Putting a mirror up to a baby’s breath is one way to ensure your doing it right. But common sense planning and subverting the inner alarmists is a good habit.
Pondering your own death is about as unpleasant as it gets. But planning your own funeral for your kids might be the biggest favor you’ll do for them (other than leaving them a good inheritance). While there’s much one can do to get your will ready, your documented funeral requests, living will, organ donation requests …
My daughter is up to date for all her shots. We don’t have insurance, so I forked over the money on my own. As soon as my daughter’s pediatrician mentions a needed vaccine, I tell him to move forward with it. Obviously, I’m on the side of parents who get their kids vaccinated. It’s also …
One of the hardest things a woman goes through while pregnant is pain. Safe pregnancy headache remedies are here, however. Don’t suffer needlessly. The number and types of pregnancy headaches vary between moms. So does the level of pain expecting moms will endure. Some women are stoic while others are wimps. I was a wimp. …
I had my daughter try a pacifier but felt guilty because my mom said baby pacifier addiction is bad. Here’s what I discovered from doctors and friends: what’s good for the goose is good for the gander! That is to say – what works for one child may not be good for another. Statistically, there …
Is my six year old depressed because he or she is overscheduled? Are those extracurricular activities are no longer fun? How can a parent determine how much is too much? And what can a concerned parent do? Are they destined to be a developer stuck in a basement all day? Are they destined to be …
Vaccinations are a minimal risk for maximum life. Here’s a doctor’s sign we think best sums up the truth about vaccinations. The best part about vaccinations is you don’t die.
It happens more often than you’d like to think, and most of us don’t know about it. Babies are losing toes, fingers and even worse. A newspaper report shows horrendous pictures of babies who are being strangled by hairs from other people. It would seem that a hair couldn’t hurt anyone, but these pictures tell …
It all started so well, then my son fell on his ass. Mommy was in Chicago and a man’s gotta do what a man’s gotta do! What happens when kissing your toddler becomes something more than you signed up for.
A growing number of parents are crazy overprotective parents, and some are seeking professional help to free their children from their controlling ways. Crazy overprotective parents are those parents who hover around their child and swoop in and help their child whenever the child is distressed or challenged – even when the kid doesn’t need …
Just yesterday, I found my daughter playing with a mixture of her poop and pee. While most parents would freak out and call their pediatrician, I laughed out loud and just went ahead and cleaned her up. Toddlers play with poop. Of course, I told her not to do it anymore because it’s dirty, but …
According to child psychologists and a growing number of studies, kids too cool for school today are ten times more likely to be on welfare tomorrow. Those were the kids who got drunk, who thought they were better than the other kids and were somehow the most popular kids in the class at the same …
My daughter is turning three and everyone around her (except her parents) is very excited about daycare. Her grandmother bought her new shoes that she’ll wear on her first day; her grandfather committed to be the one to pick her up from daycare; and the other mommies in our neighborhood keep asking which daycare we …
Everyone tells you that there are tons of benefits to breastfeeding your little one. There are benefits to both mom and baby. Throughout your pregnancy, you have been told all of the reasons that you should breastfeed. So many times we just half listen to those statement or throw away the paper that you are …
It’s amazing how many times women turn down sex when they’re pregnant. Of course it’s a valid concern they may hurt the little one, or that pregnant women on bed rest might be over-taxed. But for the majority of women who are pregnant – even within their third trimesters – sex while pregnant can be …
Listen, I tip my hat to women who welcome natural childbirth – in the same way I like to gawk at David Blaine for freezing himself in a block of ice. But if you’re a woman who feels the need to avoid a natural childbirth – don’t feel bad. You’re taking advantage of what medicine …
The recent police case of an 8-year old boy in New York, who got spanked by his father, has led some anti-helicopter parenting advocates to protest that the government is not letting parents deal with their own children as they see fit. The father, who was charged and convicted with child-endangerment, found vindication from a …
It was as if my child’s personality had changed over night. Did the babysitter drop him in the tub? My baby stopped liking baths almost overnight. I did a little research and discovered the reason he cried at the prospect of going in the tub had more to do with his own decisions and experiences …
I’m with Seinfeld’s Elaine Benes who said, “I don’t know how you guys walk around with those things!” Given my biological difference, most of the decision for circumcision for our sons defaulted to my husband who ultimately decided the men of the household would all look the same. Since he and our older son weren’t …
I’ve got two words for you, PETA, and they ain’t Merry Christmas. Scaremongering tactics linking autism and milk are criminal. Score one for malnutrition. PETA’s recent press release deduces from a flawed study from 2002 to say babies and children shouldn’t drink milk. It’s flawed because the study looked at a whopping 20 children cross section. …
M was screaming at the top of her lungs. Both her Dad and I had been up all night. “Remind me why we did this again,” he said, only half-joking. “It’s important for her health. Even if it is unpleasant!” Only my language was much more colorful. M had just gotten her one year vaccines …
