If you have issues with leaky diapers at night and you have tried every kind of diaper on the market, try this.

Get a box of Maxi Sized and absorbent Feminine Napkins and place one in the center of a clean diaper just before bed time.

This will give the extra absorbency to hopefully get you through the night with out a leaky mess.

You are getting ready to go on a trip, and as usual you cannot remember everything that you need to pack. Here are a few tips to help you get more organized.

Take a storage bin, drawer or even empty suitcase and use it to set aside travel items such as travel shampoo, toothbrushes, toothpaste, etc.

A few months before booking your trip check your passport. Is it ready to expire? Are there enough blank pages for your trip?

As soon as the trip is planned start making printouts of confirmations and activities that you want to do. Place those print outs in the front zipper of your suitcase for easy access.

Do you have luggage tags for your bags? Do the tags have your name and phone number on them? (TSA requirement) Do you have enough tags for the baby stroller, golf clubs, carry on bags, etc? Check out www.crewtags.com for affordable customized luggage tags.

Don't forget to check the rules with airlines that you plan to use. Most have started restricting checked luggage to one bag with additional bag costing a fee.

A few days before you depart, check your film and battery supply and buy anything that you might need at home where it will be cheaper and you can get the brands that you like. Also visit the bank and get some small bills for tipping.

The morning that you are leaving, place a small bag next to your vanity. As you are preparing to go, place each item that you use into the bag. Also think about any special preparations that you might need for evenings out. (Don''t forget to put the bag in your suitcase before you leave)

Pack a small notebook in your bag. While you are on your trip make a note of anything that you might have forgotten. Leave the notebook with your suitcase. When you prepare for your next trip, review the notes that you had made.

Everyone knows that you need to have fire alarms on every level of your house, and even in different area's of each level.

What most people don't realize is that kids sleep most of the night in an extremely deep sleep.

Think about it, your tot falls asleep on the couch and you pick them up and carry them into bed. They don't even stir.

When the smoke alarm goes off, more than likely they are not going to wake up to the noise either.

You need to make sure if the alarm ever goes off, do not assume that your child will waken and meet you at the designated spot, you are going to have to go get them.

Do have fire drills, and try to practice at least twice a year.

A good way to remember to do this is when the time changes.

When the time changes it is a good idea to put new batteries in your alarms, at the same time run a practice emergency with everyone in the house.

I also took my daughter to a carnival that had a fire truck at it. I asked the firefighters to don the gear and show her what a fire fighter looked like that was trying to help her. He put on all the gear and got on his hands and knees and pretended to look through smoke.

We always tell them that fire fighters are our friends, but you never see them with all the gear on, and for kids that could be scary if they don't know what it is.

You have always heard to change your filters every month to help your furnace run more efficiently.

Now here is another reason, DUST!

If you change your filter monthly, especially when the blower is used a lot (summer & winter) a clean filter will trap more dust and prevent it from being spread throughout the house.

Ok, you get all the nasty looks from other parents or even just strangers in the store when your toddler is sucking his/her thumb.

This is not the end of the world, everyone has their own opinion about when a child should stop sucking their thumb.

It has not been proven that thumb sucking will cause any permanent dental damage, but if you are worried about it just get a check up with your dentist.

On an average kids will give up on thumb sucking by the age of 6 or so.

If you constantly call attention to it, you can actually backfire your efforts to get your child to stop.

It seems that as soon as you put your tot down to bed, they remember everything that they forgot before they crawled into bed.

To try to cut down on the trips, make a list of all of the night time duties. As each activity is done, mark it off the list.

Next, give your child a get out of bed free pass. This can simply be a piece of paper with Get Out of Bed Free written on it.

Now when your child goes to bed, they only have one free pass to get out of bed for that potty trip, hug, drink of water, etc....