Easy Steps to Potty Training A Baby

I am still on a Zujava binge and have made my fourth and probably favorite leaf. This one is about potty training our baby boy.

This is the milestone that many parents look forward to and many parents dread. We just completed this milestone with great success and in this leaf, I give away our tips for successfully potty training our 2.5 year old boy. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it.

The Best Free Cartoons

Like all children my little boy loves cartoons. But too many cartoons are full of violence. Some violence is silly, like Elmer Fudd falling off of a cliff or an anvil hitting a rabbit in the face. Some of the violence is more dramatic, like a super hero shooting a group of criminals with a machine gun. Either way, I prefer that he does not see cartoons with such violence. So, I have searched high and low for cartoons that A) will entertain a baby and B) will not be so violent or shocking and C) are available for free on Youtube.

I have selected the some of the best cartoons on Youtube and created a lens called the Best FREE Cartoons. I have watched all of them together with my little guy and these meet with both of our approval. I hope that others can enjoy them.

These Pancakes Will Be A Hit With Your Kids

Do you want to spoil your kids? What parent or grandparent doesn't? Are you trying to get your kids to eat? We are. Our little guy is a super picky eater.

If you fall into one of the two groups above check out Jims Pancakes. You will be amazed by the level of creativity that Jim has come up with. Jim can turn a pancake into a fairy tale dream that would make Walt Disney proud.

Also, Jim is smart enough to use his "cute as a bug's ear" daughter as model for many of his pancakes. So, Jim's website combines creativity with a sweetness that will warm the heart of any parent. (My little guy is equally as adorable, but unfortunately his dad is not quite as creative as Jim).

Free Baby Songs

As I posted earlier, our baby loves baby songs. Baby songs are sometimes the fastest way to comfort him when he is in a bad mood. And you know, baby songs are not only entertaining but also educational. Some baby songs teach the alphabet, other baby songs teach about colors and other baby songs teach the numbers. If you are looking for FREE baby songs, Youtube is a great source of free baby songs, but you could spend hours sorting through them to find some baby songs which are entertaining and educational. We were doing that for a while and then decided to make a Squidoo page of our favorite free baby songs so that we would not always have to seach for them.

Our baby loves his baby songs so much if we travel or go to a restaurant we always take some of our baby's favorite baby songs on a small net computer. The baby songs make the journey so much more pleasant for everyone. How do we do it? You can convert YouTube songs into AVI files with Zamzar for free. AVI files will play on windows media player. Then with a small laptop or net computer you can take your free baby songs with you where ever you go.

Baby Products: Ten ESSENTIAL baby products every parent must have

Before our baby was born, I made a lens about baby products that I thought we would need. I was wrong.

Now, with the benefit of hindsight I have used our experience to update our lens with the ten baby products that we believe are absolutely essential. I have never seen a list like this before. Please have a look and let me know if you agree or disagree.

Plus we have included some reviews of the hits and flops that we bought. I will give a hint here. One of the essential products was footed pajamas. Our baby lives in his footies.

The worst? We bought two of the best known swaddlers on the market. Some babies love swaddlers, or so we hear. Our baby HATED swaddlers. He voiced his opinion about the swaddlers from day one. Our little Houdini struggled his way out of both swaddlers nearly everytime that we put him in one. After a few weeks we surrendered. He won and we stopped using them.

Baby Songs : Our Baby's Favorite Baby Songs

Have you searched for entertaining, education and fun songs for your baby? After going through many many songs, we made a selection of our baby's favorites songs. It was helpful for us, because now all of his songs are in one place. But it might be helpful to you too.

Finding the right baby song is difficult to do. Some songs were to scary for our baby. Some were too boring for us. Some songs were too noisey and made him cry. The songs here are fun, educational and easy to listen to both for our baby and for us.

These songs are all branded Super Simple Songs. Some of the best are made by Jeremy. The others are their animated songs. Check out these excellent baby songs.

What Are the ESSENTIAL things we must have when our baby is born?

We are expecting a baby! We are starting to get ready for the birth of our first baby in about four months time. Soon, we are going to start buying things. We would like your help in creating our shopping list. Can you help us to identify the top 10 items we absolutely, positively MUST have when our baby is born?

I am not talking about the nice-to-haves. I am talking about the must haves. What must we absolutely have when we bring our baby home from the hospital on the very first day?

Don't leave your comments here on the blog. I have created a lens where I have started to chronical the baby products we are buying now, for example pre-natal vitamins and baby books. At the top of the lens you will find a list voting module. Please add your suggestions there. Most importantly, PLEASE VOTE! That way the most important items will go to the top of the list.