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Baby Crib furniture can be very important for the baby‘s needs and for it’s visual stimulation. Therefore choosing the right Baby Crib is of utmost importance. Wooden Cribs are the oldest form of Cribs available in the market. Birch, basswood, hardwood, pine or mahogany are the kinds of wood that are widely used in the manufacturing of a Wooden Baby Crib. The Presence of small wheels attached to the foot of the Baby Cribs makes them easily portable. Casters in such cribs also contribute towards their portability.

Wooden cribs can be very durable, if properly maintained with regularly polished, painted and treating them with anti termite solutions. Such well maintained Cribs can last for more than 10 years. The bedding in a Baby Crib can be adjusted for different heights. This can be done with the help of Mattress Adjusters which help in increasing or decreasing the height. Convertible Baby Cribs are very popular these days as they can be extended or made bigger as the baby grows. They are priced at 0 on an average and can be found in popular baby stores.   

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There are various types of Baby Cribs available today. The most popular ones are , 4-in-1 Convertible Cribs, 3-in-1 Convertible Cribs, Standard Crib, Mini / Portable Crib,Crib & Changer Combo, Round Crib. As stated on NEWSinferno.com on the 19th of March 2009,  Drop-Side  may be banned. This is due to the fact that there have been numerous cases of baby accidents and deaths due to defective Cribs.  There are various online stores such as walmart.com, amazon.com, jcpenney.com sell a wide variety of Baby Cribs. These Cribs can also be found in their stores located all over the USA.  Round Baby Cribs are known to have beautiful woodwork and rich finishes.

The round shape gives it a modern look. Canopies and special panel inserts in some of the round cribs fit well with the other baby nursery decor.    babybeddingtown.com offers over 3500 baby bedding sets and other baby accessories from a whole range of crib bedding designers. They are a very reliable source as they offer baby bedding, baby furniture, Baby Cribs and Baby Car Seats at discount prices. Graco Lauren Convertible 4-in-1 crib comes in four finishes- white, espresso, walnut or cappuccino. The prices are ranged between 9.98 to 9.98 at cribs.com. A Baby Crib comes in various designs such as Slat, Sleigh, Spindle, Canopy or Four Poster.  They can also have additional features such as Wheels, Folding type, Under Crib Storage, Hands Free Side Drop, Adjustable Mattress Height or a Rocking feature.   

The various Brands that sell Baby Cribs are Argington, Arm’s Reach, babymiro, Child Craft, DaVinci, Foundations, Nurseryworks and Storkcraft to name a few. Each Brand has something unique to offer and compete with each other by providing more features or a competitive price.    A seller has applied for a patent on Plastic Baby Cribs. He claims to invented a plastic baby crib construction having two crib-sides connected to two crib-ends is made of cross-members and upright members having a uniform lateral cross-section. In 17 Nov 1981, there was a public release from the Office of Information and Public Affairs which stated that a voluntary recall of the brackets used on approximately 98,000 Baby Cribs for suspending the springs was announced by the Questor Juvenile Furniture Company of Los Angeles, California, in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.  

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Having everything you need for baby ready to go before you bring your newborn home is a wise thing for a new parent to do. But what to get for a newborn baby?

Keep in mind that you never really need as much as you think you will. Be realistic. Do you really need a bottle warmer? If you’re a parent who can afford it and you want it even if you don’t need it, then go for it. Just know that in a few months you’re probably going to be reselling it because you’ve realized that some things are more trouble than they’re worth.

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I advise having the nursery set up, with supplies in place, clothes washed and ready to go, three to four weeks before your due date. That way, even if your baby comes early, you’ll be prepared. It’s so much easier to come home from the hospital when you know you’ve got everything you need on hand.

Below is a list of the essential must haves for your baby‘s comfort and safety.

ESSENTIAL EQUIPMENT

• Bassinet, Co-Sleeper/Crib or a Pack and Play for your bedroom.

