‘What are you thankful for?’ CONTEST WINNER
Our Thanksgiving Contest has come to an end! It was a very nice and easy first contest for me to run. We used Random.org to pick the winner.
Cynthia Powell is the winner of our very first contest giveaway. Cynthia owns Chicks & Cubs, a great place to find unique baby keepsakes including baby shoe bronzing, as well as an enormous amount of child safety products.
It is so nice to meet other Moms and learn about them and their families. I highly recommend visiting Cynthia’s site and be sure to visit her Loot4Mama Giveaway.
Cynthia will be able to shop at Kidz Comfort and pick out her free toddler size travel pillow.
Please be sure to visit us often. We will be launching a much larger giveaway in the next few days. We were fortunate enough to receive quite a few great gift items to giveaway! STAY TUNED.
‘What are you thankful for?’ CONTEST
Enter for your chance to win a Toddler Size Travel Pillow by adding your own Comment below…
With Thanksgiving fast approaching, our kids are talking about what they are thankful for. It is always a subject this time of the year in their schools. I look forward to seeing what they’ve created just prior to Thanksgiving showing exactly what they are thankful for.
At my 4-yr old’s pre-school, he made such a cute little picture with his quote “I am thankful for my new sneakers.” They always make me chuckle. But, at the same time, I want to make sure they realize how fortunate we really are. We talk about how fortunate we are to have each other, a roof over our heads and we are not hungry like others may be.
I am thankful for my family. They truly make me want to be a better person. I try hard to be a good person every single day…for them.
With this in mind, I thought what better way to to kick off the upcoming Holidays than to start up a contest. Just leave me a comment stating what you are thankful for and you will be entered to win a toddler size travel pillow. You can also subscribe to our newsletter to enter.
Entries must be received by midnight EST Wednesday, November 26th. A winner will be randomly chosen before Friday, November 28th at midnight EST.
We hope to hear from you! And good luck.
raelynn @ Kidz Comfort
Top 10 Christmas Gifts for Kids 4-8 years old
I know, I know…IT’S TOO EARLY TO BE THINKING ABOUT CHRISTMAS SHOPPING! Yet, most of us are. I know I am. I want to find the perfect gifts for my two little boys. I can’t wait to see the excitement in their eyes on Christmas morning when they open the gift(s) they always wanted.
Like many Americans, we are on a tighter budget this year, so we are looking for great gifts at reasonable prices. We are thinking long and hard about our choices. Will they truly be interested in this item, enough to make the price worth paying? Can we see them using it for more than a few months? Is it age appropriate?
With these concerns in mind, we have made a top 10 list for Christmas gift ideas for children between the ages of 4 and 8 years old. Of course, use your own judgement with regards to how your own kids will understand and be able to use these suggestions.
- Mouse Trap Game
is a great gift to help enhance a child’s coordination and thinking skills. Our boys LOVE this game.
- Why Don’t Eyelashes Grow Book
- Monopoly Junior
- Marble Mania Genius
- Ultimate LEGO Building Set
- ScienceWiz Chemistry Experiments Kit
- Leapfrog Leapster Learning Game System
- IlluStory Make Your Own Story
- Melissa & Doug Underwater Floor Puzzle
- Planet Heroes Action Figure Gift Set
I hope you’ve found this to be helpful in your Christmas shopping quest. For more shopping ideas, visit Amazon.com Toys & Games
And, if you haven’t heard of this yet, Amazon.com now offers Frustration Free Shopping! I am certain that you can related to the hour long struggle trying to get those little metal twisties undone, as if you were trying to get into Fort Knox. Well, now they offer frustration-free packaging for your convenience! Great news.
Take care!
raelynn @ Kidz Comfort
My First Experience with Night Terrors
When my son was somewhere around the age of two, he suddenly began waking up during the middle of the night crying. Not just a simple cry though. It was a terrifying screaming cry. My husband and I would rush into our little boy’s room and ask franticly, “WHAT’S WRONG, WHAT’S WRONG?” We would pick him up, but he would thrash and kick until we put him on the floor where he proceeded to throw himself around, still screaming at the top of his lungs. This would happen every few nights, usually lasting at least an hour each time, and this wouldn’t stop for a couple years!
Like many new parents, we had never heard of night terrors. We had absolutely no idea what was going on. Was he in pain? Should we take him to the hospital? How stressful to be so out of control and unable to help your own child. Years have past and our son is now five. We have not seen a night terror in a year or so (thank goodness!) but the memories are still etched in our minds.
This story is not uncommon. The ending, however, is always the same…the night terrors eventually stop when the child grows out of them. The main goal is to keep them safe during these events.
Here, several Moms share their own stories:
Shawna Zaludek of Ballerinas and Buckaroos wrote:
My oldest who is now 11 went through night terrors from around the age of 3 to the age of 4. She would wake up screaming, usually in a terrible sweat. I was a young mother and did not know what I was dealing with. I took her to her doctor and due to a very traumatic divorce (her father was a very violent man) she developed night terrors from stress. My heart would break every time I heard her screaming, when I did try to rouse her it usually resulted in her being more upset and very confused. I was so thankful when she finally outgrew this, what a heartbreaking ordeal for a parent to go through as you feel that your hands are tied and you cannot “kiss” the hurt away.
