The financial costs of ensuring your child is well cared for can be staggering. Parenting says, “the average middle-income family will spend roughly $12,000 on child-related expenses in their baby’s first year of life. By age two, parents are up to more than $12,500 per year.” The good news is that it’s possible to give […]
Newborn Baby Tips
How To Make A Butterfly Baby Mobile
If you love craft projects, you will love this DIY project for how to make a baby mobile. This DIY mobile is fun, pretty, and customizable. Design expert, Paige Hemmis, demonstrated this awesome DIY on Hallmark’s Home & Family show, which airs weekdays at 10 am ET/PT on Hallmark Channel. Paige created a butterfly DIY baby mobile that […]
Symptoms Teething Babies May Display And Remedies
One of the tricky parts about being a new parent is that it is all so new and so vitally important. When it comes to your little miracle, you want answers immediately! We all want our babies to be content and when they are not, we can’t help but wonder what is wrong and what […]
Pumpkin Homemade Teething Biscuits For Babies
Every parent knows that making the entire family happy with one meal can sometimes be a challenge- especially with all age ranges including baby. Growing Up Gourmet, written by youth feeding expert, Jen Carlson, not only simplifies this task but makes it fun. The cookbook also includes tips and tricks on raising our children to […]
DIY Nursing Cover With No Sew Option
Erika Wassall, the Jersey Farm Scribe, here with the easiest DIY nursing cover tutorial ever. When not breastfeeding, it can be a stylish scarf. If necessary, it becomes a discreet breastfeeding cover. And just how easy is this nursing cover scarf to make, you ask? So easy I made it with my two-week old newborn […]
1st Birthday Gift Ideas From Parents
For every new parent, one of the biggest milestones in their child’s life is that very special first birthday. So many changes happen in that first year for the baby and the new parents and the first birthday is a time to stand back and think, “Wow, that was one year of amazing awesomeness and […]
How to Choose the Best Diapers For Your First Baby
So, your first child is on the way or has already arrived- congratulations! You are probably stockpiling copious amounts of baby socks, baby clothes, baby toys and safe baby bottles. It may seem like you’ve got things figured out pretty well. However, the one big thing that puzzles most parents when their first baby comes […]