Blogs & Tips

Do you have an idea for a business and need help to get your idea off the ground?  This site is for you!  Ladies Who Launch is a great company that offers help in all areas of business development. 

My kids used to fight fiercely against liquid cold or cough medicine, until I remembered Mary Poppins. No, I wouldn't give a spoonful of sugar, but three chocolate chips work just as well. The kids

If your children have the same or almost the same water or tub toy, toothbrush or dishwear, it's difficult to mark their names on it since even permanent marker comes off after a few washings. The solution:

It seems like it's impossible to know how well a carseat will fit into your car until you buy it and wrestle it in your back seat.  On this web site, technicians and ordinary parents tell you their experiences

I'm into anything that saves me time these days.  Here's a nice one.  Amazon's Subscribe & Save program is a great way to save money on items you use routinely while helping to make

WOW! I just got a Sea Bag for my birthday and I love it! It's a delightful bag made of durable, fashion smart, earth friendly recycled sails.  Each has a hand spliced rope handle.  Mine has a cool

If you or your child takes prescription medicine, save the empty bottle next time you get a refill. Keep one empty, with label still attached, for each prescription. Then, when you travel, put the number of pills

I am not an organized cook. I have ten million cookbooks with one page dogeared in each. And then there are all the recipes I have emailed to myself.... Then one day I came across recipething. It is very simple

I really like Ann Taylor Loft for stylish, well-made clothes at really reasonable prices, and they have recently started carrying a maternity line that you can order on their website.  They have very cute

Shortly after our baby was born our family began posting an on-going list of "Things We Love" on our fridge.  Free and effective, this list has served as a major mood enhancer over the last few months! 

Do you know about evite.com? You can send email invitations to a party (many to choose from), and the guests can rsvp online, with a personalized message. All the invited guests can see who is invited and if they

Written BY moms FOR moms, Christine Cohen and Joanne Tocci have compiled a must-have collection of tried and true tips for navigating the reefs of motherhood from birth to age five.  Drawing from their own

Here's a cool way to share your contact info with other moms/dads & caregivers.  I love this idea.  Have you ever been out at the playground and you meet a nice mom and your kids play well together

By now, everyone’s garden is in full swing, but if you need any pest controls or fertilizer, check out the products from Gardens Alive. All of their products are chemical-free and they actually work. I

If you would like to try growing mint, here is a tip – it’s invasive and will take over your entire garden if you plant it in the ground.  Put it in a large planter on your patio to keep it contained

Need a creative way to organize your kid's puzzles?  I had a hard time finding those special wooden puzzle organizers so I use one of those desk/paper organizers with the different slots and place the

Our internet connection and wireless router are in an unfortunate location - our basement. So using my laptop in a more desirable location in the house - or outside - is limited. And venturing to the second floor

If you sign up at Carter’s website, they will e-mail coupons that you can use at their retail stores. They have one located at the Watertown Mall.

When I was trying to cut some of my household costs after we bought our house, I noticed that some of our magazine subscription rates were high, so I looked them up on Amazon to see if they were any cheaper. 

I've been getting cash and prizes for about 12 years, in exchange for answering surveys about new products or services. Do you remember Carol Adams and her Family Opinions service from years ago? Well, it's

A great way to get toddlers involved is to do a project with them. If you can get a clear glass big jug (like a pickle jar from a local pizza place). Fill it with some soil and add some seeds (carrot and potato

For those moms who think they need to pump to make baby cereal with breast milk there is an alternative. If you don't want to use formula, I have used baby pear juice and water. Let me tell you it works. My

This breathable baby bumper is a great way to help circulate the air is your baby's crib. My son would wake up sweaty and hot and wasn't sleeping well because his bumpers were not letting in any air flow

Express Email Invites: Invitations Online Evite has been pretty much the only game in town for a while now. But the Wall Street Journal just reviewed mypunchbowl.com as a competent competitor. It does have

Totsafe.com sells hundreds of unusual and hard to find products which make your home safe for your baby and toddler. They also have links to other good websites, as well as tips and tricks, and how-to information