Cathryn Weaver of www.MiraclesWithWater.com and www.DrinkTheRightWater.com wrote: Our perfectly normal, happy, and very healthy 11 month old boy started this and turned us all upside down and inside out with concern. I read everything I could get my hands on and as it turned out, the ROOM DECOR seemed to be the trigger. I had gone from calm baby blue to not-too-bright yellow with green accents and I had a very brightly multi-colored owl on his wall near his bed. I walked him around his room during the day in the light and he played with his toys in his room and all was well, but at night, a totally different story. I don’t know if you have recently redecorated or moved, but for us, the decor was the problem. I removed the owl and no more night terrors. I know this is awful for you and I hope it does not last too long.
Sherri Frushon, CEO of Baby Huggables wrote: I have a son who is now 24 but when he was younger, he went through about 5 years of having night terrors. He would walk the hall way at night, sound to sleep, flapping his hands like a bird in the air, calling out and reaching out.
I had to put up gates every where so he would not fall down the stairs or get in to things he was not suppose to get in to while he was walking around. These lasted until he was about 6 years old.
My other younger daughter who is now 11 years old, had night terrors from about 3 years of age to about age 8. She too would walk the hall way at night and knock with her fist on the walls and keep knocking and crying out loud. She looked like she was awake but in reality was never awake during any of these night terrors. I would gently guide her back to her own bed and help her back in to her bed and make sure she was comfortable and she was ok prior to leaving her room. I did set up gates at night so she would not get herself hurt.
After having been exposed to two (2) children who suffered through these horrible night terrors I did some research and a low carb diet with minimal sugar is highly suggested to those children who suffer through night terrors. It is never recommended that you wake up a child who is having a night terror, but lead them back in to their bed and softly speak to them and tell the child everything is going to be ok, prior to leaving the room.
I also read that night terrors will go away by the age of six (6) however, this was not the case with either of my children. My son was around age of seven (7) when he out grew the night terrors and my daughter stopped having night terrors at age eight (8).
I do believe diet prior to bed has a huge control in night terrors, no caffeine or chocolate of any kind, low carbs and less sugar is best.
Jen Edwards of Kids’ Keys to Success wrote: Great of you to post this topic…It really freaked me out the first time it happened.
My daughter was almost three. We had a normal night…nothing different about the day, nor with her bedtime routine. At 7:30 we read our bedtime story and tucked her in. She soon fell asleep to the humming of her humidifier and at 3 am I was startled out of my own restful sleep with a blood curdling scream. I ran to her room (I don’t remember my feet hitting the floor).
She was standing straight up in bed and screaming unlike any noise I have ever heard before. I picked her up and held her, but she didn’t melt into my arms like she normally does (like with a nightmare). finally she calmed and like she never noticed the noise or disruption she quietly went back to sleep. My nerves where shot from my adrenalin hit and I felt frazzled and dazed.
The next morning she didn’t remember it and I exhausted from adrenalin withdrawal the rest of the day.
I came to learn more about night terrors and how common they are. I wish I had known that before her first one!
Kathy Stuhr of Shaklee wrote: My daughter used to have night terrors when she was still in a crib. She would wake up screaming at the top of her lungs. Eyes wide open but you could see she was still asleep . I would pick her up and she would point to ’something’ and I would walk around the whole house thinking she wanted something. Finally, I would just sit in the rocking chair with her screaming and would do that until she fell back asleep which could be up to 1/2 hour. She didn’t have them often but when she did they were frightening…she probably had 3 or 4 of them. She didn’t sleep thru the night consistently until she was 17 months old….boy was I tired.
Candace of www.sonbeams.com wrote: I’m not sure I could say my son had night terrors, but he has gone through a spell where he’s woken up many nights obviously bothered about something. He’s 4, and it’s hard to explain sometimes exactly what he’s thinking. But he has talked about dreams, and some of the things he’s told us would make them ’scary’ dreams. THANKFULLY, I came across a website due to some health concerns, and strange enough – I believe he ONLY has trouble sleeping on nights when he’s had sugary foods before bed. Candida (yeast overgrowth) DOES cause nightmares and such, and once I began paying attention to when we ate ‘bad’ foods for this – it did appear linked to the nights he ate those foods!
Got your own Night Terror story?
Increasing Website Traffic
There is so much info out there about how to increase your website or blog traffic. It is almost head-spinning amounts of information. I would love to hear from some experts and non-experts alike. I know what my favorites are, but what tactics do you use? What resources have you found to be most useful?
I’d love to share your thoughts, ideas and also links with others. Please include any link info in your post.
thanks!
Did Kids Actually Address Palin?
I recently saw a YouTube video where young girls are addressing Sarah Palin regarding very serious issues. Alaskan women and girls are raped at a number of over 2.5% more than in the United States. This statistic is blamed on her directly and how she has neglected the need for more or higher paid state troopers in her state.
The YouTube video itself makes it appear as though these young girls are somewhat begging for her not to do the same thing in the United States if she were to become Vice President.
My question to you…Do you feel that this type of ad is inappropriate because adversaries of Palin are clearly using young girls to persuade voters to vote democrat? Is it no holds barred when it comes to politics? Would this type of ad convince you that voting for Palin would cause the same issues in the U.S., or just say something about her charater? Were kids clearly used?
I’d love to hear your thoughts.
raelynn @ Kidz Comfort
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