How to Handle Childhood Masturbation in Young Children Don’t run to call your neighborhood psychologist when your little girl rocks on her tricycle seat or your little boy puts his hands down his pants. Instead, stop and consider why this subject makes you squirm. The very word “masturbation” gives many adults a deeply uncomfortable jolt, […]
7 Benefits of Attachment Parenting
Benefits of Attachment Parenting for the Entire Family Attachment parenting offers so many wonderful benefits for not just mother and baby, but the whole family. 1. Mutual Giving The more you give to your baby the more baby gives back to you. Small and quiet moments of pure joy when your baby smiles at you […]
Attachment Parenting and High-needs Baby: Cause or Effect?
Does Attachment Parenting Result in a High-needs Baby? Do we do attachment parenting because our babies are high need? Or are our babies high need because we do attachment parenting, so we let them be themselves and showing all their needs? So many times, I hear “easy baby” stories. I wonder whether I had chosen […]
4 Ways Attachment Parenting Can Reduce the Risk of SIDS
Attachment Parenting to Reduce SIDS The most plausible explanation for SIDS, in most babies, is a defect in cardiorespiratory control and arousability during sleep. Also, research suggests that some infants at risk for SIDS have less-organized physiological control mechanisms. So, any parenting style that can enhance the development of a baby’s physiological control systems and […]
Aggressive Behavior in Toddler After New Baby
How to Stop Aggressive Behavior in Toddler Please help…my son (2.5 years old) is showing toddler aggressive behavior. He keeps attacking his dad (my husband) by hitting, punching, kicking, biting, screaming, growling, etc. He will occasionally do this to myself and his little brother albeit not as often. I have tried so many techniques to […]
12 Ways to Stop Thumbsucking for Good
Thumbsucking Statistics and Ways to Help Your Child Stop In 1977 researchers studied fifty habitual thumbsucking children between ages one and seven. Researchers compared habitual thumbsuckers to children who did not suck their thumb. Studies showed that thumbsuckers tended to be bottle-fed rather than breastfed. The child who was weaned later was less likely to […]
12 Signs Your Baby is High Need
“Why is my baby so different? She is not like any of my friends’ babies. They sleep through the night. They’re happy being held by anyone. My friends don’t seem as tired as I am. What am I doing wrong?” Sound familiar? Your baby acts the way she does because that’s the way she is. […]
Breastfeeding Stories From the Sears Family Women
Breastfeeding Stories to Inspire and Inform Nursing is one of the most natural experiences we can have as women. Breastfeeding can bring unparalleled joy and connection between mommy and baby. Yet many women also experience intense challenges, frustration, and even sometimes pain around the act of breastfeeding. If you were like me, you had a […]
6 Ways to Promote a Healthy Postpartum Immune System
Preload Your Immune System With the current pandemic climate, some postpartum mothers are concerned about staying well. Instead of joining the fear-factor folks who focus on the problem, have a happier postpartum mindset by focusing on the solution – how to have a healthier immune system. The immune system can be weakened postpartum by many […]
Relieving Leg Cramps During Pregnancy
How to Relieve Leg Cramps During Pregnancy An annoying and uncomfortable side effect many women experience during pregnancy are leg cramps. Try these tips to help relieve your leg cramps during pregnancy. Walk it Off Walk if you can. Getting up and moving around works the best for relieving leg cramps during pregnancy. Stretch it […]
To Swaddle, or Not to Swaddle?
Swaddling Explained When a new mom asks me about whether to swaddle her baby, I think back immediately to my own days as a new mom, eight times. I learned the art of swaddling newborns in nursing school. We taught each new mother how to swaddle. Newborns seem to need the security of feeling their […]
When to Night Wean
The First Steps to Night Wean When to night wean will depend on details more specific to each mother’s situation. In general, weaning as a concept says that weaning needs to be done “gradually and with love”, to quote a La Leche League guideline. And weaning implies that a child is being weaned from one […]