WHEN YOU’VE TRIED EVERYTHING TO CALM A CRYING BABY When a baby’s basic needs of food, warmth, cuddling and a dry diaper have been met, and he is still crying, try: WHITE NOISE WATER: sometimes just the sound of running water calms a baby! OUTDOORS SKIN-TO-SKIN: take off the baby’s clothes (except diaper). Hold him Read More
Category: Infants
Postpartum Depression Awareness
Post Partum Depression ASK and ACT. It’s the Right Thing to Do! The Bottom Line-At least 10% of women experience Post Partum Depression: Thousands of our daughters, sisters and partners will experience Post Partum Depression sometime within the first year after giving birth. Post Partum Depression (PPD) is not “the Baby Blues”: Post Partum Depression Read More
Eight Sleep Tips
Eight Sleep Tips for Every Child Up to 70% of children under age five have sleep problems. Sleep issues are complicated and have many causes. They’re hard to deal with because when children aren’t sleeping, parents aren’t sleeping, and that lack of sleep affects every minute of every day for every person in the family Read More
Should Babies Watch TV?
So much television programming is aimed at young children. Much of it appears to be educational: teaching the ABCs and life skills. When is it appropriate to introduce a baby to television, and what do parents need to know about this topic? A great deal of research has been done on the effects of television Read More
Separation Anxiety
By Elizabeth Pantley, Author of Gentle Baby Care My baby is only happy when I’m within arm’s reach. If I dare to leave the room, she cries as if I’ve left the country! I can’t even so much as take a shower these days, let alone leave the house without her. My mother-in-law says it’s Read More
Defined Fatherhood Lately?
Think about your definition of fathering: In the last few days, weeks or even months, some man has walked into a delivery room as someone’s son – and walked out as someone’s father. Although we prepare as best we can for the inevitable moment when that happens, it is still one of those events in Read More