Month: August 2016

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DealDash Helps: Better Sleep

August 6, 2016 DealDash Reviews

Sleep is a wonderful thing. As the mom of a six month old I don’t get much of it. Here are some tips and tricks I have learned to make the most of the sleep that I am able to get.

Trust me, I know sleep deprivation. I used to work 3 overnight shifts per week in addition to taking care of kids during the day. I was a wreck, pretty much all of the time. There are some long-term effects of sleep deprivation such as weight gain, depression, and even hallucinations. Sleep is absolutely 100% vital to your  — Read full post

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DealDash Teaches: Poison Ivy

August 5, 2016 DealDash Reviews

Identifying Poison Ivy and its nasty friends Poison Oak and Poison Sumac can be difficult for someone who doesn’t spend a lot of time outdoors. Here’s a quick and easy guide.

If you and your family are spending some time outdoors this summer, anywhere from your own backyard, parks, wooded areas, lakes, etc. it is very important that you are able to tell the difference between the poisonous plants and the regular plants.

The quick identifier has always been “Leaves of three, let it be.” However, did you know that the leaves of Poison Ivy aren’t always even green? The  — Read full post

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DealDash Kids Craft: Dying Pasta

August 4, 2016 DealDash Reviews

Making dyed pasta for kid’s crafts such as jewelry and posters is easy, fun, and a great project to do with your kids or grandkids.

Everyone who has an elementary school kid has probably received a dyed pasta necklace at some point, whether it was for Mother’s Day, Easter, or just from art class at school. Why not have the same kind of fun at home with your kids by making dyed pasta for jewelry, posters, learning to count, etc.

Before you get started with the pasta dying experience, you should decide what projects you would like to do with  — Read full post

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DealDash Feeds the Baby

August 3, 2016 DealDash Reviews

As the mom of a 6 month old I am just starting to feed him baby food. It’s the messiest!

I am working on some ways to help keep the mess to a minimum. The first one is to stop using baby wipes on his face and hands! They just don’t work that well, smearing the food around rather than wiping it off. I bought some good quality bamboo baby wash cloths and use those during mealtimes instead. It seemed that the baby wipes were irritating his skin, and it’s much better since switching to the wash cloths.

A good  — Read full post

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DealDash Sorts Legos

August 2, 2016 DealDash Reviews

“Ouch!!” That’s what I say at any given time when I attempt to walk across my kid’s playroom. Legos. Legos everywhere.

When I was a kid way back in the “dark ages” of the 1980s, most kids had a container of Legos consisting of bricks, platforms, and maybe if you were lucky you might have a few doors or windows. Kids today have all of that and 1,000 times more. There are Lego sets for just about anything – Disney princesses, Minecraft, The Simpsons, Ghostbusters…You name a theme and there is probably a Lego set that goes along with it.  — Read full post