How to Tell if Your Child is Getting Enough to Eat Most mothers and all grandmothers worry that children aren’t getting enough to eat. While few infants and children pack in enough food to satisfy their parents, the more important question is whether your child is eating enough of the right kind of foods to […]
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 […]
Finding a caregiver whom you can trust to parent your baby in a sensitive way is vitally important to your baby’s welfare and your peace of mind while you are working. You also want a caregiver who is supportive of breastfeeding. Share information about the benefits of breastfeeding and about how your baby is growing […]
My baby nurses so often that my nipples are getting sore. Is it okay to give her a pacifier? Babies are born with an intense need to suck. Some infants even suck their thumbs in the womb. Babies not only suck for food, but they also love to suck for comfort. Pacifiers are just what […]
Breastfeeding has become such a struggle. Our three-month-old seems to squirm, arch, and sometimes fights nursing until I get her going. Then she settles down. Help! Some babies just have trouble settling down for a feed. This nursing nuisance is particularly common at three months of age when babies develop better visual acuity, so that […]
15 Health Benefits of Exercise We have yet to see a diet work in which exercise is not at least of equal importance with healthy eating. In the L.E.A.N. program, exercise is nutrition’s close partner. If you wanna lose it, you gotta move it. Why not just stay on the couch and eat less? Restrictions […]
Quick Tips for Prime-Time Physical Fitness: Here are some prime-time physical fitness tips for aging adults who want to stay in shape, keep up their energy levels, and feel young again: • Commit to at least 20 minutes a day of strenuous movement. • Dance! Dancing is a fun way to boost aerobic fitness and […]
Thrilled and excited. This is a big moment in your life, a natural high. You may find it hard to sleep, hard to think of anyone but your baby. You and your partner may feel compelled to tell your birth story to anyone who will listen. If there are things that happened that you are […]
It took nine months to put it on, expect nine months to lose baby weight safely. For months after giving birth, your body shows many telltale signs and feelings that you have grown and delivered a baby. The excess fat accumulated during pregnancy – normal reserve energy stores for you and your baby – may […]
Tips for Drinking and Eating During Labor Childbirth is going to take a lot out of you, and it is important to keep yourself nourished so you will have the strength to get through it. Although labor is usually not a time when you have a big appetite, there are good times to get in […]
How to Know You Are in the Beginning of Labor You’re officially in active labor when your cervix is four centimeters dilated. Some women can stay just shy of this stage of dilatation for days or a week or two before they experience consistently regular, hard contractions. So we will arbitrarily say you are in […]
4 Reasons for a Cesarean Section to be Performed These 4 situations are the most common reasons for a cesarean section to be performed. If you display any of these signs your doctor may deem it necessary for a surgical birth. 1. Failure to Progress This accounts for around 30 percent of cesarean deliveries. It […]