For the first 12 weeks, you’ll be feeding your baby every 2 to 4 hours so having him in your room will help keep you from having to shuffle back and forth to the nursery. It ‘s also nice for keeping your baby cuddled up and close by. Your newborn has just come from a compact space, so they like to feel snug. I recommend using the bassinet instead of the crib until your baby can turn over or there is no longer room for him to stretch. You’ll only need it in the early months, but you’ll be really happy to have it!

• Crib and Mattress

When your baby outgrows the bassinet it’s time for a crib. Be sure to buy one that meets current safety standards and make sure that the mattress fits snugly against the sides so that baby can’t wiggle or get wedged under.

• Baby sling

Every mom I know SWEARS by a sling or some type of carrier. It allows you to be mobile and still keep your baby physically connected to you. Be sure it provides proper neck and head support, and is made of a washable fabric. It should feel comfortable on you and permit you to carry your baby facing in or out. In the beginning, you’ll want to have her facing in. As she gets older, she’ll want to face out so she can see the world.

• Changing mat

This is a plastic pad that you put down in order to change your baby. You can put a towel on top or use a cover so your baby won’t feel the cold plastic. If you have the budget, you an also purchase a changing table, although it’s really not a necessity. The amount of time you will use it is very short.

• Infant Carrier/Car Seat/Stroller

I’m a big fan of the ‘system’. It’s a carrier that connects to the car and stroller attachments. They make it so much easier for you and the baby to go from home to car and to stroller. Be sure to get your car seat inspected or installed at the hospital where you will be delivering. You will not be able to leave the hospital with your newborn without a proper car seat so have this installed 1-week before your due date if you can.

• High Chair

You won’t need a high chair until your baby is at least 5-6 months old so you might want to hold off on this purchase for awhile.

• Baby Bumbo Sitter

Once your baby is about 3 months old and has some neck control, this is great! They can sit it in it for everything.

• Baby Bath Tub

It’s important to start off with a small bath tub because in a small space with just a little bit of water, you gain confidence in how to hold and handle your baby. I love those that have the sling because until about 3 or 4 months old they don’t have any neck control. The sling helps you keep them in place.

• Bouncy/vibrating seat and/or swing

Having somewhere safe to put your infant while you cook or get dressed is vital and babies love the motion they provide.

OTHER EQUIPMENT TO CONSIDER

• Large comfortable rocking chair

• Sound Machine – These are great for helping to soothe your baby. They play sounds from the mothers womb, water sounds, sounds from nature etc. They even come inside of soft stuffed animals.

• Baby Monitoring System – There are many options out there now including video monitoring systems so you can see the baby in his or her crib. Dual monitors or multiple monitors are a must if you have multiple levels in your home or your master bedroom is on a different level altogether. There are also remote pager systems so you can clip it on and listen as you go room to room.

• Breast Pump & Accessories

• Nursing Pillows – I like the Boppy. It can be used by the baby too, so it serves multiple purposes. The Brest Friend, however provides good support and leverage and has a strap you can tie around you if you need to be mobile. It also has a pouch that zips to put things in.

• CD Player with Head Phones and Audio Books – For you when you’re up in the night with the baby

• Baby Car Mirror – Since kids are rear-facing until they are about a year old and/or 20+ lbs., I love this. It allows you to see your baby through your rearview mirror. Some of them will even entertain your baby with lights and songs.

• Activity Mat or Baby Gym/ crib mobile – If you get a mobile for the crib or pack n play, make sure it’s colorful and musical. The same goes for activity mats. Be sure the toys include mirrors and sounds.

ESSENTIAL LINENS

I highly recommend all cotton. It’s soft and can be washed in hot water to sterilize. Everything should be washed with a mild detergent, like Dreft, before coming in contact with your baby. During the first six months, wash babies clothes separately from the other laundry. The baby‘s bedding should keep your newborn comfortable and safe. Use only quality, breathable materials and avoid fluffy things until your baby is able to move items like blankets from his/her face.

