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Step-by-step guide: Diapering your baby Getting a tiny or wiggly baby all ready can be quite a juggling act! Here are some tips to make diapering an enjoyable experience for everyone.
'Sticky mittens' give babies a head start Duke University psychologists have discovered that fitting infants with Velcro-covered "sticky mittens" gives them a developmental jump start in learning to explore objects.
10 reasons to take good care of a mother Moms like us get stressed and depleted over time through the accumulation of
a thousand little stressful things. But we can combat this problem by doing little nurturing things each day. And that self-care eventually will accumulate into a pile of p
10 tips for raising moral kids Home is always the best school for teaching moral behaviors. Here are 10 parenting tips to help you boost this sorely needed intelligence in your child. The moral intelligence habits and beliefs he learns now will help guide his behavior the rest of
25 precious poses of baby for your scrapbook Scrapbooking is the latest craze, especially among
moms. Pull up to a scrapbook specialty store like
Archiver's on any Friday night, and the parking lot is
loaded with minivans. Late night soccer game? No. But
you will find 50 or so moms busily w
7 reasons to wear your babyOn a growing list of things I wish I’d known when I had my first baby, the art of babywearing ranks in the top two. I spent the first several months of my baby’s life melded to a green recliner, nursing and rocking my bundle of joy, who w
8 quick fashion tips for new moms Once you have your baby, you barely have time to take a shower! So who has time to think about fashion? Here are some tips to help you transition the post-pregnant you into a hip new mama!
A new baby and the family dog You should start preparing the family dog for the new baby as soon as you learn you're expecting, says Canine Behaviorist David Klein. Find out more about how you can ease the transition in this article!
Appropriate time to switch from a crib to a toddler bed
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What do you want to know? Come ask the experts! A selection of answers to your questions will be regularly posted on the site. For instant gratification, Are you preventing your baby from sleeping through the night? Here's something that may really surprise you: As much as we may want our babies to sleep through the night, our own subconscious emotions sometimes hold us back from encouraging change in our babies' sleeping habits. You yourself may be the very obs
Attachment parenting ideas: Dealing with unsupportive family members Do you question your parenting technique? You've come to the right place! In this article, attachment parenting experts Katie Allison Granju and Betsy Babb Kennedy, RN, MSN, talk about how to deal with family members who are not supportive of your de
Attachment parenting ideas: What is attachment parenting? Do you question your parenting technique? Worry that
you're being too strict with your children? Concerned that
you're not strict enough and creating a spoiled monster?
Do you need tips on slinging? Wondering how to make the
transition from f
Author interview: Free Stuff for Baby By the time you find out that you are pregnant (pregnancy test, $15) to the time that junior blows out the candles on his first birthday cake (birthday cake, $20), a new parent can plan on spending upwards of $18,000, and that is just for baby's firs
Awaiting a baby with down syndrome It's a scenario all new parents fear: Test results will show a problem with their unborn child. What happens when the test results reveal that you're carrying a baby with Down syndrome? As Rachael Smith knows firsthand, with education, support and pr
Babbling key to evaluating speech development in babies with hearing loss Parents of deaf toddlers with cochlear implants
or hearing aids have a new Internet tool to help them monitor their
babies' progress in early speech development thanks to a Purdue
University speech-language pathologist.
Babies use their own names to help learn language A baby's understanding of language may begin with its own name, which a baby uses to break sentences into smaller parts so it can learn other words, according to new research by Texas A&M University psychologist Heather Bortfeld, who studies lang
Babies, toddlers & exercise Confining babies and young children to strollers, play pens, car and infant seats for hours at a time, may delay development such as rolling over, crawling, walking as well as delay cognitive development. Such restrictions can begin the path to seden
