From: Babies Online Newsletters [noreply@babiesonline.com] Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 9:59 AM To: ccmchp@bacavalley.com Subject: The Babies Online Zine - October 2006 Welcome to the Babies Online Zine A Monthly Newsletter from BabiesOnline.com October 2006 - over 400,000 subscribers Please forward this newsletter to a friend! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IN THIS NEWSLETTER YOU'LL FIND ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. Special Offers for BabiesOnline Subscribers: Free Enfamil A.R. Lipil for Spit Up, and Free Contact Lenses for Moms 2. Featured Article - Fussy Babies 3. Featured Freebies - Take Advantage of These Free Offers! 4. Baby, You Should Be In Pictures Contest Update 5. Parenting Advice - The Potty Training Readiness Quiz 6. Child Safety Tip - My Baby Hates His Car Seat! 7. This Month's Baby Horoscope - Happy Birthday Scorpio! 8. Suggestions - What Do YOU Want? 9. Don't Forget! 10. 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It can be intermittent or at times last all day. With fussiness guessing what is wrong with your baby and helping them feel better can take hours to accomplish. It isn’t always an easy answer. A fussy baby will generally not cry, but make little and constant growling/groaning type noises. Enough to catch your attention and let you know something is wrong, but not enough to pinpoint the problem after you have learned to understand your baby’s different types of crying. Reasons Fussiness May Occur There are many reasons that your baby might be fussy. These include, but are not limited too: *Tired *Hungry *Wet/Dirty *Gas *Upset stomach *Reaction to lactose *Shots *Upcoming cold or other illness There are probably 100 other reasons why your baby is fussy. But what can you do about it? Read more of this article at Babies Online: http://www.babiesonline.com/articles/baby/fussybabies.asp ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. 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Baby, You Should Be In Pictures Contest Update ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Congratulations Madaline Ryan, September's Grand Prize Photo Contest Winner! We are still voting for October's Family Portraits Winner! We will be accepting entries for November's - Masquerade Month Contest until 11/14, 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. Parenting Advice - The Potty Training Readiness Quiz ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ By Elizabeth Pantley, Author of The No-Cry Potty Training Solution Potty training is easier and happens faster if your child is truly ready in all three areas: physical, cognitive and social. But the big question is: how do you know when your child is ready? If you have never traveled this road before, you likely don’t even know what signs to look for. Take this quiz to find out where your child is on the readiness spectrum. 1. I can tell by watching that my child is wetting or filling his diaper: a. Never. b. Sometimes. c. Usually. 2. My toddler's diaper needs to be changed: a. Frequently, every hour or two. b. It varies. c. Every two to three hours--sometimes less frequently. 3. My child understands the meaning of wet, dry, clean, wash, sit, and go: a. No. b. Some of them. c. Yes. 4. When my child communicates her needs, she... To continue this article please direct your browser to: http://www.babiesonline.com/articles/pantley/readinessquiz.asp ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. Child Safety Tip - My Baby Hates His Car Seat! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Awe, a peaceful newborn that falls asleep every time you get in the car. Enjoy it while it lasts because some babies don’t find joy in car rides for very long. While some babies can be soothed and put to sleep when fussy with a ride in the car, other babies begin to detest car rides once they get past the first few weeks of constant sleeping. If your baby suddenly starts disliking his car seat, do some trial and error to see if there is a simple explanation. Check to make sure the baby isn’t sitting on a pacifier or toy that might be at the wrong angle. Check the straps on the car seat to make sure they are fastened right, they aren’t too tight, or that the baby isn’t at an off angle making them pinch his legs. Also, check the height of the car seat, to make sure the baby is able to lie comfortably and that the car seat isn’t sitting up too high that the babies head falls forward. Read more of this article at Babies Online: http://www.babiesonline.com/articles/baby/hatescarseat.asp ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 7. This Month's Baby Horoscope - Scorpio ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Happy Birthday Scorpio! (October 23 - November 21) When a Scorpio baby enters the world, all eyes will focus on them. And that's exactly how it will be for a long time to come, as this baby must be the center of attention! To that end, this is quite the manipulative little tot, sucking up energy from everyone around. The Scorpio baby is also a bit mysterious, making it hard to figure out what's wrong when the crying starts. So often, it's something which is seething below the surface and will be very hard to draw out of this child. You must also consider power struggles when thinking of this child, as the Scorpio baby will expect that Mom, Dad, and everyone else will fit into their schedule and plans. Make no mistake, this is a powerful child! 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 8. 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. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9. 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