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DealDash Looks at Car Seats

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Choosing the proper car seat for your child or grandchild is very important. Let’s look at the different types of car seats available.

Riding in a car seat is an absolute must for all babies, toddlers, and little kids in the US. A child needs to be in some kind of car seat or booster seat until they are at least 8 years old, and have reached a height of 4’9. There are a few different types and styles of car seats available according to the child’s age and development. Here is a quick guide to choosing the proper car  — Read full post

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DealDash Crafts: Spooky Lanterns

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Welcome back to another DealDash Spooky Crafts article, today we will be talking about spooky lantern decorations for outside the home.

Isn’t Halloween fun? Halloween and Christmas are my two favorite holidays for decorating inside and outside the home. Today’s article will include some fun and easy lantern crafts that you can do to decorate the outside of your house to welcome the little trick or treaters that are sure to come knocking in a few weeks.

Trick or Treat Lantern Cans – If you like the look of the lanterns in the above picture, they are super easy and  — Read full post

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DealDash Helps: Teething Babies

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No matter how cute your baby or grandchild is, eventually they will start teething and become a tiny terror. DealDash is here with some helpful hints to try to make them feel better.

I myself have a tiny teething terror, he just turned 8 months old, and he has his first and second teeth coming in at the same time and he is absolutely miserable! I have been doing a lot of research on the subject lately, and here are some of the best tips and tricks that I have found for soothing teething babies.

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DealDash Talks: Bullies

I had an experience today with my daughter being bullied at the local indoor mall play area. Let’s look at bullying and how you can help.

Bullying is unwanted, aggressive behavior among people, typically school-aged children (but can continue into adulthood) that involves a real or perceived power imbalance. Bullying can be mental, such as making threats, spreading rumors, or physical such as attacking someone physically or excluding someone from a group on purpose. Obviously these are not good things for our children and grandchildren to be doing to each other, so what can we do to reduce the bullying? — Read full post

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DealDash Feeds the Baby

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.

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