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The Great Diaper Experiment: White Cloud

January 30, 2009 By Rebecca Lehman 1 Comment
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White Cloud diapers are an exclusive brand to Wal-Mart stores.  My first reaction was wary, since I had heard horror stories of using generic brand diapers.  My son wore these diapers through 3 diaper changes today, and here are the results of my findings! Absorbency - Surprisingly the pour test proved White Cloud to be the best among the four brands in pulling away moisture quickly.  As soon as the water hit the diaper it soaked it right up and was dry to the touch.  This is important because excess amounts of moisture against babies skin for any extended length of time can lead to or … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Mommy Gadgets Tagged With: baby, Baby Care, diaper, diaper change, diapers, dirty diaper, infant, mom, mommy, mother, motherhood, white cloud

The Great Diaper Experiment!

January 30, 2009 By Rebecca Lehman 2 Comments
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Okay, I confess.  I'm not using cloth diapers as so many of you probably thought I would.  While the environmentalist in me is aching with this decision, we have a hard enough time keeping up with our regular laundry since we have to go to a laundry mat.  So making sure cloth diapers get cleaned in a timely manner ends up being a challenge.  But when it comes to disposable diapers, just what kind should I go with?  I have decided to conduct a fun little experiment here today at Motherhood for Dummies to answer just that.  I'm going to put four brands of diapers to the test today.  Pampers, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Mommy Gadgets Tagged With: baby, Baby Care, brand, diaper, diaper change, diapers, huggies, infant, luvs, mommy, mother, motherhood, pampers, white cloud

Hot Topic: Autism

January 28, 2009 By Rebecca Lehman Leave a Comment
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Before my friends and relatives freak out with the title of this post, I should specify that our son Aidan is a healthy growing boy so far.  However, it is a concern that my husband and I have for our son.  Personally I feel Autism is quickly becoming the new ADD of the medical community.  Children are being diagnosed and medicated, when all many of them need is a little more attention and discipline.  Both are a ligitimate disorder though, and ones that many parents are concerned about.  I know for our family, there are cases of autism on my husbands side of the family and I was a classic … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family, Featured, Mommy Tips Tagged With: ADD, ADHD, Autism, baby, Baby Care, baby development, child, child care, child development, children, growing, infant, learning, mother, motherhood, playing

Sticking to a Schedule

January 26, 2009 By Rebecca Lehman Leave a Comment
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I've never been a planner.  Sort of a make it up as I go kind of gal.  If I have the sudden urge to go on a hike, or eat a piece of chocolate cake, chances are I"m doing just that with in a few minutes.  Like wise if I don't want to do something, good luck getting me to go along with what ever it is.  I never go to bed at the same time every night and its anyone's guess as to what time I might be awake in the morning.  My event planner is always blank except for the few items I fill in about an hour before they happen.  And I'm almost always five minutes late to where ever it is I'm wanting … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Encouragement & Faith Tagged With: baby, Baby Care, child, infant, mommy, mother, motherhood, schedule, time, time keeping

Finding the Balance

January 24, 2009 By Rebecca Lehman 2 Comments
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I think it's very important to state that I love my husband.  The moment I met him, I knew he was it.  I was done searching.  Not to sound sappy or anything, but I actually have a hard time finding other men attractive anymore.  Oh sure, I still think Johnny Depp is mysteriously and weirdly gorgeous. But if you were to ask me to switch my husband out with any other man I'd probably insist on you seeing a shrink, because that's just nuts.  Through out my pregnancy I'm sorry to admit that my husband went neglected to some extent.  While I'm sure I sound like every other hormonal woman when … [Read more...]

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