, does at night when the family is asleep. Perhaps the stuffed animals get together and play music that only stuffed animals can hear, cook food that only stuffed animals can smell, or call other stuffed animal friends up on the telephone....

Sometimes fixing a leak just takes tightening up the bolts—they’re called closet bolts—that anchor the toilet to the floor. This is a good place to start. Simply use a slotted (flat-head) screwdriver or putty knife and pry off the decorative caps that cover the bolts. Next, tighten each bolt a little at a time with a wrench. Don’t tighten one bolt completely, and then move on to the other bolt....

This game is a trick-taking, meld-making, draw game. This means that you score your points by winning tricks and by laying your cards down in sets (melds). Here’s the Deal Pick the dealer by cutting cards. You each draw a card from the deck and the highest card deals first. The nondealer shuffles and cuts the cards; the dealer may give the deck one last shuffle before the deal. The winner of each hand gets to deal the next game....

And what might your favorite English name sound like in a different country such as Norway, Finland, Poland, or France? Let’s have a look. Are Names Different in Different Languages Yes. Why? We’re glad you asked. Different languages have different phonologies, that is, different sounds and different rules about how to arrange them. English, for example, allows a word to start with -st, while Spanish often prefers to put a vowel before this combination....

In this dance activity, your child will try to simulate the ways animals move. Start with familiar animals—cat, dog, duck, and lizard, for example. Say, If you were a cat, how would you come towards me? Or, If you were a lizard, how would you move away from me? Avoid telling your child to move like a certain animal. Instead, allow him to sense and create the movements from within....

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If this sounds like your child, you are no doubt frequently frustrated. However, there are three simple techniques you can use to help your child pay attention and keep you from getting frustrated. Make Physical Contact Try touching your child lightly on the shoulder or arm as you address them by name. The physical touch helps bring a gifted child who is engrossed in an activity or thought back to the world....

In other words, these states make it somewhat easier for homeschooling parents to engage in educating their children with very little intervention and oversight, while other states have a much more hands-on approach with a lot of regulations and requirements and thus earning them the label of the worst homeschooling states. How Homeschooling Varies Among States In some states, homeschool parents are required to file paperwork every year, teach for a set number of hours each day, participate in-home evaluations, teach specific subjects, and participate in state testing each year....