I am sure you have heard of it before, but are still wondering what is Twitter really? Twitter is a micro blogging site where you can follow other moms, dads and baby bloggers to get the information you want without sorting through hundreds of websites. Twitter is a great tool to use when you want to get information fast. You can follow certain people and see what they are talking about in a 140 character micro blog.
You can find us @BabyPlus on Twitter and we cover everything from breast feeding, having a smart baby, infant development and more. So why should you tweet? There are many reasons, but one that stands out the most is the speed at which you connect with others.
We love Twitter because you can ask questions and get answers nearly instantaneously. For instance, we posted this on Twitter "Do you have questions about BabyPlus? We want to know, just @ reply us." From that we had someone ask about how to adjust the belly strap and we were able to answer them in seconds. Twitter can actually be faster than email.
If you've never tried Twitter, give it a chance and start following us. Let us know what your @name is so we can follow you.
Well, this seems to be a hot topic for debate on blogs all over the Internet. Everyone has an opinion...
From the perspective of the BabyPlus Company, however, this is more about developing your child for a lifetime of learning.We understand the concept of pushing kids too hard; we do not support that idea. Rather, we support the idea of making sure your baby has all the developmental tools available to him or her during your pregnancy.
The prenatal environment is critical to the long-term health of your baby. Keep in
mind, this short amount of time in your womb can create the structure for your baby's cognitive and physical development - not just as an infant but well into the schooling years and beyond.
Your womb is the perfect classroom! The benefits are many -
calmer, happier, brighter - and the lifelong learning opportunity is not to be missed.
Take time to learn more about about this exclusive prenatal educational opportunity by visiting our website
www.babyplus.com.
Winter Safety Tips - Part 1(These valuable tips on how to keep your child safe and warm this winter were provided by the
American Academy of Pediatrics.)
Whether winter brings severe storms, a light dusting or just cold temps, the
American Academy of Pediatrics has some valuable tips on how to keep your child safe and warm.
What to Wear: - Dress infants and children warmly for outdoor activities. Several thin layers will keep them dry and warm. Clothing for children should consist of thermal long johns, turtlenecks, one or two shirts, pants, sweater, coat, warm socks, boots, gloves or mittens, and a hat.
- The rule of thumb for older babies and young children is to dress them in one more layer of clothing than an adult would wear in the same conditions.
- Blankets, quilts, pillows, sheepskins and other loose bedding may contribute to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and should be kept out of an infant's sleeping
environment. Sleep clothing like one-piece sleepers is preferred. - If a blanket must be used to keep a sleeping infant warm, it should be tucked in around the crib mattress, reaching only as far as your baby's chest, so the infant's face is less likely to become covered by bedding.
Hypothermia:- Hypothermia develops when a child's temperature falls below normal due to exposure to cold. It often happens when a youngster is playing outdoors in extremely cold weather without wearing proper clothing.
- As hypothermia sets in, the child may shiver and become lethargic and clumsy. His speech may become slurred and his body temperature will decline.
- If you suspect your child is hypothermic, call 911 at once. Until help arrives, take the child indoors, remove any wet clothing, and wrap him in blankets or warm clothes.
Frostbite:- Frostbite happens when the skin and outer tissues become frozen. This condition tends to happen on extremities like the fingers, toes, ears and nose. They may become pale, gray and blistered. At the same time, the child may complain that her skin burns or has become numb.
- Set reasonable time limits on outdoor play. Have children come inside periodically to warm up.
- If frostbite occurs, bring the child indoors and place the frostbitten parts of her body in warm (not hot) water. Warm washcloths may be applied to frostbitten nose, ears and lips.
- Do not rub the frozen areas.
- After a few minutes, dry and cover him with clothing or blankets. Give him something warm to drink.
- If the numbness continues for more than a few minutes, call your doctor.
We are back from CES - Las Vegas!
The Consumer Electronics Show has concluded in Las Vegas, and we were beyond thrilled with our experience.
This year was the first year for the "Mommy Tech" area. The BabyPlus Prenatal Education System was a perfect fit for "Mommy Tech." We had so many great visitors to our booth. Several representatives from countries all over
the world are as excited as we are! Savvy parents know that the prenatal period is critical - and did we ever hear about it!
The study of the prenatal environment is not new, and some of the recent great findings just confirm what is already known.Shannon Miller spoke on behalf of BabyPlus. She is seeing tangible benefits in her son - such as he was sleeping through the night at 6 weeks and he has been very alert.
