From: Babies Online Newsletters [noreply@babiesonline.com] Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 9:59 AM To: ccmchp@bacavalley.com Subject: The Babies Online Zine - December 2006 Welcome to the Babies Online Zine A Monthly Newsletter from BabiesOnline.com December 2006 - over 400,000 subscribers Merry Christmas & Happy New Year! Please forward this newsletter to a friend! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IN THIS NEWSLETTER YOU'LL FIND ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. Special Offers for BabiesOnline Subscribers: Free Sample of Enfamil® Gentlease™ LIPIL® 2. What's New - 40 New Holiday and Winter Backgrounds! 3. Featured Article - Family Gift Ideas For The Holidays 4. Featured Freebies - Take Advantage of These Free Offers! 5. Baby, You Should Be In Pictures Contest Update 6. Parenting Advice - Diaper Bags 7. Child Safety Tip - Cutting Your Baby's Fingernails 8. This Month's Baby Horoscope - Happy Birthday Capricorn! 9. Suggestions - What Do YOU Want? 10. Don't Forget! 11. Copyright & Subscription Information If your email program does not support clickable links, or if you would rather see our newsletter in your web browser, please direct your browser to http://www.babiesonline.com/newsletters/dec2006.asp for an HTML version of this newsletter. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. Special Offers for BabiesOnline Subscribers ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Get a Free Sample of Enfamil® Gentlease™ LIPIL® http://images.wwwomen.com/enfamil/tol/ge/enfamil_ge_news.cgi Enfamil® Gentlease™ LIPIL® is specially formulated for babies with fussiness or gas: 1. Easy-to-digest milk proteins that are partially broken down 2. A balance of carbohydrates with reduced levels of lactose*, designed for babies with fussiness or gas 3. Offers LIPIL®, our blend of DHA and ARA, key nutrients also found in breast milk that promote brain and eye development *Approximately 1/4 the lactose of a full-lactose, routine, milk-based formula Get your FREE sample at http://images.wwwomen.com/enfamil/tol/ge/enfamil_ge_news.cgi AOL Users Click Here ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. What's New - 40 New Background Sets! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Just in time for Christmas! We've added 40 new holiday, winter, and New Year sets for your baby's web page! Please log in to your Member Account at http://www.babiesonline.com/members to update your account today! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. Featured Article: Family Gift Ideas For The Holidays ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Now that you are a parent you might find it harder to shop for friends and relatives throughout the year whether there is a birthday coming up, or the busy holiday season. Maybe after your first baby it was still easy, but now that you are on baby two, three or more you are finding it hard to simply find time for yourself, much less time to shop for others. Unfortunately, just because you don't have time, it doesn't mean that the holidays will wait. That brings up the question, how do you spend the least amount of time and get the most quality out of your gift purchases once you have little ones at home you are taking care of? Pictures! Photographs of your child, your children, or your whole family are great gifts for family and friends. Many members of the family, like grandparents, will be happy with ONLY receiving a picture of their grandkids. You can buy inexpensive picture packages at places like Sears and Target, or take your own pictures and go to Clark Photos (http://www.bolads.com/clarknews.asp) to print out the quantity and sizes that you want. Lottery Tickets, Home Baked Goods, and More! 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See http://www.babiesonline.com/offers for details * Find these freebies (and over 100 more!) on our Free Stuff for Parents page! http://www.babiesonline.com/links/free_stuff/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. Baby, You Should Be In Pictures Contest Update ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Congratulations Daniella Marie, November's Grand Prize Photo Contest Winner! We are still voting for December's - Christmas & Holidays (no Santa pictures) Winner! We will be accepting entries for January's - Winter Fun Contest until 1/14, so be sure to start organizing your November photos! To enter your baby's picture, view the list of current prizes, or plan for future themes, please direct your browser to: http://www.babiesonline.com/babycontest ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. Parenting Advice - Diaper Bags ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ By Elizabeth Pantley, Author of No Cry Sleep Solution Question I’m pregnant and trying to do everything I can now to get ready for my baby. Can you tell me what I need to know about diaper bags? What should I buy, and what should I put in it? Learn about it I’ve gone through about ten diaper bags in the last fifteen years. One thing I noticed is that with each baby my diaper bag has gotten smaller! With my first baby I was ready for anything; I put everything imaginable into my diaper bag and lugged it all from place to place. I also continued to carry a purse, so by the time I added coats and a baby, I needed a U-Haul just to get from the house to the car! By now, I’ve reached baby number four and my diaper bag is ten inches by nine inches – and it even contains my wallet and cell phone! So, to save you a few years, and an aching back, I’ll share what I’ve learned about this ever-present baby necessity. What kind of diaper bag should I buy? Diaper bags have come a long way over the years. Many today are stylish carry-everything bags with compartments for all your belongings. While there are an endless assortment of choices, but there are similarities between bags, so here are the basic styles... To continue this article please direct your browser to: http://www.babiesonline.com/articles/pantley/diaperbags.asp ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 7. Child Safety Tip - Cutting Your Baby's Fingernails ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cutting your baby's fingernails can be a nerve-wracking, daunting task. It often seems that as soon as you cut them they need cutting again and normally you have to fight with a wiggling baby in order to get that little bitty nail. New parents often find themselves dumb founded when it comes to knowing HOW they are going to get their newborns nails cut. Pick Your Time The best time to cut your baby's nails is when he is most calm. Many people suggest doing it while your baby is in a deep sleep because they will hopefully not move. Sometimes however a baby will wake up or flex making it a close call with the clippers. Others attempt to cut their babies nails while they are distracted, for instance when they are nursing. If your baby is intent on eating his meal, he may not care so much that you are playing with his hand. Your baby's already soft nails will be softest right after a bath, so cutting them during a nursing session after their bath, before bed may work for some. Pick Your Tool There are many different items you can use to cut your baby's nails. There are small clippers that were invented just for your baby; there are also small, round-tipped scissors that were created to easily cut a baby's nails. You can even use a file to file down your baby's nails. It is really an issue of trial and error. You try out each option and figure out which one works best for you and your baby. Read more of this article at Babies Online: http://www.babiesonline.com/articles/baby/cuttingfingernails.asp ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 8. This Month's Baby Horoscope - Capricorn ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Happy Birthday Capricorn! (December 22 - January 19) The Capricorn baby has a plan from day one and will definitely stick to it! A bit on the serious side, this is a child who is disciplined, methodical, and highly organized to boot. Is this really a child?! Well, yes and no. Not adventurously inclined, the Capricorn baby almost seems dull, but they are simply taking time with things, learning lessons slowly, so as to learn them well. This child enjoys feeling important from an early age, so don't hesitate to give them responsibilities. The Cap baby is up to the task! To continue this article or get an astrological profile for YOUR little one, please visit Our Sun Baby Section at http://www.babiesonline.com/Horoscope/ For entertainment purposes only. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Birthday Coming Up??? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Be sure to visit Birthday Express for all your party needs! Babies Online Members: http://www.babiesonline.com/be.asp ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9. Suggestions ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Is there something you'd like to see in our newsletter, on our web site, or available for your baby's web page? Please tell us! Direct your browser to http://www.babiesonline.com/forms/contact and let us know what you'd like to see. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 10. 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