http://www.babykidtips.com Mom's Providing Baby Tips and Parenting Advice to Help Moms Tue, 08 Apr 2008 13:12:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I once read an article written by a retired PHD-type that said "Grandparents should never spend money on their grandchildren.  It sent the wrong message to the child."  That's balony!  Grandparenting is a unique relationship in and of itself between grandparents and child.  It is based on love not money.  ... http://www.babykidtips.com/should-grandparents-spend-money-on-their-grandchildren/ Graco Digital Baby Monitor has been an excellent monitor for us with our new son. We have had very few problems with this monitor and it was even listed in Parenting magazine’s “20 Great Products” in the May 2007 issue. As new parents we went back and forth about the video ... http://www.babykidtips.com/graco-digital-baby-monitor/ The Chicco Cortina Travel System was the stroller system I selected when I had my son in March 2006. Since my son was a premie I used the car seat and stroller for over a year and I was very pleased with my selection. I first went stroller shopping with my ... http://www.babykidtips.com/chicco-cortina-travel-system/ By Fisher Price The Fisher Price Learning Home is one of the best toys I have ever bought for my young toddler. It is great for crawling through and pulling up on it sings over 20 different songs and teaches letters, numbers, and opposites. But the real reason this is such ... http://www.babykidtips.com/laugh-learn-learning-home/ Infant reflux treatments are determined by the severity of the reflux specific to each child. Treatments can vary from simply changing the mother’s diet to something as invasive as surgery. A child with relatively minimal discomfort from the reflux could benefit from a few lifestyle modifications for the infant and mother. ... http://www.babykidtips.com/infant-reflux-treatments/ Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) or infant reflux affects more than 50% of newborns today but fortunately it is very treatable. Reflux is when the stomach contents and gastric acids flow up the esophagus from the stomach and either cause the infant to vomit and/or spit up. Acid Reflux is caused by ... http://www.babykidtips.com/infant-reflux-overview/ Infant reflux has a variety of symptoms including the hallmark symptom of spitting up and/or vomiting. A child may suffer from only a few symptoms or in worse cases a gamut of symptoms. Below you will find a list of the more common and a few lesser common symptoms of ... http://www.babykidtips.com/infant-reflux-symptoms/ Celebrity Baby Names are becoming even more unusual and the celebrities seem to be trying to out do each other with the names. Take for example Katie Holms and Tom Cruise who named their daughter Suri and I cannot even pronounce Matt Lauer's son's name, Thijs. So, what happened to ... http://www.babykidtips.com/celebrity-baby-names/ When I was a little girl I would never have made a comment to my Mother like “I’m bored!” She would have handed me a laundry basket full of wet clothes to go hang up on the clothes line or told me to go clean my room. There was way ... http://www.babykidtips.com/chores-for-kids/ Don't Smother Your Kids Parents today may be  too overly protective of their children. As young as a year old a child should start to learn his boundaries, the rules and the consequences of going too far. Remember you are trying to teach your child the importance of following certain rules. It ... http://www.babykidtips.com/overprotective-parents/