Prenatal care is important during the pregnancy trimesters. The stages of development of a fetus are fascinating and crucial at the same time. BabyPlus will have a profound and important impact on your baby.
And, with the hundreds of people who visited our BabyPlus booth, we know that infant development is a priority!
Congratulations to expectant parents Tiffani Thiessen and Brady Smith! Once they share the news with loved ones and friends, they are sure to read articles on prenatal development. Most expectant mothers want to know everything they can about the critical period in prenatal development.
Using the BabyPlus Prenatal Education System during pregnancy promotes learning in the womb.Since Tiffani and Brady will be first-time parents, they are likely to wonder about infant development and the stages through pregnancy.
Being busy working parents, they will want to know about the BabyPlus curriculum and how the mother's heartbeat sounds have a positive impact on infant sleeping schedules.
BabyPlus wishes Tiffany and Brady and their baby the very best!
So many times, you go to a baby shower and see the same games played over and over again. Now don't get me wrong, I still laugh every time I see a middle aged man drinking soda out of a baby bottle. A week ago, we had a shower for one of my dear friends. We decided to do something different for her at this shower.
We had the idea to buy a bunch of onesies, and I do mean a bunch, since she is having twins and decorate them with all sorts of pictures and cute phrases. This was such a fun time for us to spend together. Plus, your mommy to be can smile and think about her friends when she puts each of those little onesies on. To see a list of other fun games, click
here.
We can't forget about the shower gifts either. I have a friend who received a
BabyPlus unit after finding out she was pregnant just recently. She cannot stop raving about it! She had been reading about the benefits for infant development for a while and was so excited to get it. She's been using it for about 4 weeks and can't wait to share her experiences with other mommies.
If you've been to a baby shower recently and have some fun ideas post them to our comments. We look forward to hearing from you.
BabyPlus - see Shannon Miller using BabyPlus - in Times Square and Las Vegas!
While simply walking down the street you can see photos of Shannon wearing her BabyPlus Prenatal Education System. This is in both Times Square and in Las Vegas!
Shannon says, "Like any parent, we want our child to have every advantage we can give him. BabyPlus helps us do that."
Miller is expecting her first baby in late October and has been using
BabyPlus during pregnancy to ensure her child gets the best possible start on life and learning. Now she’s sharing her experience and enthusiasm for BabyPlus with other expectant moms around the world.
Shannon Miller has realized the importance of fetal development during the critical periods in prenatal development. The benefits of infant stimulation are many. Like Shannon, you can directly impact your infant's sleeping schedule with this safe, simple set of 16 lessons based on the mother's heartbeat sounds.
Think about it - your developing baby is not in a sound-proof booth! Baby is hearing so much during the prenatal months - why not use sounds that are scientifically proven and researched?
During the prenatal months, your child hears
many different sounds. What we have learned is that reading and music are wonderful for infants and children
after their birth. As methods of prenatal enrichment, however, we believe they are not very effective.
Research has shown that the fluid surrounding the baby muffles all but the very simplest sounds. Music is too random and complex, and the spoken word is too hard to understand. The baby has no frame of reference for those sounds.
That is the amazing idea behind BabyPlus - the sound your child hears all day every day is
your heartbeat! Over the course of the sixteen lessons, your baby will hear your heartbeat and the slightly different sound pattern of the BabyPlus, and he or she will begin comparing/contrasting those two sounds - learning has begun!
BabyPlus is an unbelievable way of enabling your child to have the ability to learn easily and well throughout his or her life. What parent wouldn't want these benefits?
BabyPlus is about the importance of infant development, and Shannon Miller knows that fetal development in stages is the time for our prenatal care curriculum.
Shannon wants all expectant parents to know the benefits of learning in the womb using the
mother's heartbeat sounds, so she is blogging about BabyPlus!
"One of my good friends just announced she is pregnant with her second child. She has given me such wonderful advice throughout my pregnancy and I'm excited to give her the gift of BabyPlus next week!"BabyPlus is the perfect gift - for parents and their baby-to-be!
BabyPlus - Why You Need It
Your womb is the perfect classroom. Infant development is widely accepted as a crucial time period.
You take prenatal vitamins every day to enrich your child's earliest physical development.
Your child's brain development begins during these prenatal months, too.
Now is the time to provide your developing baby with the advantage of the BabyPlus heartbeat curriculum.Since 1989, parents in more than 60 countries worldwide have given their children the BabyPlus advantage.
