Different paid leave programs for moms in newjersey

As an expecting mom, it excites when you think about your new om to be role. Have proper planning and get more details on what are all the holiday options available for new moms in the state of New Jersey
There are basically two types of paid leave programs :
NJ Term Disability Insurance :
This is a holiday option you can avail based on physical condition of the applicant who are considered disabled. As per NJ law pregnant women are eligible to avail this option 4 weeks before due date, 6 to 8 weeks after baby is born depending on normal delivery, cesarean . This is based on recommendation from physician who gives confirmation on how long the person can avail leave and how long this can be extended without issues
NJ family leave Program called Bond with new child :
This leave option is available to father, mother siblings below 19 years of age
This leave option offers 2/3rd's of average weekly wage capped annually. To know more contact NJ department of labor and workforce development by applying online in their website to avoid delays

Save big on baby registry with proper planning

The best moment a couple can cherish throughout their life is the day mom to be pees and the cute stick shows a plus. Life turns positive with a simple plus sign in pregnancy stick. Now, the responsibility starts and we think of making more and saving better for the sake of our cute lovable blessing.
As a responsible parent to be with proper planning it is possible to have your baby registry for near zero dollars. The ideal time to start creating baby registry would be beginning of 8th month and it will take on an average one week to  10 days to collect all necessary details. Give sufficient time for shipment of certain items like crib, car chair that might have little delays with shipment
Follow these simple steps and you will be amazed to see that simple things gives you best results.

1. Look for credit card with maximum points during sign-up
2. Cards pay you as high as 50,000 points during sign-up for purchases in range of $3000 to $4000 within first few months of sign-up
3. First three months one of the partner can sign-up and avail this offer
4. Next three months second partner can sign-up and avail the offer
5. On an average you can expect minimum $700+ in statement credit that can be made use of for baby registry purchase
6. Set up baby registry with target.com, Amazon mom's etc and see that they offer bulk discount on total upon initial purchase. Hence it is necessary to have complete list of newborn baby registry checklist handy to get best deal and discounts. You can plan for first six months worth of diaper, clothing upon initial registry purchase with bulk coupon discount
7. Make purchase with discount coupon, statement credit and make your purchase a charm

Here is something detailed on baby registry:
The first step to welcome home our newborn little bundle of joy is to start shopping furniture for our cute loved ones. To start with we need to plan the newborn baby registry that covers the items that are considered essentially important, important and optional before bringing home the cute little blessing.
As with pregnancy, new born baby checklist creation is a planning and journey. In today's world we have ton lot of information that is both boon and bane. We are left with 100's of 1000's of brands, products and options to choose from. The difficult thing is that we are not able to zero down on products easily as the key attributes that differentiate one product from another has become real minimal.
The talent of a parent to be dad and mom lies in their talent to find the best product. Lets start with what is needed, if it is essentially important or optional, what key attributes make this stand apart, what is the real use case of this.
This is a newborn baby checklist based on real-life experience and use case
Baby Travel System - When you want to bring home baby, you should show that you own proper car seat that fits properly in your car. When you return from hospital, your maternity nurse will walk all the way to your car with your new car seat and show you how to fit this properly so that the baby is safe. You are not allowed to take home baby without a car seat. These days stroller and car seat are integrated. This bundle is branded as travel system. There are many popular brands like Graco, Chicco that sell car seat, stroller separately as well as integrated travel system. There are many reviews online regarding the safety, comfort of car seat, price comparison, material used for car seat etc. Also, there are interesting discussions on buying old versus new car seat. Lets talk about this in a detailed post for lots of information on how to choose the one that fits your bill. For now, we definitely need a car seat and a baby travel system is something that can be definitely considered
Crib - There are lots and lots of reviews and views on whether a crib is needed or bed is sufficient. Also, many of us don't know what to choose between crib or bassinet. Here is a real-life review of crib. In our opinion crib is needed and not needed. Again we don't want to confuse. Lets keep it simple. A baby will find it extremely comfortable to sleep in a comforter on the floor. However, if you have a bed you can let them sleep in bed during daytime. However, during night time if you think on safety of baby crib is the way to go. Bassinet can be used during day-time and night-time. But, crib will serve as toddler bed and definitely has long-term benefit. Standard cribs fall in standard size specification usually 55x33x42. Crib mattresses, crib sheets, crib cover are the accessories you need to buy with crib. Crib liner is the cover that covers the rails and is considered absolutely safe. This also makes your baby happy. Baby observes the color of crib liner and will feel real happy. Choose interesting themes on your crib liner. If we need to talk about crib it needs more posts. We will talk in coming days
Baby Clothing - When you are in hospital you are going to get dresses from the time the baby is born, bathed and brought from nursery. But that doesn't end there. You can order about 9 pair of newborn baby clothing. This is typically used between 0 to 3 months of age and is mandatory. Order online, check in-store and purchase in-store, stack cute dresses when you find deal etc
Diaper and accessories- Though you get diaper, diaper wipes, rash cream for your newborn in hospital it would be better to have one pack of size 0 diaper handy to start with. Also, have diaper wipes handy. Diaper rash cream is needed as well as optional. We have discussed in detail on if diaper rash cream is really needed for your baby. Also, look at this post based on our real life experience while choosing right diaper for your newborn baby
Baby blanket - This is extremely important. Although , you get some from hospital have lots of blankets handy. Blanket journey starts the minute our little blessing touches the earth. It is the receiving blanket followed by swaddling baby in lots of blankets. You will get 1 or 2 blankets from hospital. However, have atleast 8 blankets. We personally recommend Aden and Anais blanket set - 2 packets 4 in each packet. For swaddling baby, covering baby, covering baby while visiting pediatrician and for many more purpose blanket is a mandate
Burp Cloth - Burping is an integral part of feeding and is done during every feeding session. In case of formula feeding the frequency of burping is much more. As such to cover spills burp cloth is a mandate. Though it is possible to use paper napkins for this purpose burp cloth is very helpful
Baby Wash Clothes - During first few days until umblical cord falls off you are advised to give sponge bath to baby and tub bath is not allowed. Main reason being moisture prevents umblical cord from drying and falling off at right time. Even for cleaning face of baby twice a day, cleaning neck of baby once in a while after feeding baby wash cloth comes handy. If you have plain cotton cloth at home this is optional.

