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Five Easy Teething Ring Alternatives
Some teething tots want to chomp down on just about anything except the teething rings mama was expecting to work wonders. If the little one refuses the plastic teethers, check out the slideshow for five alternatives for easing her pain and keeping a soon-to-be toothy grin on her face.
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What Do You Know About Head Injuries in Children?
Kids are notorious for bumping their heads, especially the smaller ones who are just learning to crawl and walk. A welt on your tot's noggin is scary and unsightly, but usually calls for nothing more than a little TLC from mama. Take the quiz to see if you know what to do if your child bumps his or her head.
Feeding Time Line For Baby's First Year
Feeding a baby is one of the most natural, yet complicated parts of being a new parent. Constant fears often lurk in mama's head: Is my baby hungry? Am I feeding her enough?
10 Ways to Encourage Babies to Develop Language Skills
Was your lil one born with the gift to gab? It may seem that way in the early months when a child babbles away incessantly, even if no one can quite make out what they are saying. Soon after birth babies begin picking up on the words and sounds they hear, and from the early stage, their language development skills are growing.
Lil Tip: Prepare Your Bathroom For Visitors
Baby's born and mama's home from the hospital, so let the welcoming brigade begin. While her kitchen may be stocked with treats and beverages to keep guests' bellies full, the better place to maintain may be the bathroom!
Before allowing friends and family to visit with a newborn, many mamas require them to thoroughly wash up, especially during this particularly bad flu season.
What Do You Know About Separation Anxiety?
Separation anxiety takes a toll on parents and their children. Working moms and dads hate to leave a child in distress, while stay-at-home moms and dads can't even go into the next room without bringing on the waterworks. Luckily for most wee ones the fear of being apart from their parents is temporary, and seems to disappear just as quickly as it came.
How Well Do You Know Infant Dehydration?
It takes a lot of fluid to keep a tiny baby healthy, and infants are more prone to dehydration than older children and adults. Fortunately most cases of infant dehydration are moderate and easily remedied as long as you know the signs. Take the quiz to see how well you know dehydration in babies.
Eight Illnesses Doctors May Overlook in Babies
We consider our pediatricians to be experts when it comes to caring for our wee ones. We don't hesitate to call them in the middle of the night when our babies have unexplained fevers or aren't acting like themselves. Because children under the age of two cannot always communicate what is bothering them, the doctors can only treat the symptoms we can describe, often overlooking some serious, but treatable illnesses.
Is Mom's Weight to Blame For Baby's Heart Conditions?
Women with hopes of becoming moms have yet another reason to watch their weight. Unlike previous studies that provided women with weight-gain guidelines based on their pre-pregnancy weights, the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology is reporting that overweight women are more likely to produce babies with congenital heart defects.
According to the study of mothers of 6,440 babies born with the heart defects, those who were overweight, but not obese, prior to becoming pregnant were 16 percent more likely to birth a baby with the defect.
SIDS Campaign Resulting in Many Flat Heads
Back to sleep! The anti-SIDS slogan, which was introduced in 1994, is so ingrained in most moms that they don't give it a second thought when putting their wee ones down for some shut-eye. Though the campaign is credited with preventing 2,000 additional SIDS cases each year for the past 15 years, doctors have determined that one in 40 will develop a flat head.
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