We’ve come a long way, baby! I’ve shared with you some serious and useful car seat safety information in Part 1 and Part 2 of this series, but now I’m ready to just take a fun car trip down memory … Continue reading
Category Archives: All Things Baby
Car Seat Safety Part 2: Expiration, Laws, Travel & More
Car Seat Safety Part 1 addressed some of the basics when it comes to car seats. This post may cover some lesser-known information, some of which I did not learn until I had my fourth baby! Infants and babies should … Continue reading
Car Seat Safety Part 1: Proper Use & Common Mistakes
One of the most important things you can do to prepare for getting out and about with baby is not just to get a good quality car seat, but to learn how to use it properly. I always encourage parents … Continue reading
Cloth Diapering Basics: The Options
I’m happy to feature a guest post by one of the new owners of Bippy Diapers, Tessa Smith. Check them out at www.bippydiapers.com and www.facebook.com/bippydiapers. Update: Bippy has now become Mod Baby so visit their new sites at www.modbabyinc.com and at www.facebook.com/modbabyinc … Continue reading
Choosing a Pediatrician
You’re 34 weeks pregnant and you’ve got baby’s names picked out, you’ve bought clothes for baby, but have you chosen a pediatrician? This is an important decision and parents need to take many factors into account. Sadly, it’s often a … Continue reading
Being with Babies
Today, my girls and I met my husband and our boys at their group campsite out in the country to drop off a first aid kit he’d forgotten. As my husband and I walked up to the mess tent, one … Continue reading
How to Calm Your Crying Baby
By Elizabeth Pantley, author of Gentle Baby Care When we’re pregnant or awaiting adoption, we dream about our baby-to-be, we always envision those beautiful Hallmark card scenes: charming baby smiling up at peaceful mother’s face. We read books in advance … Continue reading
Use your BRAIN!
Have you ever remembered a question you had wanted to ask… about five minutes AFTER you left a care provider’s office? Have you ever agreed to have something done to yourself or your child and later wanted to kick yourself … Continue reading
The Fabulous Functional Foreskin
Ever wonder why anyone would remove a healthy organ from a newborn baby? Me too! Maybe it’s because of the old mistaken impression that it’s “just a little snip” or “just a flap of skin”. Today we know that couldn’t … Continue reading
A Dream Sleeper
A doula client gave me this sleeper as a gift and I loved it so much, I want to tell you about it! I didn’t have one of these with my first three babies, but I wish I had. We … Continue reading