Diapers count for newborn baby to be considered during registry planning

As a new parent much excited to welcome the cure little thing planning baby registry might seem cumbersome though it is not so tough in reality :) Who can resist the temptation to feel the touch, sense the smell, enjoy the happiness of the cute little thing after 9 months of penance? Here at bellbang.com we aim to make your journey towards parenthood easy, comfortable. Here is a baby registry tip on deciding on number of diapers to buy for your newborn baby
1) Diaper count - In reality on an average a newborn baby does consume 6 to 8 diapers per day. From the moment baby is born, at hospital they offer you diaper registry that mandates you to record the timings your little one does pee or pooh. This is a track that you need to do round the clock. For first 1 week keep doing this. Typically once you leave the hospital, you will have to visit your pediatrician's office where the doctor will ask for the registry. Pediatrician will look for frequency of pee and pooh to make sure the little one is doing fine, color of pooh and pee if you find something obvious. Here we are not medical practitioners and don't take this as a final word. If you find dark yellow pee, call your pediatrician office immediately as this may be indication of first jaundice. This is a totally separate topic :). Now , coming to the count on an average 8 diapers per day is what you can expect to change
2) Choosing diaper brand - This is crucially confusing step. I have blogged in detail about advantages of shop branded diapers, lots of savings you can expect from the shop branded diapers etc. IF you are not convinced popular brands can be chosen from target, amazon mom prime, walmart, costco etc
3) Weight of baby Vs diaper size - While you shop for diapers make sure you don't overbuy as the diaper size depends on baby's weight. Now, diaper count makes good sense :) Say, your little one is considered newborn until certain weight. Look for weight chart from your pediatrician's office. If you think to save more money by availing coupon offers during baby registry stage, plan correctly with average weight and diaper usage in mind
4) Extension of newborn diaper usage - It is to be noted that diaper is named newborn, 1 month and so on based on weight of the baby. However, in real scenario this is not 100% true. If you have some leftover diapers you can still use them for few more days. It does fit the bill and you will not end up wasting any diapers
5) Coupon from baby registry - This is something you can organize, save for future diaper purchase. Some brands offer coupon that can be again used with same brand purchase. See if you save better with shop branded diapers
Shop brand diapers cheapest saving ray for parents
Diaper is an expense that starts with first cry. Diaper finds prominent place in your baby registry. With 1000's of brands, types of diapers in place picking the correct diaper for your kid with best deal has always been a challenge to parents.
As a parent or a parent to be most of us go with online reviews, talk to our family and friends,get information from family and friends to know which diaper to choose for our to-be born little blessing. As such diaper is an essential as well as expensive baby product that can't be overlooked. Say, on an average in a span of 3 years if you calculate carefully you would have spent closer to $4500 on diapers if not carefully chosen.
New parents have lots of confusion on choosign diaper as this is their first experience most of us prefer to go with standard brand names like Pampers, Huggies, Luv's etc. During purchase diaper brands offer gift card based on offer availability as well. As such the average cost of diaper for newborn, size 1 etc comes around $.29 per diaper on top brands. The average brand say luv's costs around $0.14 per diaper.
Based on my personal experience I did purchase costco proprietor brand Kirkland diaper recently. Walmart has their own brand of diapers as well. I choose to call these kind of diapers shop brand diapers. The interesting part is that the average cost per diaper was around $0.11 per diaper. When we compare with even an average brands this is a good saving. Also, the number of diapers and the average baby growth rate is found to be in tally. Hence we will not have issue of baby outgrowing too many diapers. Considering this I wanted to share my personal experience so that parents and parents to be can checkout deals on shop brand diapers before jumping into conclusion that popular brand names are the only ones to be bought.
Considering the quality of the shop diaper, they are not too sophisticated as the popular brands. But they are not bad indeed. They serve the intended purpose of protecting against leak. The retention is comparable to popular brand. In worst case scenario if we choose to use double the number of shop diapers still the savings is better than using branded diapers
6) Baby registry timing for diaper purchase - Say you choose baby registry with targeted shops. Best thing would be to apply for card, avail best purchase discounts that come as part of that store card. However, some credit cards like discover card offer best cashback offers during chosen time of year on retail purchases, purchase at amazon.com etc. This can even be 20% discount while using such cards on certain seasons. Though this may not be urgent for you choose to make purchase well in advance to get best price and deals

