There has been a big hullabaloo about plastic straws harming the environment. Alternatives are available: paper straws, reusable straws and even drinking without a straw. Alternatives to plastic cutlery and fast food containers are also avail

Quick Change! For fast crib changes,make up your crib with two or three crib sheets with waterproof pads in between.If the top  sheet becomes soiled or wet, just remove it and the crib is ready again. This is wonderful if you have to do a beddin

If at all possible, set up a change area in your bathroom, instead of the baby’s bedroom.  If there is no room for a change table, put a portable change pad on the counter by the sink.  Warm water will be at your fingertips to make ch

My daughter, Cathy, solved some problems we had cutting her bangs.  The tiny hairs would bother her when they fell onto her eyelids.  I was afraid of poking her eyes with the scissors, and I would make her hold a facecloth over her eyes, bu