There is a great way for you to influence your child’s intelligence to help him excel later in life. Teach him healthy sleep patterns while he is a baby. This is one of the best ways to influence your child’s intelligence.
The author of Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child, Dr. Marc Weissbluth, uses the research of [...]
What will affect your baby’s mood and health even more than the nutrition that you give her? Sleeping will! The amount of sleep that your baby gets will affect every part of their life. This includes how she eats, interacts, and how she learns. It also affects mommy’s moods and ability to take care of [...]
Your ultrasound shows that you are being blessed more than one time. Congratulations. More babies equals more fun for you!
Ø Multiples have a high risk of premature birth. You may have to use monitors and have other issues that surround premature babies. When you bring them home, you will find that you are continually [...]
If you choose to breastfeed your baby, it is important to start as soon as possible. Sometimes this will depend upon the hospital’s newborn procedures. Some hospitals will test a newborn and then return them to you after a few hours. Women who deliver by caesarian may have to be in post-op care for several [...]
Feeding your baby should be easy, right? When he is hungry, you feed him. What is the problem with that? The problem is that there are many different feeding methods that are thrown at new moms. Here are just a few:
q Demand-feeding
q Hyper-scheduling
q Cry feeding
q Demand schedule
q Self-regulating schedule
q Rigid feeding
q Cue (responsive) feeding
q Parent-directed [...]
Choosing the method of feeding your baby is a decision that you make on your own. Do not listen to other people who are trying to talk you into breast or bottle-feeding using guilt as a motivator. Your baby needs food and whichever method you choose to give her, she will get the nutrition that [...]
Consistency is of utmost importance whether you have just one baby or a car full. How do you do this?
Finding a set way that you care for your baby is a great thing for you and for her. The first week that she is home, you will probably have a hard time keeping her awake [...]
Every baby needs to be burped during their feedings until they are able to support themselves sitting up and are able to burp on their own.
Babies that are bottle-fed usually need to be burped every half-ounce or so when they are newborns. By the time they are four to six months old, they will probably [...]
You are going to be a mom! It does not matter whether it is your first baby or your tenth baby, you still need to consider and plan the following items.
ü Do you have your birth-plan detailed out and have you discussed it with your doctor or midwife?
ü Is your suitcase ready to go or [...]
After your first visit with your obstetrician, you will find your mailbox inundated with all kinds of baby magazines and ads for every possible piece of baby equipment that you can imagine. This does not even take into account all of the people that will gladly give you advice, even when not requested. Although many [...]
During pregnancy you sit for hours and imagine how your baby is going to look like and how will he or she feel the first time you are going to hold him. You wonder how birth for him is. How a normal baby looks, how will he react in is first hours of life. Let’s [...]
This probably happens to the majority of the women that recently became mothers for the first time: they feel as if they really know nothing about taking care of the baby, feeding him, what to do when he doesn’t seem to stop crying, how to dress the little one. Of course, immediately older relatives or [...]
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