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Bye Bye Bottle
We've seen Suri Cruise tote her bottle around town since she was a wee one and many other tots still hit the bottle in their older years.
Prior to my wee one's first birthday, my doctor talked to me about transferring to a sippy cup. She explained that drinking from a bottle causes the milk, formula or juice to collect causing “baby-bottle” tooth decay.
Sippy Cups Can Lead to Speech Issues
Sippy cups save mothers from mopping up spills and allow tots a bit of freedom to roam with their beverages, but now the convenient cups have been linked to speech delays in children.
According to a recent WebMD article, sucking on the sipper's stiff spouts may lead to lisps and slurred speech. To see how to solve the problem, read more
Too Old For the Bottle?
At my daughter's one year appointment, my doctor told me it was time to change over to sippy cups and leave the bottle behind. Luckily for me, it was an easy transition.
The almost two–year–old Suri Cruise is one celeb tot that still totes a bottle.
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Texts and Tunes: Sippy Cups Are Not for Chardonnay
Everything changes after you welcome a child except your sense of humor. This is the point Stefanie Wilder-Taylor makes in her book Sippy Cups Are Not for Chardonnay: And Other Things I Had to Learn as a New Mom. From meeting other new moms (that you like) to dealing with traveling, her take on motherhood provides a laugh out loud dose of reality.
Does Motherhood Drive Women to Drink?
Crayons, check. Puzzles, check. Chilled Pinot Grigio, check.
Lip Tip: Safe Sippy Cup
Plastic, kids cups are a thing of the past for parents worried about the rise in Bisphenol A and other chemical warnings. Now it's all about stainless steel, and the Safe Sippy has cornered the market. The $15 non-leaching, 11-oz.
BornFree Goes Beyond Bottles
Vanilla ice cream, Dove soap, and a cup of joe: these are a few of my favorite things because there is no worry attached to them. I get that same feeling when I am buying something from BornFree. The company that put BPA free products on the motherhood map has expanded to include more than just nipples and sippy cups.
Lil Links: Try These Tasty Recipes For a Spooky Spectacle
- 18 spooktacular recipes — Parenting
- Jenna Elfman drags out her non-maternity gear in a mini — Celebrity Baby Blog
- Registry must haves for moms-to-be — Fit Pregnancy
- Oye! She's still using a sippy cup in grade school — CafeMom
- Holly Robinson-Peete wishes the Travoltas spoke out earlier about autism — ParentDish
- Salma Hayek says the pregnancy glow is a lie — Celebrity Baby Scoop
- The baby manicure tragedy — The Laughing Stork
- Help find these recently missing children — Mom Logic
- Do you write down what your kids say? — The Poop
- Mother-daughter relationships — Real Simple
Deciding on a Bottle For My Baby-to-Be: Weil Baby
Bottoms up! When it comes time to move baby from breast to bottle, there are a lot of options on the market. When my son was born, I swore by a barely known brand of bottles that quickly gained momentum after the Bisphenol A scare called BornFree.
Day Care Offices Offer Best of All Worlds For Working Moms
Pack your briefcase and don't forget the sippy cup. While the debate over the success of working mothers rages on, many mamas seek out jobs that allow them to work from home in order to achieve the balance they desire. Having the flexibility to conduct their business as their wee ones wander about sounds like an ideal situation until the kiddos refuse to take their naps and mom is forced to conduct a conference call hiding on the floor of her closet.
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