When your baby is born at 37 weeks (or more), they are considered full term. But if they are born before that, they are considered premature or preemie.

What Does It Mean When Your Baby is a Preemie?

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If you’ve been here before, you might know that two of my children were born premature. My oldest was born at 24 weeks gestation and my second child was born at 31 weeks gestation. They spent almost 4 months and 1 1/2 months in the NICU respectively. I was almost going to just update my previous post about parenting in the NICU when I realized that I should break this up a bit. So I’ll have another post about NICU parenting but first, let’s talk about what it means to have a preemie. “Preemie” is the common term used when referring to a premature baby. The dictionary definition of a preemie is “a prematurely born infant”. A preemie is born before 37 weeks gestation while…

Top Summer Travel Destinations for Families in the United States

Top Summer Travel Destinations for Families in the United States

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Summer is usually when most families make plans to travel. Sometimes it’s out of the country and sometimes it could be a destination nearby. It might be a favorite family camping trip or an adventure to a new city. Whatever the case may be, summer is definitely a busy time when it comes to making vacation plans. And why not? Kids are usually off from school and while it may seem like a competition to see who can request time off first; working parents make the best of it as well. So what are our top picks for summer travel destinations in the United States? Have you ever considered a family road trip through the United States? You don’t have to leave the country to…

How To Get Your Family Started With Yoga

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This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of American Heart Association for IZEA. All opinions are 100% mine. Over the past several years, yoga has become increasingly popular among all age groups. It’s relatively easy to get started and offers numerous health benefits to its practitioners. In fact, for this mom, it’s become one of my home exercises of choice. Yoga has helped me not only with meeting my fitness goals, but also with my overall health and wellness goals by giving me another outlet to reduce my stress levels. Yoga is also something that families can do together. If you’re looking for some ideas to get your family started with yoga, check out some of these “Mommy and Me” poses from the American Heart…

Google analytics is one of the most power tools that a blogger has. Here are a few practical ways to use Google analytics to grow your blog.

Practical Ways to Grow Your Blog with Google Analytics

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Sometimes blogging feels like a roller coaster. Some days it may make you feel like a dog chasing it’s own tail. Blogging can be so incredibly rewarding in ways that don’t show up in numbers. But there’s also something substantial, something tangible, something to go by when we have the numbers in front of us. For me, numbers and stats are just one measurement of my success as a blogger. Google analytics is the industry standard as far as measuring stats. But there’s so much more that you can use it for than just figuring out your stats. It really does beyond that if you take the time to just poke around and explore. Really, Google analytics can help you devise a long-term blogging strategy….

In a world that still looks to celebrities for life lessons and examples, be more like Channing Tatum when it comes to autism acceptance.

In a World of 50 Cent, Be Channing Tatum

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April is over. Last month, which is known for being Autism Awareness month, has come and gone. But it would seem that there are quite a few who could still learn valuable lessons not only about awareness but also acceptance. One of those individuals is a repeat offender; rapper Curtis James Jackson III better known as 50 Cent. A seemingly innocent video that was posted to his Instagram account, has since gone viral. And probably for all of the wrong reasons. The video has since been deleted but following it’s posting, outrage followed. But why? Why all of this outrage and anger over a video? Celebrities post videos all the time, sometimes just to get any sort of reaction. Well, in this particular video, 50…

Bring a little bit of sunshine inside with these 10 easy sun craft ideas for toddlers and preschoolers.

10 Easy Sun Themed Crafts for Toddlers and Preschoolers

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Though it’s officially spring, it certainly hasn’t felt like it every day. Sure, sometimes the sun shines brightly but more often than not there’s cloudy skies to be found. We’ve taken it upon ourselves (we being Squeaker and I) to bring a little bit of sunshine indoors. We made our “You Are My Sunshine” craft for Mother’s Day this year and on that same day, we did three more sun themed crafts. Maybe we’ll turn this into a Sun and Moon unit in the future and use some of these sun crafts for preschoolers. For our part, we did the following three: Tissue paper sun (using pink, orange, and yellow tissue paper) hand and footprint sun (with yellow construction paper) Do a Dot marker sun…