Naps for Toddlers
One day you put your year old baby down for a nap and he or she does just about anything but go to sleep. They may play happily, scream the roof down or simply jabber to themselves for an hour, but they certainly aren’t resting. Does your baby no longer need a nap, or...
The APGAR Test Explained
Once your baby is born, the primary function of the hospital or birth staff is to ensure that mother and baby are healthy. The APGAR test is an assessment of your baby’s overall health, and was developed in 1972 by Dr. Virginia Apgar, an obstetric anesthesiologist....
Understanding Newborn Testing
Once your baby is born, you will likely take a huge breath of relief and congratulate yourself on a job well done. However, those around you will still be hustling to ensure that your baby is getting the best care possible during those first few important days of...
Understanding Circumcision
Whether you know you are having a boy, or just know you have a 50% chance of delivering one, then chances are that you and your partner have discusses whether your baby boy will be circumcised. For many parents, deciding whether to circumcise or not can be very...
Do You Need A Postpartum Doula?
Those first couple of days at home with your new baby can be quite challenging, even if it is not your first child. Getting settled into a routine can be difficult and tiring, especially if the mother had a difficult birth or the baby had complications. Sometimes just...
Doulas Explained
The origin of the word doula, in Greek means ‘women’s servant’. For hundreds, even thousands of years women have been helping each other through labor and delivery – with exceptional results. What Exactly Is A Doula? A doula is professional trained to provide support...
Discover How to Avoid Problems with Homework
Problems with homework can be the result of a child who struggles with their work during school hours. They may have no physical problems that cause homework problems but it may be just an attitude they have developed. Often there are excuses like, forgetting their...
Don’t Be Pressured into Toilet Training Too Early
The pressure to toilet train your child for some parents can become overwhelming. They see their friends and peers with children even younger than their own who have been successfully toilet trained and they feel they must accomplish the same with their own...
Handle Behavior Problems in Preschoolers
It is just a fact of life that some preschool age children have problems interacting socially with their peers. When your preschooler begins to shows the signs of bullying, acting up in the school environment and biting it is necessary for the parent to teach their...
Protecting Your Child
Child abduction, the run-away, teen daughter’s being pregnant. We have all heard of these things happening, but can they happen to your family? Your child is away at school for several hours each weekday. How can you be sure they remain safe? While your child is in...
How to Recognize When your Child is Just Too Busy
You have heard of the mom who refers to her car as the taxi cab for her children. Children today have so many opportunities for extra-curricular activities that it is easy to become overwhelmed by the hectic schedules. It gets to be hard on the parent and exhausting...
Paternity Testing – The Basics
Genetic testing of unborn babies has become quite commonplace these days, which has allowed for easier testing to determine the father of a fetus. In fact, paternity testing is so simple it can be done from the privacy of your own home, and it doesn’t cost an arm and...
How To Be A Dad – The Basics
Becoming a father is a life-altering experience. Not only will you find that your day-to-day experiences change, but you will become aware of a whole new well of emotions that you never had before. Patience, compassion and love – all of these feelings will center...
Being A Good Father – A Quiz For Men
If you are an expectant father you are likely wonder what the addition to your family will really mean to you. I mean, what are you really expected to do? We no longer live in the bring-home-the-bacon and put your feet up on the couch era, so hopefully this quiz opens...
Fathers and Miscarraige
Fatherhood has many ups and downs, and one of the hardest parts of fatherhood is having to deal with the loss of a pregnancy. Dealing with miscarriage is incredibly difficult and puts an emotional strain on both you and your partner. Miscarriage Defined A miscarriage...
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