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Tips on Buying Clothes for Baby Girls

In terms of baby clothes, the ones for baby girls offer a wide variety of choices. Unlike with baby boys, the little baby girls’ clothes are associated with cute designs and soft colors. Their outfits would not be complete without accessories like hats, infant headbands and lovely shoes. Most mothers would feel like they are dressing up their little dolls once again. Lately, it has been a trend that the outfits of moms and their little girls should look alike. It would mean that the baby girl is mom’s mini-me version. Their clothes would match, even their hair accessories baby headbands and mom’s hair accessories should match too.

If budget would not be an issue, moms would definite shop-to-the-max. However, baby clothes can be more expensive than adult’s clothes. Hence, it is very important that mommies should know the baby’s cloth needs. Here are some useful tips for moms and dads as well regarding buying clothes for their baby girl:

Categorize the baby’s clothes, those to be worn daily in the house, their sleep wear and clothes for special occasions. Moms should be able to tell and decide on the number of clothes to buy. In this manner, buying extra clothes will be avoided.
Clothes’ fabric materials are also an essential consideration in buying baby clothes. Remember that babies have delicate skin; some fabric materials may cause allergy or rashes to baby’s skin.
Color combination is important; baby girls’ clothes are usually on soft shades like pink and lighter shades of yellow and green. It is not necessary that moms should stick to a particular shade but moms should consider buying clothes that they can mix and match.
Accessories are part of your baby girls’ outfit; moms can accessorize their little girls from head to foot.
Buy bigger sizes to make sure that your baby girl can use the clothes for longer time.

Baby Shower Gifts Idea

Baby showers are popular anywhere in the world. The pregnant woman’s sisters, mother or women friends are usually the ones who prepared the baby shower party. Preparing a baby shower should not be stressful, so the pregnant mother’s friends and family members should know how to prepare and what to prepare for the baby shower. The choices vary for party themes, the games, invitations, and even the baby gifts also vary.

Baby shower gifts need not to be expensive. It is a common thought for people who give gifts, that expensive gifts are better than cheap gifts. But the best gift a gift-giver could give is those which are helpful to the baby or to the mother. There are many less expensive gifts for babies that could be given but are needed by the baby such as baby clothes, baby bath products or teething toys.

There are also expensive though practical gifts that can be given to the parents-to-be such as potty chair, high chair, baby crib, breast pump, rocking chair and strollers. Personalized baby gifts are not common gifts but a gift-giver could try out. It is unique, less expensive and the parents-to-be would really appreciate the effort of the gifts.

Weight Gain and Sleep Deprivation: Their Strong Connection

The number of obese children is fast growing and it is quite alarming in some ways. This is because children nowadays spend more time in front of the computer or television and lesser time doing outdoor activities such as playing sports and exercising. Since both parents are working, neither of them have free time to prepare home cooked healthy dishes. Both young and adults are living in fast-paced world, hence the mindset of doing everything quick and easy is the best solution they can think of. But this is just one of the many factors involved in weight gain problems.

Sleep studies have shown that there is a strong connection between becoming overweight. Abnormal sleep patterns resulting to lack of sleep contribute to abnormal weight gain of children aged nine to twelve years old. Lack of sleep may not only result to becoming moody and inactive in school, it can also lead to being overweight. In the research it has been found that children who slept less than nine hours have higher risk of being overweight.

By the time these kids reach the sixth grade they are most likely to be overweight. However there is something positive shown in this studies, when kids reach sixth grade, an extra hour of sleep would mean 20 percent reduction on the risk of being overweight.

It can be because those children who get enough sleep have more energy to consume in doing physical activities rather than those who do not have enough sleep. So instead of playing outside or doing exercise, these children would just lie around. It is important that parents should monitor the sleep patterns of their children to avoid overweight problems in the future. Parents must reinforce proper bedtime schedule based on their kids’ age. It is also a must that children must have a good and healthy sleep.