DEET | Dangerous for Sure

DEET is best if avoided.  It can melt plastic, so why on Earth would we want to put it on our skin, let alone our children’s skin?!  Herb-based products are more gentle.  Some ingredients might include: eucalyptus, citronella, lavender, and tea tree oil.  You can even make your own recipe by looking online to find one that best fits your family.  If you do get bitten, put a drop of peppermint oil to soothe the spot.

Quote | Ralph Waldo Emerson

This quote is great:  “And what is a weed?  A plant whose virtues have not been discovered.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

This is so cool to think about.  I first thought about it literally that we give water, love, and attention to roses, tulips, snapdragons, ect. but we spray, pull, and kill weeds.  Just because weeds grow where we don’t want them to and get a tad unruly sometimes, we yank them from the ground taking their lives!  How awful of us!  We do this with many things in life that we don’t fully understand.  We generally don’t take a moment to step back and try to understand things.  If it doesn’t make sense right away, we want nothing to do with it.  I’m going to try and give things a better chance before writing them off.  What do you think?

Baby Tip 2 | Burping Baby

Baby Tip 2: I became an auntie for the first time on June 10th at 6:07pm!  My nephew Elijah was born as healthy as could be and we are all so blessed.  While at the hospital, we met a nurse from New York named Bonnie.  She was so full of information and she shared a little burping trick with us and swears that is works!  So, usually when burping a baby, you pat and rub their lower back just behind their belly button to push any air bubbles out.  Sometimes this doesn’t work so try gently rubbing the top of your baby’s head (being sure not to push on the soft spot) and it should relax them enough to make them burp.  It’s supposed to be like a massage – it will loosen your baby up to help release the air.  Many women have come back and told Bonnie that it really works.  So give it try!

Baby Tip 1 | Childish Diaper Bags Bringing Down Your Style?

Baby Tip 1: I understand that diaper bags are meant to carry baby’s junk around, but is baby carrying it, or mom & dad?  There are indeed tons of diaper bags out there that are designed with mom and dad in mind, but they can be expensive.  After baby grows up, you either hand it down or donate it, so why spend a ton?  Instead, moms you can use your fashionable oversized-purses that already go great with most of your outfits to tote baby’s junk around.  Dads, you can use that messenger bag or backpack that’s been hanging in the closet since college.  You save money and the bags already fit your style, so it’s a win-win situation.  Trust me, baby won’t mind one bit.  Just another way to save a buck.

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