Tips for Feeding Your One-Year-Old By baby’s first birthday, about half of what you will be feeding your one-year-old will be solids. Continue to feed most solid foods to your baby by spoon, since you are likely to get more food into baby’s mouth than on the floor. Yet, if your baby is the “do […]
Comparision of Formulas and Breastmilk
To be fair, formula companies have produced milk for babies which, at least on paper, seems to resemble the real thing. Formula is definitely better than it used to be. But on close inspection, what the factories make doesn’t quite measure up to what mom makes. It is nearly impossible for artificial baby milk manufacturers […]
Choosing Formula
Be sure to choose a DHA-enriched formula. Most, if not all of the US formula companies will offer AA/DHA-enriched formulas. For information about the brain-building benefits of DHA, try Dr. Sears’ Go Fish DHA soft gels. When it comes to infant formula, parents need to know a few simple facts: There are some subtle differences […]
Soy Formulas?
Even though around 25 percent of formula-fed American babies take some form of soy formula, we recommend that parents begin their baby on a standard cow’s milk-based formula unless advised otherwise by their doctor. Soy formulas became popular as an alternative formula in infants who are allergic to cow’s milk. Some babies are less allergic […]
Follow-Up Formulas
A new trend in artificial baby milk, popular in Europe and now on the shelves in U.S. supermarkets, is formula designed for the infant older than six months and are meant to be a bridge between regular formula and cow’s milk, which should not be introduced until some time after age one. Two questions arise […]
Discipline for Children
Healthy Discipline for Children Discipline for children is something that must be done to help them learn the right and wrong ways to behave. There are healthy ways to discipline your child though. These ten tips will help disciplining your child be a constructive experience they can learn from. 1. Get Connected Early Discipline for […]
Toddler Behavior
Understanding Toddler Behavior To cope with toddler behavior it helps to remember the basic principle of developmental discipline: the drive that babies have to develop is the same one that creates discipline challenges. 1. Wheels to Run On Imagine how it must feel to learn to walk! He can see all those tempting delights around […]
Child Development Stages
Going through the Different Child Development Stages How often have you heard, “oh, just wait, he’ll grow out if it?” Though partially true, this lame excuse for not correcting certain behaviors shows an incomplete understanding of child development stages. Growth and development used to be pictured like clothing sizes. The child outgrows an outfit, discards […]
Encourage Good Behavior in Toddlers
13 Ways to Encourage Good Behavior in Toddlers In addition to keeping the “don’t touch” items out of the way, consider positive steps you can take to encourage good behavior in toddlers. 1. Give Him His Own Drawer In The Kitchen Fill it with interesting items to pull out, sort and study: things like measuring […]
Shape Children’s Behavior
10 Techniques to Shape Children’s Behavior Shaping children’s behavior means providing the child with cues and reinforcements that direct them toward desirable behavior. As you shape children’s behavior, the child’s personality tags along and also changes and improves. Best Ways to Shape Children’s Behavior praise selective ignoring time-out consequences motivators reminders negotiation withdrawing privileges humor […]
Controlling Parental Anger
How to Deal with Parental Anger Sometimes our kids make us feel angry. We will come home after a tough day, step on one of our children’s toys or they will spill something on the carpet and we cannot help but feel angry towards them. Parental anger is normal to experience sometimes. The important part […]
Working and Breastfeeding
Working and Breastfeeding is Nothing New Women have always worked and breastfed. The pioneer mother on the prairie had lots to do besides nurse her babies, and even modern mothers who are at home during the day struggle with the work of running busy households while responding to the needs of their infants. Combining working and […]