When you are a new mom, many people will offer you advice, whether solicited or not. Everyone from your pediatrician to your mother in law to your babysitter will tell you how you should raise your child. It is up to you to determine if and how you will use the information.
Over the last few weeks, we've celebrated several gift-giving holidays and babies all over the world have received new toys, blankets, clothes, books, and other gifts from well-intentioned friends and family. My children were babies more than 20 years ago and I am amazed how many toys today move, spin, flash, blink, and sparkle.
Getting kids off the couch — and into the outdoors — is something Eugene Buchanan, former editor-in-chief of Paddler magazine and founder of Paddling Life, believes strongly in. To help parents get their kids outside, Buchanan wrote “Outdoor Parents, Outdoor Kids,” a 300-page tome to hiking, camping, swimming, paddling, snow sports, biking, fishing, and virtually any other outdoor activity a fami
Potty training is one of the major accomplishments of early childhood. But before your child can master it, he has to be both biologically and emotionally ready. (Click here for more on signs of readiness.) Different children are ready at different ages; the timing has nothing to do with their intelligence, personality, or motivation.
Hardly anything is of more concern to parents than the challenges of disciplining a small child. We all want our children to be well behaved, but making this happen without squelching a child's creativity or diminishing his sense of himself is difficult. I've found that discipline is one area of parenting where lots of "ghosts from the nursery" show up and cause trouble.
The primary reason and theory for baby crying is to communicate needs and discomforts that require outside intervention. This stress mechanism of crying can allow children and babies to heal from the effects of a frustrating day, fearful moment for a difficult situation.
Matthew McConaughey and Camila Alves have welcomed their second child, a baby girl. He announced on his website Sunday: "Happy New Year everybody!!! On Sunday, Jan. 3rd at 12:13am, Camila gave birth to a healthy 7lb. 7oz. baby girl named "Vida Alves McConaughey"....
There is probably not a "best" way to take a baby's temperature. Although rectal temps are the traditional "gold standard" for hospitals, they are not the optimal way of taking a baby's temperature at home, due to potential complications if the temperature-taker's technique is not good.
