Kiddie Yaps

Daycare Blues

Summer is almost over and for families with little children, the hunt for a reliable daycare center is on. Finding a daycare is not as easy as some people think. Parents are especially picky about this because they will be entrusting their children to...

Published Mon, Aug 08 2011 7:05 PM by Kiddie Yaps

Filed under: Children's Health and safety, money, mindset, precious ones, cleanliness and sanitation, daycare centers, regard, neighbor, horror stories, daycare center

LG Mobile ‘Schools’ BlogHer ’11 Attendees About Responsible Mobile Phone Use

body .displaytickersn{ *float:left } ]]> LG Text Ed Advisory Council Members, Jane Lynch and Rosalind Wiseman, Provide a Dose of Texting 101 Download image SAN DIEGO, Aug. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — LG Text Ed was in session this weekend at BlogHer...

Published Mon, Aug 08 2011 7:10 AM by Kiddie Yaps

Filed under: Parenting, Popular Culture, kids, children

Millennium Surgical Provides Services and Support to CURE International’s Zambian Surgical Program

body .displaytickersn{ *float:left } ]]> NARBERTH, Pa., Aug. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Millennium Surgical Corp has served as a versatile, knowledgeable source of high-quality specialty surgical instruments for more than 23 years. The company leverages...

Published Mon, Aug 08 2011 7:10 AM by Kiddie Yaps

Filed under: Parenting, Popular Culture, kids, children

Save a tree or two, use Taiwan erasable paper

TAIPEI | Mon Aug 8, 2011 1:18am EDT TAIPEI (Reuters Life!) – “i2R e-Paper” is paper but not paper as we know it — not yet, anyway, say its Taiwan developers. The product uses a thermal printer, the same kind as that used in...

Published Mon, Aug 08 2011 1:09 AM by Kiddie Yaps

Filed under: Community Life, lifestyle, living, people

"The White Mouse," WWII heroine and spy, dies at 98

SYDNEY | Mon Aug 8, 2011 2:14am EDT SYDNEY (Reuters Life!) – Nancy Wake, a much-decorated World War Two spy and Resistance heroine known as “The White Mouse” for her ability to remain undetected, and who at one point was the Gestapo’s...

Published Mon, Aug 08 2011 1:09 AM by Kiddie Yaps

Filed under: Community Life, lifestyle, living, people

A Product That Works

It is really nice to come across something that actually works–it seems like it doesn’t happen very often, so I thought I would share it with you when it did. The other day my son was coloring, with markers, on the couch, and we ended up with...

Published Sun, Aug 07 2011 9:56 PM by Kiddie Yaps

Filed under: Family Life, washcloth, hardware store, 30 minutes, clorox, upholstery cleaner, marker, couch cushion

Snow Day

Or ice day, as the case may be. Where I live, we get very little snow, but a ton of ice. The effect is the same, though–5 people stuck in the same house together for 72 hours or more. Usually we consider it a nice, roomy house, but on these days...

Published Sun, Aug 07 2011 9:57 AM by Kiddie Yaps

Filed under: Family Life, socks, patience, mom, dad, beds, deep breath, chores, dishes, snow days, trilogies, star wars, good time, vacuum, board games, bakes, shrek, indiana jones

FBI launches free Child ID app

NEW YORK | Fri Aug 5, 2011 5:02pm EDT NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) – The FBI has launched a new app, its first mobile application, for parents to store and access pictures and other vital information about their children in case they ever go missing...