Does Your Baby Have a Flat Head? You take your three-month-old over to grandma’s house for a visit, and as the loving grandma coddles and showers the baby with affection, you suddenly hear her say, “Oh my, what is wrong with her head?” Concerned, you inspect your baby’s skull and are horrified to see that […]
RSV – Respiratory Syncycial Virus
PREMATURE BIRTH RATE SOARS MAKING AN INCREASING NUMBER OF CHILDREN AT RISK FOR SERIOUS RESPIRATORY SYNCYCIAL VIRUS Current reports show a significant rise in the number of preterm births over the past 20 years. These rates have risen from 9.4 percent to 11.9 percent, an increase of more than 27 percent between 1981 and 2001.1 […]
Lead Poisoning
Dangers Lead Poisoning Can Have Lead poisoning from eating lead-based paint chips resulted in a government ban on lead-based paint in 1978. Homes built after 1980 are required by law to use lead-free paint. So the problem should be over. Not true. While the signs of lead poisoning have long been recognized, recent research has […]
Breastfeeding and Brain Development
The Link between Breastfeeding and Brain Development We can’t promise that breastfeeding will make your child a Nobel Prize winner, but research shows a very positive relationship between breastfeeding and brain development. Children who were breastfed have I.Q. scores averaging seven to ten points higher than formula-fed infants. It’s important to remember that these numbers […]
3 Little Known Benefits of Breastfeeding
Benefits of Breastfeeding 1. Breastfed babies smell better. Unlike the stinky stools of a formula-fed baby, the stools of a breastfed infant have a less offensive buttermilk-like odor. Changing the diaper of a breastfed infant is not an unpleasant task–which is fortunate, because most breastfed babies have several bowel movements a day. When the baby […]
Parenting & Behavior Issues
Teething Teething is probably the number one cause of night waking and daytime fussiness for infants from this age until 2 years. Signs of teething include excess drooling, chewing on everything in site, constant gnawing on fingers (both yours and baby’s), and long periods of unusual crankiness and night waking. The nights of baby sleeping […]
Birth
NEWBORN OUTLINE Here is a brief look at what your Newborn Virtual Office Checkup includes: Bonding Breastfeeding: How much, how long and how often Establishing your milk supply Proper latch on Avoiding and treating sore nipples How to determine if baby is getting enough breastmilk Preventing Yeast infection in your breasts Bottlefeeding Burping Sleeping Bathing […]
Father Involvement
Father Involvement for Better Discipline Fathers become disciplinarians in much the same way that mothers do. The more we are exposed to both well behaved and poorly behaved children, we realize that fathers don’t start becoming disciplinarians early enough. More father involvement helps dads to become strong disciplinarians. 1. Start Early Spending time with your […]
Father Worry: Wife’s too Attached
Dads, to help you understand why your wife may have difficulty saying “no” to your toddler, consider this analogy. Suppose your wife is browsing in a “parenting store” and she finds an elixir called Attachment Parenting Tonic that, if used properly, will make parents sensitive, giving, and intuitive toward their baby. So you both take […]
7 Ways to Build Healthy Sexuality
7 Ways to Build Healthy Sexuality How a child learns to treat the other gender, and how the child feels about his or her own sexuality is an important part of his or her self-image. We prefer to talk about “building healthy sexuality” rather than “teaching sex.” Schools, for better or for worse, teach sex; […]
Toilet Training Tips
13 Toilet Training Tips to Know Before You Start 1. Parent and child must work together Toilet training is a partnership, with proper roles assigned to each person. You can lead a baby to the bathroom, but you can’t make him go. 2. Don’t be in a hurry You have not failed Parenting 101 if your […]
6 Steps for Toddler Toilet Training
Toddler Toilet Training to get to Diaper Free Day Step One: Be Sure Baby is Ready Watch your baby, not the calendar, for the following toddler toilet training signs: Imitates your toileting Verbally communicates other sensations, such as hunger Understands simple requests, such as “go get ball” Begins to pull diapers off when wet or […]