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Choosing Toys For Your Kids
Consider Age & Gender
Age is a very important determinant of a person's likings and preferences and so is gender. It is hard to appreciate anything that fails to suit our age. Similarly, a young kid would not be happy, if handed a toddler's toys and vice-versa. Similarly, toys that are more appropriate for boys may not be liked by girls and the same thing goes for boys as well. Some apparent boys' toys such as stuffed dinosaur presents are not suitable for girls, and vice-versa. Choose toys that make sense for your child's age and gender, lest they end up serving no purpose.
Seek Opinion
One of the best tips to choose toys for your children comprises of seeking their opinion. There is nothing more important than to consult your kids and know their preferences. Who else than the children themselves can determine which toys they will like? Ask your child, rather take him/her to the toy shop and let him/her choose toys of his/her liking. However, a toddler may not be able to decide on his/her choices perfectly and you will have to check out his/her expressions to decipher the toy that he/she likes the best.
Recall Your Childhood
Trying to recall what you liked as a child will be of great help, while buying toys for your kids. It is, usually, said that one needs to think like a child to understand a child completely. Your choices as a child may be different from your own child, but the basic mindset will surely remain the same. It will help you better determine what toys the child will prefer. If not that, at least you know what toys you didn't like at all and will be able to avoid them altogether.
Go For Educative Toys
Though toys mainly serve the purpose of playing and fun, they are should be educative as well. Children learn better while playing, because they feel completely stress-free at that time. Play helps them communicate ideas and develop many other important skills. So, go for toys that can educate your child and involve him/her in some mental or creative activity, like puzzles, crayons, etc. Do keep in mind the age factor, when you choose educative toys.
Ensure Safety
While selecting toys for your child, it is important to make sure that they are totally safe to play with. Don't buy toys that can harm your child or jeopardize his/her safety in any way. Toddlers, especially, can't be expected to be too careful while playing, so in their case, you will have to exercise extra caution. Do not buy toys that are too advanced for your child's age, as he/she might get injured because of them.
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1) ALWAYS request an itimized bill from your hospital and check it. Especialy if you have a baby boy. Some hospitals auto bill for Cerc regardless if it was performed or not, or you might be billed for an Epi when you didn't have one. etc. If you find a mistake, call the hospital billing department, they can fix it, even if they already sent the org to the insurance.
2) You have to call your HR department (if the insurance is through work) AND the insurance company to add your new child to the policy. Usually within 30 days. it doesn't hurt to call before hand to ask the timeframe, or check the insurance or HR website.
Making sure you do these 2 things can save you THOUSANDS of dollars in hospital charges.
and 3) - (not really insurance related, but is hospital bill related) If you have OTC stuff that you can take with you to the hospital to take, do so. especialy if you will have to pay a percentage of the cost of your stay. Take your own prenatals, tylonol, asthma meds, breast pads, etc. unless you want the hospitals. Be sure you tell the nurse you have OTC meds and when you can take them so they can write it down on your chart. It's not uncommon for a hopsital to charge crazy $ for a single dose of something you could have brought with you instead. I have seen claims with prenatal vit single dose (one pill) be $25.View Thread




Most hospitals charge you like 3 times the cost amount for the medical items they give you. I.E. hemorriod cream, tucks pads, dermoplast spray, prenatal vitamins, tylenol, etc. My suggestion is that you go the store and buy a few of these items and bring them with you and refuse theirs! I was even charged $18 for a breast shield thing to help with breastfeeding. You can buy one of those at Babies R Us for only $7.
The things I suggest you buy and bring to your labor: Tylenol, prenatal vitamins, hemorroid medication (if you don't have any now you more than likely will get some with all of that pushing during labor!), breastfeeding accessories and breast pump, etc.
And I also suggest requesting a detail of the billing to make sure they charged you right. I was charged for 14 cans of Dermaplast. Who in their right mind would use 14 cans during 2 days of stay? Crazy! I didn't even use one. I was also charged over $100 for breastpump kit which I was never given!View Thread













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Hope you all have healthy babies and speedy deliveries! By the way, I did not glow with my pregnancies. Try to enjoy everything about it.View Thread

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