The Parents Zone

You can get out of the box this Valentines Day and get your wife something different when it comes to Valentines Day flowers. Before planning the delivery of flowers for Valentines Day, it is in your interest to take a look online to see the different types of flower arrangements available.

Designer flowers are really trendy this year and not just the rare flowers but also unique designs. Some of these include dozens of red roses in a large vase that will sure impress your woman; other may include a mix of white and red roses that look stunningly. Read full post…

Kids who stay up late on weekends run the risk of battling obesity when they get older, new research has found.

Children whose parents tell them to go to bed early Friday and Saturday nights are able to catch up on sleep they may have missed during the week. And they also tend to be slimmer, according to the study published Jan. 24 in the journal Pediatrics.

Kids allowed to stay up later, on the other hand, aren’t getting the extra rest they need for healthy development, say researchers from the University of Chicago. Read full post…

Lice. It’s a word that brings fear into the hearts of schoolchildren, teachers and parents everywhere. No matter how strict you are about cleanliness and grooming, the sheer number of children together in one place can often result in a head lice epidemic. Getting rid of head lice used to be a lengthy battle. Now, the makers of Natroba Topical Suspension 0.9% say that their solution is safe to use on kids over the age of four — and that it can knock out head lice in just one treatment.

The Centers for Disease Control estimate that 6 to 12 million cases of head lice occur annually among children ages 3 to 11. Read full post…

All the time you hear people say things like, “I can tell you’re having a girl by the way you are carrying.” or “Heartburn? Oh it must be a boy!” Can you really guess the sex of your baby based on your symptoms?

I have had a girl and a boy. My pregnancy with my daughter was pretty uneventful, but uncomfortable nonetheless. I had nausea during the first trimester, but no vomiting. My sickness always came on during late afternoon. Never in the morning. I was starving when I woke up in the morning, and had no problem eating breakfast, although I had some food aversions. The worst symptom of my pregnancy was at 20 weeks I became swollen. Extremely swollen.

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