Pregnancy and Loss
Being Happily Pregnant During the Saddest Time in My Life Being happily pregnant during the saddest time in my life sounds contradictory, but it's true. In less than three years, I lost the three most important...
One of the many benefits of baby sign...
When a baby's brain develops, the area that understands visual information develops sooner than the area that understands auditory information, so a younger baby may be able to understand what they see earlier than they...
A Romantic Getaway
After you have a couple of kids (which I do) your life changes drastically. Everything, well almost everything, you do is for them. I can only speak for myself as a working mom and I can breakdown my life for...
Goodnight baby
People often ask me how I put my baby to sleep. My son has always been a terrible sleeper and I have toyed with the idea of letting him "cry it out" many times. But I can't ever go through with more than 10 minutes of...
Sleep is the New Sex
The Not-So-Secret Sex Lives of New Moms and Dads Dads may clock a bit more sleep than moms do during the early weeks of caring for a new baby, but when it comes to overall feelings of exhaustion, moms and dads are...
Pregnancy after 40
It can be more than a little disconcerting to hear yourself described as "elderly" or "of advanced maternal age" when you only recently celebrated your 40th birthday, but, in the eyes of the obstetrical profession,...
Working During Pregnancy
Follow these tips to get the most from your job while caring for your body's changing needs. Establish your comfort zone Gone are the days when a woman was expected to resign from her job the moment she found...
You want my baby to sleep in what?
5 Baby Travel Tips for the Forgotten Family Vacationers Location. Pools. Cleanliness. Price. These are all factors when choosing a hotel room for a family vacation. New parents traveling with children for the first...
7 Tips for Safe & Healthy Air Travel...
Excerpted from "Your Perfectly Pampered Pregnancy" Air travel during pregnancy is never easy. From managing airport security to balancing those carry-on bags AND your growing tummy, to the crowds, the smells, even...
Breastfeeding and travel
Breastfeeding in a new, unfamiliar destination can be a worry, and as it’s hard to predict whether you’ll feel at ease, it is worth doing some research into local attitudes towards feeding in public before you go....
Lifestyle Changes
Exercise and healthy eating during your pregnancy can help you have a healthy child. There are also some substances you will want to avoid during your pregnancy. Smoking The effects of smoking (cigarettes, cigars,...