Flamingo exhibit at essex county turtle back zoo spring 2018 onwards

Turtle back zoo fastest growing zoo in the country
Turtle back zoo located at west orange NJ in essex county has broken its own attendance record for 13th straight year and claims the title of fastest growing zoo in the country
As we strive to continually enhance the zoo experience and our conservation efforts, the Society will be increasing membership rates January 1st of 2018. Also commencing in 2018, members of the Zoological Society of New Jersey will access expanded member benefits to include the following additions:
Gift shop discount increased to 15%
20% discount for education programs (camps excluded)
Early registration for select educational programming
Exclusive exhibit previews and members-only events
Business partner program offering member discounts to local establishment

Flamingo exhibit at essex county turtle back zoo spring 2018 onwards. I visited turtle back zoo to cherish animal exhibit in form of beautiful lights last week. I found an announcement exhibit there that I want to share with you all. Stay tuned for more updates on this from us

 

Aala mottu aalam mottu for seemantham

Seemantham the baby shower function is scheduled to happen anywhere from seventh to nineth month of pregnancy in life of all Indian women. There is a special herb called as alam mottu also called alammottu that is an essential herb needed as part of mukku pizhithal (mookku pilithal as they call it variously) a crucially important ritual that has greater medical significance that is to ahppen as part of baby shower. This is common among south indians. If you decipher the name of this item this literally translated to bud of banyan tree. Hence, alam mottu is nothing but banyan mottu. Also, called as aalam mookku
If you have come across ancient indian medicines, ayurveda, siddha it is common among all these medicines that they have banyan in common. If you take a closer look at ancient indian tradition, people recommend to visit temples having banyan plant popularly called banyan sthala vriksham (vriksham means tree). Hence, banyan has lots of fertility issues fixing medicinal value.
In seemantham alam mottu is used as part of ritual called mookku puzhithal. As such this bud is covered with silk cloth, dipped in milk, drops of milk will be poured in right nostril of the pregnant lady. As such this is believed to reach the umblical cord of placenta directly. There are some medicinal proof as well
Now, coming to the question of finding alam mottu in usa?
Recently I was running pillar to post, literally called all the priests in USA and could not find this. Also, I contacted floral shops, desi shops and asked if I can get a export license to export this product alone. Based on my research it looks like it would be very difficult to find this product in USA. As a last ray of hope a priest in NYC asked me to contact florida temple to see if someone has this in stock. Surprisingly, there was no one ahving this in stock.
I was totally upset. Thats where in priest mentioned that there is an alternate custom that has equal medicinal value. Instead of alam mottu, they used the holy grass called arugampul that is part and parcel of all ganesha temple. This when dipped in milk, used instead of alam mottu does same medicinal magic. That's where in I realized why we visit ganesha temple everyday morning.
Note: Not all the priests know of this custom. I had to speak to 54 priests before I happened to get to know about this custom. In case if your priest does not know this, let him know about thisand enjoy the medicinal value , let your little ones get it without any hindrance during pregnancy. LEt allam mottu be part of your seemantham and valaikkappu if not arugampul replace it. Happy pregnancy