Prevail of the mobile apps for children + GIVEAWAY




2014 was tremendously successful for all the mobile app developers, including those making apps for children. What is surprising is that not only the apps in the Games/Entertainment segment are on the first spots. More and more parents prefer spending money on Apps that are also educational and can actually help with their child’s development.

So we are now seeing a trend in the mobile apps – more and more developers are cooperating with children specialists and psychologists to make their apps simultaneously entertaining and educational.
For example Tales with GiGi, a mobile storytelling app for children from 2-7 years old, has successfully done that. An app with more than 35 classical and narrated fairy tales and fables on first sight but can offer so much more. You can use it as a regular book (with fancier cover) and read to your kids at bedtime, or listen to the stories, all of which are narrated by UK and US native voiceovers, which is really develop oral and diction skills. It is perfect to leave your kid occupied with it, or something you can do together.

With all the things changing nowadays, we can certainly say that the old stories that generations of children heard, and generations of parents told and retold, are something that won’t change anytime soon. When it comes to reading to your child, or presenting a new story to your kids, most parents passing on the same stories that they heard when they were younger. Every parent wants their children to know who Cinderella, Snow White, Rapunzel, and The Three Little Pigs are. It is normal, you link those characters directly to your childhood, and you want to pass the emotion it got into you to listen to this story for the first time it to your children. For learning new words, skills, teaching kids moral, or just for having fun – a great app to check out.

Our friends at Tales with GiGi are making a generous Giveaway for our readers. Get your free app from the link below and start the magic: http://taleswithgigi.com/giveaway/office/dscosta


The Trotters of Tweeville


In this second book of the Trotters of Tweeville series, one little girl works
hard to practice kindness and care when speaking to others.

"Harraf Namrattle lives in Tweeville and is a girl who always says what she thinks--no matter what! She doesn't seem to understand that sometimes words can hurt others' feelings and that some things are better left unsaid. Today, however, Harraf's mother reminds her to;..."

Think before you speak!

Harraf sets out to play baseball with her friend Bo, who has a new baseball mitt. What will she say when she sees it?Then she meets her friend Hennaj, who has a lemonade stand. What will she say when she tries the lemonade? When she sees another friend drawing on the sidewalk, will she take her mother's advice and be nice? Can Harraf Namrattle learn to think before she speaks and to be kind to the people in Tweeville?

Buying diapers online can help you save money

Because of the arrival of online shopping, the consumers can go for Saving on Cloth Diapers. The online clothing stores can save huge money because they do not need to bear the maintenance costs. The costs include the rent, utilities, and others. These are maintained at the brick and mortar stores. In the different countries, the diaper is also known as a nappy. The countries include Australia, Zimbabwe, New Zealand, United Kingdom, South Africa, and Ireland. The diaper is a kind of underwear that permits one to discharge or urinate. Here the user does not require the toilet.

When the diapers turn out to be dirty, they need to be altered. It is usually to be done by second individual including a parent or caregiver. If there is a failure to alter normally, it can bring the skin troubles around the area wrapped by the diaper. Diapers are made of cloth or the artificial disposable materials. The cloth diapers are consisted of layers of fabric including hemp, bamboo, cotton, or microfiber. The parents can take a wash of the cloth diapers and these can be used for many times.

The disposable diapers are composed of absorbent chemicals and are disposed of after the use. The plastic pants can be put on over the diapers to bypass the leaks. However, the modern cloth diapers do not follow the similar path. Usually, the infants wear the diapers. The children or the infants are not perhaps potty-trained experiencing bedwetting. The adults also use the diapers because of the lack of the toilet in the specific places. These adult individuals can also go for Saving on ClothDiapers while shopping at the online clothing stores. These can incorporate the people having the advanced age, physical or mental disability. There are the other people dealing with the extreme conditions including astronauts. It is not unusual for the individuals to put on the diapers under the dry suits.

The cloth diapers are reusable that can be prepared with the natural fibers, man-made materials or a blending of both. These clothing diapers are normally made of industrial cotton that can be lightened white. It left the usual color of fiber. The other usual fiber cloth materials integrate wool, unbleached hemp, or bamboo. The man-made materials including an internal absorbent layer of microfiber toweling can be applied. An exterior water-resistant coating of polyurethane cover PUL can also be applied. The polyester woolen cover (fleece) along with the artificial suedecloth is frequently applied inside-cloth diapers as a stay-dry wicker liner. It is due to the non-absorbent properties of those synthetic fibers. 

the introduction of safe diaper clip between mid sixties

Conventionally, the cloth diapers are composed of creased square or rectangle of cloth. It can be fastened with safety pins. Nowadays, the most of the cloth diapers are tied up with the hook and loop tape or snaps. Now, you can opt for Saving on Cloth Diapers while shopping the diapers at Sunflowerbaby.com.
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Baby Teething tips

My baby is super fussy.  How can I tell if it’s teething or something else?  What can I do to help him?  
When your little angel turns into a cranky devil, there's a good chance he's teething. Is he drooling a lot? Rubbing his mouth or ears? Trying to gnaw anything he can get his lips on? Does he have an unusual amount of diaper rash? Is he running a mild fever? (101 or less — anything more isn't from teething and merits a call to the pediatrician.)
Pediatricians say that to run a finger along his gums to feel for hard raised bumps or sharp bits. His gums may also appear swollen or bruised. The two front bottom teeth are usually the first to come in, followed by the two front top ones.
You can help by giving him something cool and hard to gnaw on (like a spoon or teething toy you’ve popped in the freezer). Acetaminophen can help with pain relief, but check with the doctor for the right dosage.
As those teeth come in, you should apply a shmear of fluoride toothpaste (the size of a grain of rice) to keep them healthy. By age three, you can upgrade to a pea-sized amount.

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Tips for plane travel with your baby

Here are some tips when traveling by plane with your baby...

If you're traveling domestically within the U.S., babies fly free until they're two. They just sit in your lap. (Note: Be sure to give the airline a head's up when you book your flight.) If you're flying internationally, you have to pay some extra taxes for the baby, but it's much less expensive than buying a full ticket, of course. (Note: You can also purchase a full ticket for your baby and have them sit in a car seat next to you, which would be an awesome option, if you have a bigger budget.)

Fly during naps or at bedtime. Flying with a sleeping baby is exactly 1 million times easier than flying with a baby who wants to bounce, walk, crawl, sing, screech, and play for the entire flight. We try to book flights leaving around 7:30 p.m. (Toby's bedtime), or, if it's a short flight, around lunchtime, and then cross our fingers that he'll curl up on our shoulders and nap.

Feed during take-off and landing. Babies don't know how to pop their ears, so it's helpful to offer a bottle (or boob:) when the plane takes off + just as the plane begins to descend (which is when you'll notice your own ears popping), to help ease the ear pressure.

Sit apart on the plane. This is a random tip (and sounds counterintuitive), but we swear by it: If you’re traveling with your husband/wife/partner, don't sit together; instead, get two aisle seats far apart on the plane. Here's our story: When we arrived at the airport for our San Francisco flight, Alex and I realized that we weren't sitting together on the flight. It was too late to change our seats, and I was bummed at first, since I figured it would make the flight more difficult. But we were actually surprised to find that it made things MUCH easier for all three of us. Alex and I agreed to switch off with Toby every hour. It was GREAT for us (we each got frequent breaks to sleep/read/eat/watch TV/etc. and weren't on co-baby-duty for the entire flight) and GREAT for the baby (it was fun and refreshing to see mom/dad each time we switched and kept things interesting throughout the long flight).
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