BabyPlus - What is it?The BabyPlus curriculum is a series of 16 naturally derived sounds that resemble a mother's heartbeat
used during infant development. The rhythm of the sounds increases incrementally
as the pregnancy progresses. The BabyPlus sonic pattern introduces your child to a sequential learning process, built upon the natural rhythms of their own environment.
This "auditory exercise" strengthens learning ability during the developmental period when the advantages will be most significant and enduring for a child.
BabyPlus is the first educational tool designed for prenatal use that has been proven effective for use during the stages of fetal development.
Your baby can very clearly hear these patterns. She/he learns to discriminate between the sound coming from the mother and those from BabyPlus.
In other words, learning has begun.
The sound level to the baby is strictly controlled for both pitch and volume. Dr. Logan spent many years studying the normal environment of the developing baby, and BabyPlus® is carefully designed to present sounds to the prenatal infant at a very safe but audible level.
Normal sounds in a mother's environment, such as television, loud remarks, and traffic, reach the fetus at volumes similar to that of her heartbeat yet the baby still sleeps through
it most of the time, even though its brain is monitoring the sound. BabyPlus is designed to produce an external sound of about 105 decibels, which is then reduced by 30-35 decibels as it is filtered through the mother's abdominal wall, reaching the unborn infant at 70-75 decibels, well below the sound level of the mother's blood.
BabyPlus therefore has a scientifically engineered sound ceiling which is always less that the natural sonic environment of the womb. More than 150,000+ families worldwide have attested to its safety and effectiveness. Over stimulation does not occur because the sound is so familiar to the developing baby. The tones are natural and the sound level is safe. Of the 150,000+ BabyPlus children born to date, there has never been a case of hearing damage--or any other detrimental effect from the product.
Think about it - your baby is not in a sound-proof booth! Baby is hearing so much during the prenatal months - why not use sounds that are scientifically proven and researched???
I know this sounds very "science-y" - but the truth is, the BabyPlus is an unbelievable way of enabling your child to have the ability to learn easily and well throughout his or her life.
What parent wouldn't want these benefits?
During the prenatal months, your child hears many different sounds. What we have learned is that reading and music are wonderful for infants and children
after their birth. As methods of
prenatal enrichment, however, we believe they are not very effective.
Research has shown that the fluid surrounding the baby muffles all but the very simplest sounds. Music is too random and complex, and the spoken word is too hard to understand. The baby has no frame of reference for those sounds.
That is the amazing idea behind BabyPlus - the sound your child hears all day every day is your heartbeat! Over the course of the sixteen lessons, your baby will hear your heartbeat and the slightly different sound pattern of the BabyPlus, and he or she will begin comparing/contrasting those two sounds -
learning has begun!
Google "baby advice" and you will see over 84,000,000 results.
Well, here at BabyPlus, we think our moms are very wise! I love finding out the best advice someone's mom gave them...so I asked people here in the BabyPlus office, and found that many of us have been hearing the same things from our moms...
"Be what you want your children to become. They become who you are - MODEL."
"Stay consistent."
"Your child will know when and if you are able to be swayed from a decision."
"Write out a daily schedule when they are infants."
"Read to your children as much as possible."
"Make sure your children know that no means no - the first time."
"Routine is important - especially at bedtime."
"Use distraction...show them what they CAN get into instead of always NO."
"Engage your children as much as possible. Get down on the floor and look into their eyes and PLAY."
or - this one is funny, too - "I hope you do a better job than I did."Don't we all?
Is Having a Smart Baby Important?
Well, this seems to be a hot topic for debate on blogs all over the Internet.
Everyone has an opinion...
From the perspective of the BabyPlus Company, however, this is more about developing your child for a lifetime of learning.
We understand the concept of pushing kids to hard;
we do not advocate for that idea. Rather, we advocate for the idea of making sure your baby has all the developmental tools available during your pregnancy.
The prenatal environment is critical to the long-term health of your baby. Keep in mind, this short amount of time in your womb can create the structure for your baby's cognitive and physical development - not just as an infant but well into the schooling years and beyond.
BabyPlus parents are confident that the BabyPlus Prenatal Education System is a must-have for all pregnancies. "Our" parents are adamant about the fact that the use of this early learning opportunity during the stages of fetal development will absolutely have a positive effect on your baby that lasts a lifetime. We continually speak to parents who are truly puzzled that anyone would not use this opportunity for learning in the womb. We agree! In fact, our recent poll of BabyPlus parents indicated an incredible 97% would recommend BabyPlus to a friend.
