Get 10 useful tips about bottle feeding infants!

Although doctors recommend breastfeeding as the best option, there are many reasons a mother chooses to stop breastfeeding her baby and moves to a bottle. Medical conditions could be preventing her from breastfeeding, but most often the reason is the mother’s need to go back to work. When moving to a bottle, there are several things to keep in mind.

**10 Helpful Tips for Bottle Fed Babies has been republished with permission from Suzanne Cullen.  Original publication on October 20, 2011 on the AuPair.org Blog.

Get 10 useful tips about bottle feeding infants!

Although doctors recommend breastfeeding as the best option, there are many reasons a mother chooses to stop breastfeeding her baby and moves to a bottle. Medical conditions could be preventing her from breastfeeding, but most often the reason is the mother’s need to go back to work. When moving to a bottle, there are several things to keep in mind.

**10 Helpful Tips for Bottle Fed Babies has been republished with permission from Suzanne Cullen.  Original publication on October 20, 2011 on the AuPair.org Blog.

Looking through my notes from the CCFP Roundtable conference 2011 and feeling very lucky that I had the opportunity to attend.  One of my favorite workshops that I was able to attend was “A Taste of the World: Bringing Multicultural Foods and Activities to Your Children” given by 3 women from the Learning Care Group.  Donna Pomerson, Sherrie Gomez, and Staci Larsen provided great examples and materials to take home about bringing multicultural foods and activities into the child care environment.  They said I could share this with you and I am so excited to do so right now!

Take action to transform stress.  Change happens one response/one action at a time to transform stress and create ease in your day’s work.  Never give up!

Take action to transform stress.  Change happens one response/one action at a time to transform stress and create ease in your day’s work.  Never give up!

URL shorteners can help you understand the affect you are having with your social media!  Find out what they are and why the can help you.  Read more here.

Report says more and more parents are using alternative schedules for their children's vaccinations. Is this affecting your child care business or if you are a parent how you choose your child care setting?

I came across this awesome video challenge on the USDA's MyPlate website and wanted to get the entire Child Care Info community participating! Here is the challenge: Create short videos (about 30 seconds) demonstrating how you are adding fruits and veggies to your diet without breaking the bank.  Get really creative...the judges are looking for videos that are inspiring, educational, fun, easy, and cost-effective ways that will motivate others to add more fruits and veggies to their diet too.   There are three categories to choose from: Tips for kids Tips for eating at home Tips for eating away from home The goal of this challenge is to bring more awareness to USDA's MyPlate and their mission to help Americans understand the importance of making half their plate abundant in healthy fruits and vegetables. Timeline: Submit your videos: September 26, 2011 - November 15, 2011 Judging: November 21, 2011 - December 12, 2011...