Natural parenting or attachment parenting, as it is sometimes called, is simply following the clues and signals of your baby or child as they grow and develop. Instinctively, most parents will want to fulfill their baby’s needs and thus this leads to a more natural style of parenting and not following someone else’s advice in […]
Around their first birthday most children develop anxiety when their parents leave them with someone else. This anxiety is called separation anxiety and is a perfectly normal part of development. The process may be unsettling for both parent and child but it is normal. Understanding how and why the child is going through these feelings
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Parenting begins when the baby is still developing inside mom. This is when the baby learns to recognize both mom and dad’s voices as well as the voices of their siblings. They can hear the music you play and the words that are said. Of course they hear it through a barrier of liquid, but
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When a baby is sick, it is very important that you are able to get an accurate temperature reading. It you still have an old fashioned glass thermometer, the first thing you should do is to get rid of it. These glass thermometers contain small amounts of mercury that will harm your baby if they
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Second hand smoke is the smoke that enters the air from a burning cigarette and it is also the smoke that a smoker exhales. Interestingly, second hand smoke contains more dangerous chemicals than the smoke that a smoker inhales. Tobacco smoke contains thousands of chemical compounds. It has been proven that over two hundred fifty
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Recognizing attachment syndrome in a child in your family is an important step in early intervention and preventing lifelong consequences. The particular process is also called reactive attachment disorder (RAD) or reactive attachment syndrome. This is a complex childhood psychiatric illness that begins early in infancy or in early childhood. The condition occurs when individuals
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The rate at which your baby will gain weight is determined by a number of factors. Breastfed babies will tend to be leaner than formula fed babies. Many pediatricians say that breastfed babies are healthier because of this. Infant weight gain in a breastfed infant will be right around four to seven ounces a week
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There are many benefits to attachment parenting but before discussing those it may be important to understand what attachment parenting is not. While this form of parenting has gained more media attention in the past several years it is not a new style of parenting. In fact it is one of the oldest ways of
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As with many other aspects involved with having a baby, there are many factors to consider when buying baby shoes. It is important to start them off on the right foot, which is why it is a good idea to do your research and look around until you find a good pair for your baby.
As more and more research supports the benefits of breast feeding for young infants and babies more doctors and hospitals are recommending that new mothers breast feed their children rather than use formula. Even breast feeding for a short time will give a new child benefits that will be evident for years in the future.
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