There is NO OTHER PRODUCT available like BabyPlus because BabyPlus was created by a developmental psychologist. This simple and safe set of 16 audio lessons is used when learning begins - in the womb. This auditory exercise unlocks your baby's potential as he or she learns to differentiate the progressive patterns of BabyPlus from your heartbeat.
Visit our website to read more about providing your baby with the benefit of prenatal education!
Is there that much of a difference between playing music and using BabyPlus? Absolutely!
While appropriate for infants and young children, music is too complex for a developing baby. BabyPlus simplifies the complexity of music and breaks it down to a "language" your baby can understand--a single beat. By introducing BabyPlus, a similar beat relative to his or her environment, learning begins during the most important stages of fetal development.
There is no doubt that after your baby is born, music is a wonderful tool. Start out simple and then once your baby is born, you can work up to building an appreciation for music.
Using BabyPlus during the prenatal period enhances cognitive development. The news seems to be buzzing right now about the fact that mothers should take omega-3 fatty acid during pregnancy for "brain development." We are all saying the same thing!First, what exactly are omega-3s? With a small amount of research I was able to learn that
they are fatty acids that are good for you. Your body can't produce them, so you need to get them another way. How can we get omega-3s into our diet? Most articles mention flax seeds, walnuts, beans, some fish (such as salmon), olive oil - even cod liver oil! (Please remember to first check with your health care provider to see what what he or she thinks.)
According to an archived article at webmd.com, "researchers found that infants born to mothers with higher blood levels of the omega-3 fatty acid docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) at delivery had advanced levels of attention spans well into their second year of life. During the first six months of life, these infants were two months ahead of those babies whose mothers had lower DHA levels."
(two months ahead!)
You can read a great article about omega-3's and pregnancy at pregnancy-info.com by clicking on their picture to the left.
Or, go to www.dha.com - "a dedicated resource for new and expectant mothers, healthcare
professionals and media, which focuses on two vital nutrients for a baby’s development: DHA omega-3 and AA omega-6."
The importance of the prenatal period has never been more clear - your baby is impacted for a lifetime by your choices now. This is a critical time in the development of your child. Remember to be well-balanced and not to overdo anything!
I am taking my prenatal vitamins - what else should I be doing?You should use the BabyPlus Prenatal Education System to provide your baby with this wonderful prenatal learning opportunity. Using BabyPlus while you are pregnant impacts your developing baby at the most critical time of life - during cognitive development. This is one chance to give your baby this once in a lifetime learning opportunity.
"For their child's lifetime development, every parent should hear about this discovery, an innovation representing the single most significant step science has take toward increasing infant potential." (Rene Van de Carr, M.D. author of
While You Are Expecting)
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Celebrate Dad!
(Written by Marcia Ellet, June, 2009)
Father’s Day is one of those holidays limited only by dad’s likes and dislikes and the kids’ imaginations. Traditions are ripe for the making, and those with a truly personal touch can
last long after the sun has set on Father’s Day 2009. So while breakfast in bed, an outing to the golf course or a trip to the movie theater are sure to have him smiling through tucking the kids in at the end of the day, why not consider something tangible that pop can look at and reminisce over that will bring that smile back countless times over the days and years to follow?
Create a coupon book. “We owe you” certificates can ensure dad gets to do, or gets out of doing, specific activities when the mood strikes him. Make up a coupon for each thing you can think of that he loves to do or have. Then mix in coupons for things dad would rather not do. Instruct dad that he can redeem these coupons anytime he wants during the year, ensuring 364 chances for him to celebrate Father’s Day all over again.
Create a video diary just for dad. Videotape the kids telling him how much they appreciate
him, what they like to do most with him and times involving dad that meant a lot during the past year. If the kids are still infants, videotape them while you talk about how much it means to parent with someone as special as their father and your hopes for meaningful family time in the coming years. Recording similar tribute-to-dad footage each year will remind him how much he’s loved and give him a video library to look back on when the kids are grown.
Create a father’s favorites recipe book. They say the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach, so cook a special meal for dad and present him with the recipe for each delectable dish. If you collect all the recipes in a book over the years, dad can try his hand at them himself on occasions when he finds himself home alone at mealtime.
Whatever traditions you start in the name of honoring dad, make sure he knows no matter what kind of career he has, daddy is the most important and appreciated job there is.
tissues moist. If bleeding is severe or recurrent, consult your pediatrician.
children are in school and are in closer contact with each other. Frequent hand washing and teaching your child to sneeze or cough away from others may help reduce the risk of colds and flu.
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