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Favorite New Year’s Traditions for Families
Creating family traditions is a great way to cultivate memories and relationships with your little ones. Check out these New Year's traditions to start this year. The Balloon Countdown Countdown the hours until midnight with balloons that get popped each...
Surrogacy Postpartum: Tips for Friends and Family Members
Some helpful hints on what to do after your friend/family member has completed their surrogacy journey. Even more than a surrogate being pregnant, it seems people have difficulty in deciding how they should act around a surrogate after she’s given birth....
5 Common Things Couples Argue About
It’s common to have some conflict in your relationship. We all come from different places, families and of course, we all have our own way of thinking and doing things. This, unfortunately, means we will come across different topics where we will disagree...
Avoid Holiday Meltdowns
The Holidays are a special time spent with friends and family, AND the perfect environment for baby and toddler meltdowns. Let's face it, maybe even a few adult meltdowns. Christine Keys has outlined a few ways to help prevent these meltdowns and make the...
Making Your IVF Shots Less Stressful
The fact that you have to do IVF is stressful enough, without the added pressure of missing your meds, keeping them organized, and the cost. We hope that these tips will help add a little bit of order to the madness and relieve a little stress. Tip #1: Get...
12 Holiday Traditions to Start with Your Kids
Creating Holiday traditions helps cultivate lasting memories and connections between children and their family members. These years fly by yet are some of the most memorable once your children become adults. Check out our list of traditions to start...
4 Tips for Surrogates: Review Your Contract
"Don't sign on the dotted line without consulting your lawyer." We have heard this advice oh so many times, for good reason, and it is no different when it comes to surrogacy. Contracts can be overwhelming and often times you just want to quicken the...
10 Sharing Rules Every Kid Should Know
Being a mom of three girls, Parent Coach and Licensed Family Therapist, Nicole Schwarz, knows all to well the daily battle of sharing between siblings. She wonders "what if you erased everything you’ve taught your kids about sharing and started fresh? What...
10 Questions to Discuss with Your Partner Before Having A Baby
We’re assuming you and your partner have talked about having a family, at least generally, before you up and decided it was baby time. But it’s time to get specific. We chatted with relationship experts to find out the most important topics to talk about...
Best Gifts for 1 Year Olds
Buying gifts for the Holidays are already hard enough, to add to it you now have to buy for a one-year-old. We have compiled a list of gifts that are developmentally friendly and the parents will thank you as well. Shape Sorter Why she'll love...