Boppy Newborn Loungers Have Been Recalled

Boppy is a well known brand that sells a variety of products, including baby carriers, nursing pillows, and Boppy Loungers. Boppy announced that a safety recall alert has been placed on their Newborn Loungers. This is important for parents of newborns to know about. Here is the information Boppy provided: In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, The Boppy Company is conducting a voluntary recall of its Newborn Lounger to address a risk of infant suffocation. Infants can suffocate if they roll, move, or are placed on the lounger in a position that obstructs breathing, or roll off … Continue reading

Teach Your Kids How to Spot Fake News

Parents should give their children the tools they need to safely navigate their way through the plethora of information that can be found online. Teach them how to spot fake news. Fake news is an article, website, or social media post that was created with intentionally false information. It is usually designed to evoke a strong emotional response – which urges people to share the fake news on social media. Example: Someone made a Twitter account that used what looked a lot like the icon for the BBC. The fake account used a photo of the Queen of England and … Continue reading

Ways to Prevent Your Baby Monitor from Being Hacked

We are entering the very beginning of “the internet of things”. The simplest explanation of what that means is that there are now several appliances and electronics that are constantly connected to the internet through Wi-Fi. The purpose is to make life more convenient. Unfortunately, sometimes this interconnectedness can cause security issues. A family discovered this in a very unpleasant way when their nanny noticed that someone had hacked their baby monitor. A stranger was able to talk to, and see, the room the baby was in, the baby, and the nanny who was caring for the infant. How did … Continue reading

Schools Must Provide Sports to Disabled Students

The United States Department of Education has announced that schools must give disabled students the chance to compete in extracurricular sports alongside their able-bodied classmates. This is part of the guidelines that were issued this week. The Department of Education has announced new guidelines this week. Schools are required to provide students who are disabled with the chance to compete in extracurricular sports alongside their able-bodied classmates. Or, if this is not possible, then schools must provide disabled students with their own sports programs. Reasonable modifications must be made in order to accommodate students who have disabilities. One example that … Continue reading

Idaho Genealogy Resources

The state motto of Idaho is “Esto perpetua”, which is in Latin. In English, it translates to “Let it be perpetual”. It is a fitting motto for genealogists, as well. Researching your family tree can seem like a never ending, perpetual, project! Here are some resources that will help you find out more about your ancestors who lived in Idaho. Ancestry.com has a page that is filled with links to all of their Idaho Historical Records. To access these records, you must have an Ancestry.com membership. Some collections will be offered for free, from time to time. Check back on … Continue reading

What Do Kids Do At Home Based Preschool?

One thing that is often on the mind of parents of toddlers is preschool. After all, once a toddler is no longer a toddler, he becomes part of the “preschoolers” age group whether or not he actually attends preschool. I am not sure why that is, and this morning when I was talking with my husband about it he agreed that it seems a bit odd to define an entire age group by something that not every child does. Perhaps the reason that it seems odd to us is that our soon – to – be preschooler is unlikely to … Continue reading

Home Based Business Idea – Dropshipping

One way to make money from home is to sell things online. There are many ways to sell products on the internet, and some of them work better for some people than for others. Dropshipping is one method of selling products online. Dropshipping involves selling products for companies that sell the products for you on a wholesale basis. Here are some of the pros and cons of starting a home based dropshipping business. On the positive side of things, there is the fact that the merchandise does not have to come to your home before it goes to your customers. … Continue reading

A Beastly Glimpse Inside Disney’s Enchanted Forest

Beast’s Castle, still under construction The official Disney Parks blog has posted a ton of videos lately about the Enchanted Forest section of the new Fantasyland expansion. Given that that’s the area that will feature “The Little Mermaid” and “Beauty and the Beast,” I can’t resist highlighting them. Most of the recent sneak peeks have all been about the latter. The earliest videos all previewed the Be Our Guest restaurant. If you’d like to have a meal in the world of “Beauty and the Beast,” this restaurant will be for you. It’ll open with three dining rooms in the middle … Continue reading

You Might Have to Kiss a Few Frogs

Dating after a divorce has got to be one of the most difficult things out there. How soon is too soon? When should I introduce them to my children? How will I know if they are the right one? What if we break up? What if my children don’t like him? There are just so many questions and so few answers. Every situation is different, there is no one right answer. You have to trust yourself to make those decisions, which isn’t always easy. The pressure to make the right decision can be unbearable at times. When I first started … Continue reading

Insurance Blog Week in Review – July 15 – 21, 2012

Once a week, the Insurance Blog Week in Review brings you an easy way to “ketchup” on the blogs that have been posted here in the past seven days. There could be anywhere between twelve and fourteen blogs that appear. What did you miss? Governor Jay Nixon Vetoes Law Denying Birth Control Coverage Missouri Governor Jay Nixon vetoed a bill that would have allowed health insurers to opt-out of covering birth control even if the employer and employee wanted it to be covered. Missouri already has a law that allows employers or workers opt-out of birth control coverage if it … Continue reading