• 3 stretch cotton-fitted sheets for the bassinet, and later for the crib

• 4 cotton blankets that can be used for swaddling

• 3 warmer blankets

• 2 mattress pads

• Lots of burp cloths (cloth diapers) that can be used for wiping up spit up and all kinds of messes

• 2 Hooded towels and washcloths

ESSENTIAL CLOTHING

When it comes to babies clothing, it’s all about layers. One key thing to know is that babies can’t regulate their temperature very well until they’re about six moths old. It’s very easy for them to get overheated or too cold. It’s up to you to keep the temperature right through layering of clothes and the use of blankets.

Think about the practicality and ease of dressing. Make sure the crotch opens easily for diaper changing. Soft and easy to change outfits are recommended since you will probably be changing your baby several times a day.

• 4-6 sleepers

• 5-7 one piece garments

• 3-4 gowns/kimonos

• 5-7 comfortable day outfits

• 8-10 undershirts

• 3-4 bibs

• 4-5 pairs of socks or booties

• 3 cotton caps/hats

• 2 sweaters if it’s winter

• 1 snowsuit or fleece if it’s winter

Optional – A sleep sack. These are making their way over from Europe — they’re a brilliant way to keep baby warm at night without blankets, which baby can kick off. It’s like a sleeping bag, but it has open arms for ventilation and a zippered bottom so diaper changes are still easy.

ESSENTIAL SUPPLIES

• Diapers – Your baby will go through roughly five thousand diapers before he’s potty trained! And in the early days you may be changing your baby up to 12 times a day. Whether you plan to use disposables, recycled, cloth or a diaper service, be sure to have plenty on hand.

• Diaper wipes – I like the unscented ones for the first several months

• Diaper Bag – Get a nice durable bag with large pockets and make sure that it always has:

• 4-5 Diapers

• Diaper wipes

• Cloth diaper/ burp cloths for cleaning up spit up and spills

• Diaper sacks for dirty diapers

• Diaper rash cream

• Antibacterial gel to clean your hands

• Changing pad

• One change of clothing from head to toe

• Spare pacifier

• 1 Bib

• A couple of soft toys and rattles

• 1 bottle of water that can be used for making a bottle

• 1 -2 bottles

• Formula

ESSENTIALS FOR BREAST FEEDING

• 2-4 nursing bras

• One box of disposable breast pads

• Nipple cream

• Either an electric breast pump or a hand pump

• Breast milk storage containers

• A kit or bag to put your milk bottles in and ice packs

• At least 2 bottles

• A Good Support Book – I like ‘The Womanly Art Of Breastfeeding’ by The La Leche League

ESSENTIALS FOR BOTTLE FEEDING AND PUMPING

• 6-8 slow flow or bent-neck bottles with soft nipples

• Bottle Brush & Optional Sanitizing System- It’s important to thoroughly wash bottles after every use and then sanitize bottles at least every 2-3 months. You’ll also want to sterilize your breast pump parts if you are pumping.

OTHER ESSENTIALS

• Baby thermometer

• Baby soaps and lotions

• Tearless shampoo

• Bath toys

• Baby oil

• Diaper rash Ointment

• Vaseline

• Sterile cotton balls

• Baby nail scissors/clippers

• Baby brush/comb

• Rubbing alcohol

• Q-tips

• 3-4 pacifiers

• Nose Suction Bulb syringe – usually supplied by the hospital so be sure to take it

• Hypoallergenic (dye-free) laundry detergent which is mild.

• Night lite

• Several Good Parenting Books – I like ‘Secrets Of The Baby Whisperer’ By Tami Hoag and ‘The Happiest Baby On The Block’ by Harvey Karp

Being prepared for your newborn will help eliminate as much as possible those worries you may have about being a parent so you can enjoy the process. It’s so much easier to feel confident about coming home from the hospital when you know you’ve got everything you need on hand. Enjoy your new little baby!

- Laurie Cooper is a wife, mother and grandmother who provides practical advice, resources and encouragement to parents as they go through the amazing journey of helping their children grow into joyful, confident, positive adults! Visit her website at http://parentpositivekids.com to receive your FREE Guide to ‘The Top 7 Secrets For Being A GREAT Parent’

Football coloring Kid, you love a football coloring book but don’t know the game of pigskin?

