A new website has recently been launched to help us learn about infant nutrition and development. InfantNutritionCenter.com takes us on a unique and powerful visual journey through infant nutrition and development. You will learn how proper nutrition shapes development and how individual nutrients affect the senses, bone formation, and the immune system of infants. As a mom of two, I learned a thing or two that I didn’t even know before! Through the site, you can explore and learn the latest research findings through video, pictures, and graphics, in depth questions like why infant eyesight depends on getting enough DHA and what key nutrients contribute to the healthy growth of your child’s brain.

This is definitely a mom resource, but I think anybody interested in human development (especially babies) would find this site helpful. The information on here is taken from the leading health centers and researchers across the country.  This site is a great way to learn about nutrition for both you and your baby.

I wrote this review while participating in a blog campaign by Mom Central on behalf of Mead Johnson. Mom Central sent me a gift card to thank me for taking the time to participate.

I know that a lot of people out there don’t know how to use Twitter while for a lot of us, we could Twitter in our sleep.  That being said, I have come across a Twitter ebook that can definitely help both newbies and old hands.  My favorite part of this Twitter ebook is that it is written at level that anyone could understand.  These are tried tips that really do work.  Things like why you need to put up a profile picture right away are explained as well as when and how to use direct message function of twitter.  As a person who understands the ins and outs of Twitter, I personally appreciated the list of Twitter tools out there and the uses for each.  There were many tools I had not heard of before, but now will be trying.

If you want to learn how to use Twitter more effectively or just learn how to use it at all, definitely check out the Twitter ebook:  How to Twitter Successfully and Gain Followers.

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Another great cause I have to let you all know about is from Bumble Bee Foods. From 4/1/09 – 10/31/09, Bumble Bee Foods will donate 15 cents for every mile you log over at BeeWellMiles.com (up to $200,000) to Breast Cancer Network of Strength. This is a charity that provides emotional support to women with breast cancer. It is super easy too — all you have to do is log the miles you walk and run each day. That’s it!

It is quite easy to rack up several miles daily. If you look at my pedometer above, I’ve already earned about $1.50 already! Granted, that is a couple of days worth of steps, but still. Without even trying (since we’ve had nothing but cold and snow here in Chicago), I was able to raise that much already! Not only can you walk for a good cause, you can lose inches from your waistline too!

The BeeWell Miles website is great place for resources too! Besides logging you miles, you can learn how many calories you’ve burned, how many miles your route is, and see how your activity and nutrition offset one another. (That’s just a couple of things. There is a lot more on the site to check out.) The best thing has to be that you can instantly win one of 15,000 prizes they are giving away. All you have to do is log your miles or game codes from your pink Bumble Bee cans.

Lose weight. Raise money for a good cause. What else could you ask for?

Madison is now 5, but she’s been online for quiet a while. She actually knows how to use a computer better than her grandmothers! My fear with letting her on sites like Playhouse Disney and Noggin is that it is super easy for her to end up where she shouldn’t be.  She has often clicked things she shouldn’t.  My fear has always been that somehow she will get herself on a porn site.  The other problem we have is that if she ends up back on the desktop she ends up renaming files on us.  She’s actually just trying to get back to where she is, but it can be messy at times.

Now, the Kido’z Browser takes care of all the problems you’ll have when you let your little ones online.  The system blocks links, scripts, and any other attempts that lead to sites and content which have not been approved, preventing them being viewed by the children.  The parental control account is a parents only, password protected area which allows the parents to manage their kid’s account and content.  Now all content is sent through their moderators.  However, you are able to adjust what your kids see.  You can also easily add content like websites and videos (which for us is great because there is some great stuff on YouTube).  The really cool part of that is that you can share what you added.  The content will be added (after moderation) to the public content stream and others will have access to what you added!  As you can see from the picture to the left also, it is super easy for the kids to navigate.  They don’t have to be able to read to use this browser either(which is great in my house!).

Best of all, this browser is free.  It is a free download and comes with no spyware and no adware.  You can easily protect your kids, and it won’t break the bank for you!  If you have little ones in your house (like me) who use the computer, I highly recommend trying this out.

When looking for a new host for your website or your blog, make sure you do your research.  Not all hosting companies are created equal.  My needs (since I have 5 blogs) may be completely different than yours.  I personally have only used two hosts (bluehost and hostgator), so I can only give you my experience with those.  I have helped people with their blogs on other hosts and can give a limited opinion on those.  However, you can’t always go by one person.  That is where sites like Web Hosting Geeks come into play.  You are able to see how real people voted on the various hosts.  I personally can’t stand Bluehost (they told me to take my old blog posts and put them on a static page which basically defeats the purpose of a blog).  However, they do get some good reviews.  Again, it depends on what you need.  If you leave a review, it does actually get posted to the site!  I left one a while back, and I see it on the Bluehost reviews.  If you leave feedback, it does get used!  I would definitely check them out if you are looking for hosting.  They are a great place to start your research.