10 Things You Can Do Now To Prepare For Hurricane Season

Written by Denise O'Berry


The 2005 hurricane season is right aroundrepparttar corner and runs for six months from June 1, 2005 to November 30, 2005. According to a recent survey fromrepparttar 138112 National Hurricane Survival Initiative,repparttar 138113 residents in hurricane prone states -- from Maine to Texas -- aren't anywhere near prepared for what they might face. Here are 10 quick tips to help you prepare.

1. Duringrepparttar 138114 off season isrepparttar 138115 time to stock up on supplies -- batteries, water and non-perishable food. If you wait until a hurricane is approaching, your chances of findingrepparttar 138116 items you need are not ideal.

2. Buy a small plastic carrying case for your important papers. Keep it filled and updated during hurricane season so all you have to do is grab and go if you have to evacuate.

3. Save that ice. Atrepparttar 138117 beginning of hurricane season start using that ice that builds up in your icemaker. Fill up several plastic bags with ice and store them in your freezer.

4. Have at least two coolers. One for drinks and one for food. You might also want to have a third cooler on hand forrepparttar 138118 stuff you will use most often. That way you aren't opening allrepparttar 138119 coolers frequently and lettingrepparttar 138120 ice melt.

Facts about infant crying – the “healthy reasons”

Written by F.P. Larson


Infant crying can be frustrating and frighteningly for parents. When you are unable to calm your baby, you forget that all babies cries, crying isrepparttar way babies communicate. An average infant cries an average 2-3 hours per day. As we all (hopefully) know, there are no such things as an average infant and parents have enough to cope with to use a stopwatch on their baby and calculate crying averages.

Therefore, what arerepparttar 138067 reasons for infant crying? Let us first look atrepparttar 138068 “healthy” reasons:

1. Hunger. Hunger isrepparttar 138069 most common reason for crying. Is it more than one hour since your baby ate? Is it more than 2 hours since you breastfed your baby? Hunger might berepparttar 138070 reason for crying. An infant eats quite frequently, especiallyrepparttar 138071 first weeks after birth.

2. Wet diaper. Wet diapers are uncomfortable. Changerepparttar 138072 diaper and see if it helps.

3. Need of body contact. Maybe your infant wants you to hold it. Especiallyrepparttar 138073 first weeks after birth body contact are very important forrepparttar 138074 child. Besides, by pickingrepparttar 138075 baby up when it is crying, you give an important signal: “I care about you”.

4. Gas pain. Gas pain is common after eating. Try to get your baby to burp. A good advice is to letrepparttar 138076 baby burp several times during eating in addition to a final burp after eating.

5. Too hot or cold. Infants cry if they feel too hot or too cold. Check if your infant is too hot or too cold and remove or add more clothes.

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