Breastfeeding and pumping is a very personal decision. Deciding how long and whether you’ll be nursing or pumping or both is a decision only you can make. This act of nourishing your baby can be very rewarding, but simplifying the… read more
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Ready, Set, Swim: When Can I Start Swim Training My Baby?
When Nicole Beasley Becker’s then one-year-old son began jumping in the pool without warning, she knew she and her husband had to take action with swim training. “He had no fear and would just jump in to the pool without… read more
How to Introduce Your Baby to Solid Foods
Stage 1 or stage 2, organic or homemade, oatmeal cereal or rice cereal... Whew! For a first time mom, feeding your baby solid food is overwhelming when you consider all of the choices available. Have no fear; you can give… read more
What To Do When Your Baby Has a Cough
Coughing is a natural reflex the body uses to clear the lungs and airways. But when a baby has a cough, a parent’s first instinct is often to worry. Sometimes a cough is just a cough, and other times it… read more
Celebrate World Prematurity Day: Survival of the Smallest
A pregnant Kara Toporek felt off. In 2015, a day of observation in the hospital revealed that her baby stopped moving. Her doctor decided she needed an emergency C-section. Fifteen minutes later, Toporek gave birth to her beautiful baby girl,… read more
3 Ways to Sleep Train Your Baby
New parents receive so much unsolicited advice regarding sleep and their newborns. From “never wake a sleeping baby” to “wake the baby every two hours to eat” it can get pretty confusing. Add to that your exhaustion, and who has… read more
When Should You Start Tummy Time With Your Baby?
Having a baby comes with a laundry list of questions and concerns. Should you breastfeed? What’s the proper way to change a diaper? How often do babies need to be fed? At what age will they reach certain milestones, like… read more
How Does The Way We Talk Affect Our Babies’ Language Development?
There’s something about babies that brings out this unfamiliar voice and vocabulary. Suddenly, we’re speaking in a higher pitch and making up words like “boogly googly” and “nosey wosey.” But, how is this affecting our babies' language development? Brandee Charles,… read more
Introduce Your Baby to the Love of Reading with These Books
Psychology Today reports that “reading to babies as young as six months of age leads to stronger vocabularies and better early literacy skills four years later, just as the children are getting ready to go to school.” So, there is… read more
Baby Talk: Give Your Infant Early Language Tools
By the time a baby is 1 year old, they have learned all of the sounds they will need to speak their language. Talking to your baby at a young age will help her to build a rich vocabulary. As… read more
