Making a Vegetarian Pregnancy Safe Your body needs more nutrients during pregnancy which can all be found from plant sources. It is important for you to make that you and baby are getting all of the nourishment you need. Follow these tips to have a healthy and safe vegetarian pregnancy. Combine Iron with Vitamin C […]
Changes in Nail Growth During Pregnancy Fingernails and toenails are also considered “skin,” and like your skin and hair, nail growth during pregnancy is going to change. Some changes you may like, some you won’t. Pregnancy hormones will help nail growth during pregnancy increase. On the downside, your nails are likely to break, peel, become […]
Planning on Having a Baby at 35 or Older If you have delayed pregnancy for any reason and are 35 or over, you may wonder if it is safe for older women to get pregnant. Statistically, having a baby at 35 or older poses an increased chance of having medical complications during pregnancy—then, again, so […]
Discount Baby Supplies can be Just as Good Your bundle of joy may be costing you a real bundle. Here are some helpful thing my patients do to find discount baby supplies and reduce first year costs. According to my patients, the first year expenses for just the basic necessities can easily total over $4,500. […]
“What if my baby won’t take a bottle?” It should come as no surprise that babies can be very opinionated about where their milk is coming from. A bottle and an artificial nipple are not the same as a breast, even if the bottle is offered by someone cradling the baby in secure, loving arms. […]
Introducing Solid Food for Baby As with all aspects of parenting, watch your child and not the calendar. Look for these ready-to-eat cues for introducing solid food for baby: Able to sit with support, reaches and grabs, and mouths hands and toys. Watches you eat, following your fork as it moves from plate to mouth. […]
8 Ways to Raise a Smart Baby It’s never too early to help your baby become an intellectual human being. Here are eight ways to raise a smart baby through proper womb environment, nurturing, nutrition, music and play (to name a few). 1. A smart womb start Inhaling or ingesting substances called neurotoxins, such as cigarette smoke, […]
When considering rooming-in vs. nursery care, we encourage most mothers and babies to enjoy rooming-in. Full rooming-in allows you to exercise your mothering instincts when the hormones in your body are programmed for it. In our experience, and that of others who study newborns, mothers and babies who fully practice rooming-in vs. nursery care enjoy […]
The Baby Book – available in-store and online! America’s bestselling “baby bible” – an encyclopedic guide to the first two years of your baby’s life. The million-copy bestseller has now been revised, expanded, and brought thoroughly up-to-date – with the latest information on everything from diapering to day care, from midwifery to hospital birthing rooms, […]
Important Infant Sleep Facts In order to better understand the how-to’s of getting you and your baby to enjoy going to sleep and staying asleep, here are some important principles of infant sleep that every new parent needs to understand. 1. How You Sleep. After dressing for bed, most adults help themselves relax for sleep […]
Teenage girls enjoy wearing babies, but this style of baby care is not easy to model to teenage boys. Here’s how our fourteen year-old son, Peter, got hooked on wearing his two-month-old brother, Stephen. Martha gave a talk on babywearing to a group of military wives at a local U.S. Marine base. To get their […]
Becoming a Dad Dads, let me share with you how I blew it with our first three children. Becoming a dad to our first two came at a time when I was learning to be a doctor, and the third as I was beginning a practice. I bought into the philosophy of putting my career […]
