Signing With Your Baby: What is Involved?

Some parents may be hesitant to begin signing with their baby even after hearing all of the wonderful benefits that come from signing with your baby. After all, sign language takes years to learn, doesn't it? Not at all! Learning to sign with your baby is as easy as reading a recipe. Teaching sign language isn't a time-consuming chore. Rather, it can be worked into your life as a natural part of...

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Raising Healthy Babies Can't Start Too Early

Wanting to raise a healthy baby is a primary desire for parents. An expectant mother will get her check ups, follow the advise of her doctor or mid wife in the myriad of things she can do to contribute to the health of her unborn child. The usual list of things to do and not to do can include, but certainly not limited to, are eating habits, exercise, rest and stress release while avoiding smoking,...

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Mommy & Baby: Naptime

During the first two months of life, if your baby isn’t napping well, trying cutting back on her waketime by 15 minute increments. If your baby is overstimulated, she will become hyper-vigilant and fight off sleep as exhaustion overtakes her. The best way to prevent this is to make sure you’re not keeping her up past her normal “sleepy cues” of yawning, rubbing her eyes, and dozing. Sleeping is sometimes a struggle for parents who have been programmed to think that crying will harm their children. Short periods of crying and fussiness (15-20 minutes) will not harm your child, make her lose brain...

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Diaper Bags for Dads - Papa's Got a Brand New Bag

Today’s dads are more hands-on than ever before and their involvement is being rewarded with parenting gear designed with men in mind. Many items that have typically been designed for the maternal side of the parental equation are now being introduced in masculine styles, colors, and fabrics, including diaper bags, baby carriers, and strollers. For many parents a diaper bag is such an essential part of baby’s first years that it only makes sense to give daddy his due – one simply cannot expect a man to tote around the little one’s belongings in a feminine diaper bag with dignity and enthusiasm....

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