Coloring football Kid, would you believe five facts about football will put you in the know?

Let’s get started…

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1. Football History
2. Football Fundamentals
3. Organized Football Structure
4. Players’ Skills Levels
5. Football Season

1. Football History

American football comes from rugby football. The first major football game was won by Rutgers University (score – 6) against Princeton University (score – 4). Their war was in 1869 — four years after the Civil War.

Coloring football boy, the main idea of football is still the same. Football fans still yell, “Run that football!”, “Throw it!”, “Kick it!”, and “Score man, score!”

2. Football Fundamentals

Coloring kid, you must get the ball into your opponent’s end zone.

Get yourself an egg-shaped, air-filled leather ball to throw, catch or kick.

Follow the rules and regulations. No running “any-which-a-way” with the football, man!

Only two teams can square off. Your team and the other guy’s team must have eleven players on the field at one time. Smaller football leagues use fewer than eleven guys.

The teams take turns playing offensive (trash talking is allowed), then playing defensive (cry baby guys are not allowed).

The offensive team possesses the ball until they score, or fail to gain 10 yards in four tries, or loses the ball to the defensive team.

The defensive team tries to stop the offense from gaining yardage or scoring. The defense tries to steal the ball, too.

3. Organized Football Structure

Do you love knocking people down, kid? Is screaming in a big guy’s face your dream

come true? Is slamming a little guy into planet Earth your idea of fun?

Well, Coloring football kid, tackle football is for you…

NO! Football coloring Kid, no scratching or spitting! “Eye-gouging and kicking?” NO! “Choke holds and pistol whipping?!” NO! Don’t get greedy, kid…

Here is a little lowdown info to help understand organized football structure:

Teams may change their players as long as 11 guys are on the field.

Scrimmage is the action once the ball is snapped (quickly given) to the Quarterback by his Center until the ball is dead.

Line of Scrimmage is an invisible field line where teams face each other. Now get this…

Both teams can have three specialized teams where players have one or more roles.

Here are a few roles…

I. The Specialized Offense Team must score or gain yardage to win.

The Quarterback leader gets the ball from his Center man — his second brain. The QB throws the ball to a Receiver, or hands it to a Running Back or runs the ball himself (gutsy!).

The Offense Line is five Mack trucks. They power protect the Passer, block, and leave tread marks on defense players’ backs.

Running Backs have roles in running the ball, catching, blocking plus wrecking havoc on yardage.

Wide Receivers catch zooming balls from the Quarterback. These guys have “superhero” speed plus they block, too.

Tight Ends have two roles. They can perform as Wide Receivers or as Offensive Linemen who protect Quarterbacks and block for Runners.

II. The Specialized Defense Team must stop opponents from scoring or gaining yardage.

The Defensive Line has 3 to 6 “massive giants” blocking the sun and creating darkness and pain along the line of scrimmage.

Linemen (“monster trucks”) roll over running backs. They crash test “sack” the quarterback before he passes or hands off the ball.

Linebackers cause nightmares. They lurk behind the Defensive Linemen plus rush the quarterback or cover receivers.

Defensive Backs with superhero speed cover receivers and stop zooming passes plus rush quarterbacks!

III. The Specialized Special Team must score extra points.

Got a funky leg and foot, kid? Become a punter or place kicker to get those game saving extra points. Long snappers need pinpoint skills, too.

4. Players’ Skills Levels

Professional level

There are 32 US teams for want to be professional players.
American football leagues are found in 50 countries!
Maybe you can sign with the German Football League (GFL) or the Japanese X-League.
Sports agents and lawyers help you make big money deals.

Football coloring kid, if you can’t cut the professionals levels go to the semi-professional leagues. Or become a sports agent or lawyer! Don’t play the fool, kid, study hard at the…

College level

Your pro football training starts in college. Nearly every college and university has a football team and stadium.
You like crowds, football coloring kid? Go to a college game. If you get lost hold your tears, boy. Wait by the security station. After the last 60,000 to 100,000 fans leave your people can spot you!


