You've survived 9 months of pregnancy. You've made it through the excitement of labor and delivery, and now you're ready to head home and begin life with your baby. Once home, though, you frantically realize you have no idea what you're doing!
Encourage your baby to make vowel-like and consonant-vowel sounds such as "ma," "da," and "ba.". Reinforce attempts by maintaining eye contact, responding with speech, and imitating vocalizations using different patterns and emphasis. For example, raise the pitch of your voice to indicate a question. Imitate your baby's laughter and facial expressions.
Doctors Urging for a Safer, Choke-Free Hot Dog, When 4-year-old Eric Stavros Adler choked to death on a piece of hot dog, his anguished mother never dreamed that the popular kids' food could be so dangerous.
Your baby will learn to talk during his first two years of life. Long before he utters his first word, he's learning the rules of language and how adults use it to communicate.
Baby shower games at your baby shower can be one of the most memorable experiences during the pre-baby events that will take place for the days to come. Part of making the experience successful is by thoughtful party planning and having fun baby shower games!
The marketing pitch is enticing - “watch this especially produced show to make your baby smart” or “watch this video, and it will develop your baby’s brain.” Many parents are happy to leave their kids with these shows because these shows act as good babysitters that can entertain their babies while they are busy with everyday work.
September is National Baby Safety Month, so we here at KidGlue want to celebrate by listing the top 10 safety tips to keep our babies safe. After all, we wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for our babies, right? As a mom of three kids, these feel like common sense to me. Except for the fact that some of them were completely foreign concepts when my first child came along. So here’s a gift to you new
Almost all children love sweets, as to most adults. But it turns out that kids who are drawn to ultra sweet drinks are more likely to have family history of alcoholism and depressive symptoms, according to a new study. Sweetness is a rewarding taste for all children, but some of them may be especially attracted to intense sugary tastes because of underlying biology.
Planned Parenthood Pushes Intensive Sex Education for Kids as Young as 10, A new report by the International Planned Parenthood Federation is advocating that children as young as 10 be given extensive sex education, including an awareness of sex's pleasures.
