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1.Science Toys (scitoys.com)
Make toys at home with common household materials, often in only a few minutes, that demonstrate fascinating scientific principles.
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Gever Tulley, founder of the Tinkering School, spells out 5 dangerous things you should let your kids do. From TED University 2007.
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3.Storynory (storynory.com)
Free audio stories for kids! Great voice.
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4.The Secret to Raising Smart Kids (www.sciam.com)
Hint: Don't tell your kids that they are. More than three decades of research shows that a focus on effort—not on intelligence or ability—is key to success in school and in life
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5.Height Predictor (www.lifespan.org)
Research shows that 70 percent of adult height depends on genes and gender. Outside factors, such as nutrition and exercise, account for the remaining percent. The following calculation is based on the Khamis-Roche Method, which was developed as an alternative to bone-age x-ray. The calculation is not fool-proof, but is considered nearly 95 percent accurate.
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6.100 Ways to Have Fun with Your Kids for Free or Cheap (zenhabits.net)
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7.10 ways to entertain young children for $1 or less (without the TV) (lifehacker.com)
Sick of paying hundreds of dollars for toys your kids don't play with? Tired of the latest toy catching your child's attention and having it turn out to be something you consider offensive (Bratz) or impossible to acquire (break dancing Elmo)?
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8.Drugs in Pregnancy : SafeFetus.com (www.safefetus.com)
SafeFetus.com is a site setup for pregnant mothers and their physicians and pharmacists in order to protect the baby, whether during pregnancy or during lactation, from any harmful unwanted effects of their medication (whether prescribed or over-the-counter). It also provides information on maternal exposures, it being physical agents, infectious agents or diseases, and how they may effect the unborn child.
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Talaris Research Institute: Five Ways a Child Grows (www.talaris.org)A research-based timeline about how your child develops in the first five years.
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Newman Breastfeeding Clinic & Institute (www.drjacknewman.com)Dr. Newman has several publications on breastfeeding, and in 2000 published a help guide for professionals and mothers on breastfeeding, called, Dr. Jack Newman's Guide to Breastfeeding in Canada (revised edition, January 2003), and The Ultimate Breastfeeding Book of Answers in the US. He founded the first hospital based breastfeeding clinic in Canada in 1984. He has been a consultant for UNICEF for the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative, evaluating the first Baby Friendly Hospitals in Gabon, the Ivory Coast and Canada.
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Kodak's Top 10 Tips for Photographing Babies (www.kodak.com) -
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Baby Einsteins: Not So Smart After All (www.time.com)The claim always seemed too good to be true: park your infant in front of a video and, in no time, he or she will be talking and getting smarter than the neighbor's kid. In the latest study on the effects of popular videos such as the "Baby Einstein" and "Brainy Baby" series, researchers find that these products may be doing more harm than good. And they may actually delay language development in toddlers.
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13.Babies aid mothers' brains (www.thesun.co.uk)
Now experts believe mums-to-be are rewiring their brains to cope with motherhood — and their intelligence soars when the tots are born!
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14.Doubling of Vitamin D for Children Is Urged (www.nytimes.com)
The country’s leading group of pediatricians is recommending that children receive double the usually suggested amount of vitamin D because of evidence that it might help prevent serious diseases.
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15.Blood test to find infections in babies (www.canberratimes.com.au)
A blood test could detect serious bacterial infections in infants with fevers, preventing more aggressive testing such as lumbar punctures, researchers have discovered
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16.Women's 'pregnancy brain' a myth (www.theaustralian.news.com.au)
THE popular assumption that women become less intelligent when pregnant is nothing more than a myth. A team at the Australian National University found that the memory and brain functioning speed of mothers and pregnant women were no different from those of childless women.
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Researcher seeks way to soothe colic (www.smh.com.au)Exhausted parents and their babies could soon have a New Zealand academic to thank for a peaceful night's sleep.
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How Not to Talk to Your Kids (nymag.com)The inverse power of praise
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Fan in Room Seems to Cut Infants’ Risk of Crib Death (www.nytimes.com)Sleeping in a room with a fan lowers a baby’s risk of sudden infant death syndrome by 72 percent, a new study has found.
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Baby Teeth: Development Chart and Importance of Good Care (www.webmd.com)A chart that tells you when each baby tooth will erupt and fall out. Also basic knowledge regarding baby teeth.
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21.My Pyramid (www.mypyramid.gov)
MyPyramid offers personalized eating plans, interactive tools to help you plan and assess your food choices. By the US Department of Agriculture.
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User-friendly software for monitoring the growth of 0-5 years olds Scroll down the page to find the link.
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23.Kids Learn More When Mom Is Listening (www.sciencedaily.com)
Kids may roll their eyes when their mother asks them about their school day, but answering her may actually help them learn. New research from Vanderbilt University reveals that children learn the solution to a problem best when they explain it to their mom.
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24.First Aid & Safety For Kids (kidshealth.org)
Learn how to protect your child inside the house and out, what to do in an emergency, how to stock a first-aid kit, where to call for help, and more.
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25.Talented Toddlers: Identifying and Enriching the Gifted Toddler (www.toddlerstoday.com)
Every parent thinks his or her child is the smartest, most talented child on earth. And they're all correct, of course, but some kids really are intellectually gifted. Experts in giftedness are beginning to understand that above-average intelligence can be identified as early as infancy. Understanding early on that your child is gifted gives parents the ability to tailor their parenting style to their child's intellectual needs from a very young age.
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