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How to Play Music for a Baby in the Womb
A baby's hearing develops while they are still in the womb. Generally, babies react to sounds coming from the outside by moving or displaying a rapid or slow heartbeat. At around 20 weeks in the mother’s womb, the baby can hear[1] X Research source...
How to Calm Down by Using Your Senses
Sometimes, using your senses is the best way to distract your mind and calm down. The body has seven senses—sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch, vestibular, and proprioceptive. All of these senses can relax your mind to cope with stress, anxiety, nervousn...
Showering After a Hip Replacement: Best Bathroom Setup & More
Hip replacement surgery can restore your mobility and relieve your joint pain. In fact, more than 285,000 total hip replacements are done each year in the United States alone. But a successful recovery really depends on how well you take care of yourself...
How to Move in Minecraft
Once you’ve started a new Minecraft game on your computer or device, you will need to move through the world using a mouse or other controls. The way you move in Minecraft differs greatly depending upon the edition you have downloaded.
A Fast & Easy Guide to Choosing and Measuring for a Lazy Susan
Lazy susans help you maximize your cabinet space and easily organize your kitchen. Once you install a lazy susan, you’ll be able to quickly spin it around to see what’s stored in the back of your cabinet. There are five common shapes of lazy susans, so yo...
How to Apply Shoulder Injury Compression Wraps
Compression wraps are recommended for non-serious shoulder injuries. Wrapping the shoulder in a compression bandage may help it heal by promoting blood flow, which allows nutrients vital to recovery to access damaged tissues effectively, and maintains cel...
How to Treat Lice in Cats
Lice are external parasites that feed on the skin cells sloughed from mammals. But only one species of lice makes its home on cats, a species called Felicola subrostratus. This is a species specific to cats and does not infest people, dogs, or other pets....
How to Use Gustar
The Spanish verb "gustar" means "to like" or "to be pleasing to" in English. When using gustar, you must also use an indirect object pronoun, which causes the sentence structure to vary from what you might expect it to be. It can be somewhat confusing at...
How to Tell if Your Cat is Depressed (and What to Do About It)
Just like any other creature, cats can be affected by changes in their circumstances, environment, or routine. Maybe their owner has returned to work after a home leave, they are staying in the cattery, or are being put on a new diet. All of these things...
How to Open a Wine Bottle with a Shoe
Imagine you are hosting a party and are ready to serve some wine to your guests. Yet, you realize you have lost or forgotten your corkscrew. There is one way that is recommended by Mirabeau wines for getting the cork out of your bottle of wine: using a sh...
How to Choose Fall Makeup Colors
When you think of fall, you likely think of colorful leaves falling from the trees, lowering temperatures, and cozy sweaters. When you’re selecting your fall makeup colors, keep these images in mind. Fall makeup is all about warmth and dimension. It’s abo...
How to Catch Channel Catfish
Channel catfish live in fresh or brackish water and catching them provides a source of enjoyment for many people. They can range in size from a few pounds to over a hundred pounds, so the experience of fishing for catfish can vary greatly. Do your researc...
How to Cut Off Your in Laws
Sometimes, no amount of compromise and understanding will help you get along with your in-laws. If your spouse’s parents or other family members are abusive, manipulative, or chronically disrespectful to you or your spouse, severing ties may be for the be...
How to Determine Whether a Perfume Is Authentic
When purchasing expensive perfume, you'll want to know that you're buying the real deal. Imitation perfumes are easily manufactured but don't have the same quality or scent as the authentic perfume, so you don't want to waste money on them. Understanding...
How to Plant a Flowering Almond Shrub
Flowering almonds (Prunus triloba and Prunus glandulosa) are deciduous shrubs with long, wispy, delicate-looking stems. Prunus triloba shrubs[1] X Trustworthy Source Missouri Botanical Garden Oldest botanical garden in the U.S. and center for bota...
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