Archive for the 'Child Care' Category

The Day Care Dilemma – How Do I Choose?

By Karen Fusco Years ago, simply asking a friend or neighborhood teen to babysit for you was as easy as picking up the phone. Or you might have found an advertisement in the local newspaper. But with day care centers and providers springing up like daisies, the choices today are far and wide. Don’t worry! [...]

December 29 2007 | Baby sitter and Child Care and Child Development and Preschool Age | No Comments »

The Diaper Debacle: A History From Hides To Huggies

For thousands of years parents have struggled with the diaper debacle. How to contain, manage, and dispose of the bodily excretions of their little bundles of joy until they are old enough to manage the issue themselves. In ancient times, natural resources such as leaf wraps, grasses, animals hides, and moss were used to make [...]

November 13 2007 | Child Care and Child Development and Child Education | No Comments »

Child Care for Single Parents

“Parenting is demanding enough, but parenting all by yourself without the help of a spouse is far more difficult. Single parents technically have double the responsibility any usual parent does. They cannot hand of half of their duties to someone else and hope to relax for a while. Caring for a baby is backbreaking work, [...]

October 17 2007 | Child Care and Single Parent | 1 Comment »

Finding the Right Daycare Center for Your Child

“If you are sending your child to daycare, you need to make sure that the facility meets your standards. Although each centre offers the parent an allocated set of visiting days, we’d suggest the old tried and tested technique of the surprise visit. This enables us to gauge the standards of such a facility on [...]

October 09 2007 | Child Care | No Comments »