Catching Contagious Diseases During Pregnancy The good news is that you generally don’t have to worry too much about being exposed to most contagious childhood diseases during pregnancy, even though the risks of some to your unborn baby can be severe. That’s because it takes quite a lot of circumstances to [...]
Read Your Baby Like A Book Did you know that you can tell a lot from just looking at your baby’s body, and observing his cues in the early days and weeks? There are three stand-out ‘types’ of babies: For instance, if Baby is a pleasantly plump baby, loves [...]
Shaken Baby Syndrome Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS) is a form of child abuse that occurs when a baby's brain or eyes are injured because he was shaken to such an extent that his brain bounced back and forth against his skull. SBS usually occurs in babies younger than two [...]
Away With Postnatal Emotional Problems It’s normal to experience a bit of emotional upheaval when a baby is born. Most women get ‘baby blues’ or ‘third day blues’ a few days after giving birth and have a week or two of increased anxiety and emotionality before things return to [...]
Sassy Mothers Are Women With Smart New Bags! You know you’re a mom when your designer handbag has been replaced with a baby bag! That doesn’t mean that this important accessory, which for so many women gives a lift to their spirits and a swing to their step, has [...]
What To Do About Fever, Earache And Croup At Night Baby has been crying constantly, it’s the middle of the night, and you wonder if there’s something seriously wrong – should you go to the hospital? This is a difficult call to make because illnesses always appear worse at [...]
Thumb Sucking – A Perfect Imperfection? Sucking – whether on dummies, breasts, bottle teats, thumbs, or other fingers – is a deep-seated physical and emotional survival strategy. Unfortunately, the media and childcare advisors portray sucking as a character weakness, a bad habit, and a danger to dental development. However, [...]
Take Tender Care Of Teething Troubles Did you know, Mom, Baby can start teething any time from birth to 18 months, although most babies start at about six months? Some babies are born with teeth already erupted! These aren’t always the proper milk teeth and may need to be [...]
Choosing And Using Dummies So many expectant couples make dummies one of the first things they purchase when they start equipping their baby’s nursery, so I thought it’s probably time for me to share some thoughts about choosing and using this almost universal symbol of babyhood! In many countries, [...]
Top Latching Tips For Breastfeeding Success! Breastfeeding is one of those things that you can’t fully understand until you’ve done it yourself; and it’s that great unknown that makes many moms-to-be anxious! Don’t worry, with a few basic facts you’ll be good to go – and nursing like a [...]