Did you know that you can subscribe online to Consumer Reports? You can easily search whenever you want on whatever you need, from baby and child gear to electronics, appliances, and that new car. It’s

A new meta-study by the Environmental Working Group has found that 84% of 785 suncreens with an SPF of 15 or higher do not offer enough protection from the sun's damaging rays or contain ingredients that may

Everyone has a favorite website for computer games, but if you haven't tried zone.com, you really should. There are tons of free games that are quick to learn and fun to play, and you don't have to register

Coupon Cabin is another good resource for locating coupons, and they will send you an e-mail every Monday with their best coupons. I actually found a Sephora coupon once, for cosmetics, which are very hard to

Our family and friends all use Kodak Easy-Share Gallery for sharing photos. I upload my digital photos and create an online “album,” and then invite everyone to view the pictures. Everybody who views

Snapfish.com is a website where you can upload your digital or picturephone photos and store them there instead of having them take up all that space on your computer. Then, you can invite friends to view them for

Give this diet method two weeks---You will see a difference--Hope you love it as much as me  (5 months-22 lbs lighter) Start weight 186, now 164!! Morning- start out with a half a class of

As a special needs teacher, I have often been asked if they should talk to their typically developing kids about children with special needs that they may see in the community or at school.  My answer is absolutely

The Sibling Slam Book, edited by Don Meyer, is a book written by the teenage siblings of special needs kids. I bought this for my kids, and they can really identify with the kids in the book, and they feel safe

Did you ever "sort of hear" on the news that a product was recalled but you weren't sure if it was the one you owned?  http://www.recalls.gov/ is a fast, easy way to check for recent or

This website is a free place on the computer to control your entire family's schedule, plus shopping lists, memos to family members, appointment reminders, photos and so on. It can even let you email or text

An excellent vocabulary is beneficial to your child in countless ways, and vocabulary must be built deliberately. In the summer, we have a word of the day. Someone chooses a letter of the alphabet, and I open the

Go to the website GasBuddy.com.  Type in your zip code and get the listings for the top 5 cheapest gas stations in your area.  Expand your search for road trips!!

This is well worth the $25 for this Family Park Fun Passes (Children's Fun Pass) book.  It has all sorts of discounts for attractions in the New England area.  I would say if you used it once you

Go to this website to find out about the recall of Thomas the Tank Engine wooden toys. The paint may contain lead.

Tapestry Books is a great resource if you are adopting or want to learn more about the process. They specialize exclusively in adoption books and their categories include adoptive parenting, domestic and international

Most of you have heard of Family Fun Magazine, but somehow I didn't find out about it until my oldest child was 5 or 6. I am posting this for those of you who might be in the dark as I was. Anyone with kids

The beach can be a wonderful summer destination for many of us, but there is an invisable threat to our families at the edge of the water and it's called a Rip Current or Rip Tide.  The website I

 We absolutely love this site because it REALLY helps kids to learn how to read in a multi-disciplined approach.  It taps into the visual, auditory and sensory approach to learning as my daughter

Signing Time is a wonderful series of engaging videos that teach young children sign language.  The videos focus on various subjects, such as the park, playtime or food.  There is also a Baby Signing

Cool site for hip moms! I love this site and check in everyday to see the latest products and stuff for mommies and kids alike.  I've purchased more items from businesses on this site than any other because

Buddhism for Mothers, by Sarah Napthali, offers useful ideas for trying to live more “in the moment” instead of being distracted by the demands of everyday life. As a mother of two, she understands

The Humane Society has tips for helping your pets adjust to a new baby. I especially liked these hints: "-Accustom your pet to baby-related noises months before the baby is expected. For example, play

This tip is not about the great debate over how to handle allowance and how much to give. (We personally do not tie allowance to chores. We believe chores must be done because you are a household member

We've taken to leaving a "coin jar" on our kitchen counter, and my husband and I occasionally have a cleanout  (cars, wallets, bags, pockets, purses).  If you're anything like me, you're