High School level

More high school boys play football than college guys play football.
High school leads to collegiate, then to professional level football careers, then to high paying TV commercials careers.
The high school sophomore year is when most players decide about a football career. Some professionals learned to play football in…

Youth and Pee Wee level

Do 5 to 14 year old players have fans besides mom and dad? “Yes.”

5. The Football Season

Can organized teams throw pigskin any ole time? No? That is right.

• Football season starts in August.
• Football runs you crazy until January pro playoffs
• High school games are played on Fridays.
• College games are played on Thursday and Saturday.
• Professionals play on Sunday and Monday. We will…

Wrap it up, football coloring Kid…

Do you know about players’ numbers?
• 1-19 for Quarterbacks, Wide Receivers, Punters plus Kickers
• 20 – 49: Running Backs plus Defensive Backs
• 50 – 59: Centers plus Linebackers
• 60 – 79: Defensive Linemen and Offensive Linemen
• 80 – 89: Wide Receivers plus Tight Ends
• 90 – 99: Defensive Linemen plus Linebackers

Now, you know the game of football, coloring Kid. You learned basic: football history, football fundamentals, organized football structure, players’ skills levels, and the football season…

So get yourself into a game with other football coloring pages kids.

Play hard. Laugh Loud.

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If you live in Arizona, you don’t have worry about how your Mercedes handles in a winter wonderland. Some aren’t so blessed, and that means they’ll have to consider the weather when they buy their Mercedes car and when they drive it.

Mercedes Benz cars are generally a rear-wheel drive outfit, and that sends chills down the spines of people who have to drive in snow and ice. Fortunately, there’s nothing to fear if equip your Mercedes car correctly when your buy it.

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Buying right is pretty easy. If you need serious snow and ice handling for a good part of the year, you might consider a 4MATIC all wheel drive model. You’ll find these in several body styles, like sedans (C-Class, E-Class and S-Class), light trucks and SUVs (G-Class, GL-Class and M-Class) and the R-Class and E-Class crossovers and wagons. By most accounts from owners living in heavy winter areas like Alaska, the roadsters are poor winter cars, but that’s probably obvious to most prospective buyers.

But an all wheel drive model isn’t the only option. You can do just fine with a two wheel drive model, despite the rear wheel drive design. All you need to do is winterize your Mercedes  car appropriately.

You could probably spend thousands of dollars to winterize your Mercedes, but there’s really no need to do that. The Benz engineers have helped you by building in traction control on many models. That helps with acceleration and deceleration.

Other than taking such commonsense measures like trying not to drive in the early morning hours (when it’s coldest) and keeping to main roads (which either get plowed better or get more use and, thus, better snow melt), the single biggest step you can take to winterize your Mercedes car is to fit it with good winter or all-weather tires.

Buying winter tires is much like picking out shoes-there are so many options to choose from that it can be bewildering. But two tires seem to stand out.

The first is Goodyear’s Eagle Ultra Grip line. These tires were designed with sport coupes and sedans in mind, specifically to improve road traction in wet or snowy conditions. But they’re probably fine for a more modest C-Class sedan as well. Sylvie Rainville tried some out on a C-Class for a GuideAuto review, and said it the car performed better than a four wheel drive vehicle with all weather tires.

The second tire you might want to look at is the Bridgestone Blizzak. This is an extensively tested tire designed for winter weather. Their Multicell compound looks like Swiss cheese under a microscope, with uniformly distributed pores to wick away water on the surface of ice and snow and grip the surface better. Mercedes Benz forums are full of recommendations for them as winter tires.

As you might imagine, winter tires are for winter. You’ll want to swap them out for summer or all weather tires from roughly mid-April to mid-November in most parts of the United States. You’ll have to spend some extra money on tires to have sets for two seasons, but the upgrade in safety is worth the expense.

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