Pregnant Eating: What Not to Eat during Pregnancy

Eating Right with the New Food Pyramid

Mmmm, pickles and ice cream…. If you experience crazy cravings during pregnancy, it’s fine to give in to most of them. Just make a habit of avoiding a few foods that pose a potential threat to you and your baby. The food cravings of pregnant women are the stuff of stand-up comedy. Everyone knows someone who craved … Read more about Pregnant Eating: What Not to Eat during Pregnancy

Excuse Me! 5 Ways to Relieve Bloating and Gas during Pregnancy

Excuse Me! 5 Ways to Relieve Bloating and Gas during Pregnancy

Everyone has had a bout of gas at one time or another, but pregnant women tend to suffer even more. Fortunately, we’ve come up with several ways to help you beat the bloat. It may be embarrassing to talk about, but that doesn’t make it any less of a fact: people have gas. Whether through … Read more about Excuse Me! 5 Ways to Relieve Bloating and Gas during Pregnancy

How to Influence Your Baby’s Food Choices

Preconception Diet find the right regimen to promote conception and a healthy baby

The rumors are true: Some kids actually do eat healthy foods … and enjoy them! So how did their parents teach them that? Surprisingly, it might have had something to do with what mom ate during pregnancy. Imagine your toddler willingly eating every healthy food that you offer. Bunches of broccoli, stacks of spinach, loads of lima … Read more about How to Influence Your Baby’s Food Choices

Should You Let Baby Cry it Out?

Should You Let Baby Cry it Out?

What the bestsellers say about this controversial sleep technique. Most parenting pros agree that somewhere between the ages of three and four months, babies become physically able to sleep through the night. But the consensus ends there. On the matter of how babies get to sleep, expert advice runs the gamut from midnight massage to crib-side cheerleading. Here’s how … Read more about Should You Let Baby Cry it Out?

Infant Growth: Is Your Child on Track? Understanding ‘Failure to Thrive’

Understanding Baby Growth Percentiles - How does your child measure up?

What do doctors say about child growth concerns? Read on for the causes and the many descriptions of “failure to thrive.” Have you heard of the medical term “failure to thrive?” You may have heard your child’s pediatrician mention this concern if your child has fallen two or more percentiles on his or her growth chart over … Read more about Infant Growth: Is Your Child on Track? Understanding ‘Failure to Thrive’

How Genetics Influence your Child’s Looks, Personality and Intelligence

How Genetics Influence your Child's Looks, Personality and Intelligence

While scientists have made quantum leaps in genetic research, we wondered what else they might have learned that affects what our children may inherit from us. He’s got Mama’s eyes, Daddy’s smile and Aunt Edna’s earlobes. She’s got Grandpa’s button nose and looks just like you did as a baby. They’re just so beautiful that … Read more about How Genetics Influence your Child’s Looks, Personality and Intelligence

Normal Baby Growth Development: Principles & Problems

Normal Baby Growth Development Principles & Problems

What do parents need to keep in mind when it comes to their infant’s growth (height and weight)? Find out just what to expect from your baby’s growth development. For parents, it’s hard to objectively evaluate your own child. Although one part of you may want to identify any problems with growth and development as soon as … Read more about Normal Baby Growth Development: Principles & Problems

The Incredible Benefits of Touch: How touching can bond children and parents

The Incredible Benefits of Touch: How touching can bond children and parents

Touch is the earliest of the five senses to be developed in the human embryo and the most developed of all our senses at birth. Learn more about the incredible benefits of touch in children’s physical, emotional, and social development. Words such as tenderness and love bring to mind the image of a parent cuddling … Read more about The Incredible Benefits of Touch: How touching can bond children and parents

Soothing Your Fussy Baby Checklist: What you need to calm your colicky baby

Soothing Your Fussy Baby Checklist What you need to calm your colicky baby

At your wit’s end trying to figure out how to soothe your baby? Our handy checklist will help you find out what you can do to make Baby (and you!) more comfortable. Essentials Swaddling and/or receiving blankets (3-5) There’s a reason your newborn looked like a burrito with a head when the nurses handed him … Read more about Soothing Your Fussy Baby Checklist: What you need to calm your colicky baby