How to Stop Sibling Rivalry and Promote Sibling Harmony As parents – and referees – of eight children, we have survived personality clashes, ability battles, attention tactics, and multiple mini-battles, only to conclude that sibling rivalry, like nightwaking, is one of the inevitable annoyances of having children. We also learned that the degree of sibling […]
How to Say No Positively “No” is a power-packed word, quick on the lips, easy to say. Your child will hear you use this word often, and you will hear it from your child as well. It’s necessary for a parent to learn how to say “no” to a child so the child can later […]
How to Raise a Confident Child Self-esteem is your child’s passport to a lifetime of mental health and social happiness. It’s the foundation of a child’s well-being and the key to success as an adult. At all ages, how you feel about yourself affects how you act. Think about a time when you were feeling […]
How to Address Stealing Little fingers tend to be sticky, allowing foreign objects to mysteriously find their way into little pockets. Before lamenting that you are harboring a little thief in your house, take a moment to understand why stealing is a common issue and how to handle this problem. 1. Understand Why Kids Steal […]
What is the Best Way to End Night Feeding? This is one of the top questions we get from our friends, from the parents of our little patients and our website followers. The night weaning information you are about to read is gleaned from Dr. Bill’s experience in fifty years of pediatric practice, Martha’s experience […]
When is the recommended age that kids drop their nap? My two-and-a-half-year-old fights me most days. Help! Most moms need their toddlers to take longer naps or take naps for longer than some kids want to. As a veteran mom and nap-needer, I have pondered the nap question a lot over the years, having had […]
Co-Sleeping Is Not Necessarily Bad Our first three babies were easy sleepers. We felt no need or desire to have them share our bed. Besides, I was a new member of the medical profession whose party line was that co-sleeping with babies was weird and even dangerous. Then along came our fourth child, Hayden, born […]
Helping Raise an Independent Toddler Helping raise an independent toddler is all about helping the child break away from the mother in order to learn about their environment and about themselves; the mother needs to let her child go, but also learn how to maintain their connection over a longer distance. As with so many […]
9 Questions on Healthy Weight Gain During Pregnancy It is usual to put on some extra weight while pregnant, but how much is too much? The answers to these nine questions about healthy weight gain during pregnancy prepare you with the knowledge of what to expect. 1. Q. How much weight is a healthy weight gain? […]
How to Know if Baby is Getting Enough Breast Milk How do I know if I’m producing enough breast milk and that my newborn is getting enough milk? I had a low supply at the beginning with my first baby, so I am hoping to plan better for baby number two. I was so stressed […]
Goat Milk Compared to Cow’s Milk What does goat’s milk give you that cow’s milk doesn’t? In many parts of the world, goat’s milk is preferred to cow’s milk. Even in the United States, goat milk is gaining popularity. Goats eat less and occupy less grazing space than cows, and in some families the backyard […]
Dr. Bill’s Outlook on Nighttime Baby Formula Will nighttime baby formula help my baby sleep longer stretches? Dr. Bill gets this question a lot in his Pediatric practice, so I am passing this question along to him: Most of our learning as parents, and most of our books, were literally learned and written on the […]
