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We have for you today a wonderful resource on baby car seats and carriers. This is an oft sought after information by newly blessed parents who want to travel with the baby and there are so few authentic goods available for the ordinary buyer.

Check out Baby Things For You and you would find some amazing products for babies on the “move”. On car seats, the best I found was the forward facing car baby seat. This is perfect for the baby who is sitting snugly to the driver’s seat. Unlike the rear seat, this is better since the drive is more fun with the baby able to see the things that you would want to show it. The forward facing car seat comes in many varieties and colors. What you see next to this post is the Spider SP - Angel. Apart from this, we have the Maxim and the Driver version - different colors depending on the likes of the kid.

On car carriers, we have the famous infant carriers, which are rear facing. These come in handy for small toddlers less than 2 years old who have nothing much to look at except their own fingers. They again come in various sizes and shapes - with fancy names like Chili, Cobalt to name a few.

So the next time, you need to buy that car seat or carrier…. you know where to go!

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At dinner table one evening, my husband came up with the idea of growing a family garden… Well, my kids and I were shell-shocked, as he does not have a green thumb, while my kids and I occasionally indulge in gardening and tending to our plants in our back yard.

He said that it was just an excuse for the whole family to do something to gather outside. Seeing his enthusiasm, we decided to go ahead. We chose a medium sized patch for cultivating our “family garden”. In a family garden, you could be grow vegetables, flowers, arrange or decorate potted plants, water, trim, or even mow the lawn. We chose to grow flowers.

Some points to remember while growing a family garden -

Select the type of garden that everyone in the family would like to grow, flowers, fruits or vegetables. What to plant also depends on the season, type of soil, amount of sunlight, etc? If in doubt, ask the staff at your local garden store for planting advice.

Make it a point to have a plant for each member of the family. If your kid’s plant is not growing well, find out the reason and make necessary changes so that the plant can grow. If possible, you can also replace the dying plant with a new one.

Gardening tasks should be delegated according to age. Kids can water the plants with hose or water can; teenagers can trim the hedges or help in digging the soil. If your small kid wants to help in digging the soil, bring out plastic gardening kit that a spade shovel, water can, bucket, etc.

Dress up while working on growing a garden. Dads / Mom can don gardener’s overalls, wear a sun hat, etc. Kids can wear rain boots, plastic construction hats, etc. Dressing up is fun.

To make your garden look more beautiful, decorate it with painted stones or create designs with broken flowerpot pieces. Paint wooden roods or make a boundary with bricks of different shapes, size and patterns.

Growing a family garden means spending time together. Make it a point to tend to it every day or two. Lastly do not make gardening a chore for kids. Let them enjoy what they do best.

It’s been two months since we started growing our family garden. We can see our plants growing daily and the excitement is unmatched.

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Last week, my daughter was invited to a birthday party of a girl with whom she is friendly at daycare. Next day when I picked my lil one from the babysitter, she told me that her friend had got some read and write pad as a gift from one of her aunts.

I happened to meet her mother the other day and asked her about read and write pad that her daughter was talking about. She told me that it was Read & Write LeapPad from LeapFrog and she told me how helpful it is.

I searched online for Read & Write LeapPad and found it on sale on Amazon and company’s website.

Read & Write LeapPad is for preschoolers in the age group of 4 – 8 years. The LeapPad brings the magic of books to life. The uniquely designed learning system makes stories come alive right on the page through talking characters, engaging narration, music and playful sound effects.

Your child chooses from a collection of wonderful interactive storybooks featuring their favorite characters. Let your child touch the pages of the book with a magic pencil to hear letter sounds and words read aloud, characters coming to life and play thrilling learning activities.

Besides the Read & Write LeapPad, there are LeapPad Plus Writing Books, which helps your child practice writing letters, words, play games and even solve math problems.

By teaching - reading, writing, phonics skills and mathematics, Read & Write LeapPad offers a right touch to inspire a love of books that will last your child a lifetime.

If you are buying from Amazon buy this in collaboration with LeapFrog LeapPad® Educational Book: Kindergarten - Reading/Writing (5 - 6 year olds), which teaches your child how to write capital and lowercase letters, short and long vowels, consonant blends, digraphs, writing simple words, beginning sounds, middle sounds, rhyming and spellings. Amazon is offering the Read & Write LeapPad with the above-mentioned educational book.

I now have to get my husband to use his credit card to buy this for our girl.

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