Attention Pregnant Mamas: Soda and Diet Drinks Linked to Premature Birth

As if new moms didn’t have enough to worry about, a new Danish study of pregnant women found a link between daily consumption of soft drinks containing artificial sweeteners and the risk of premature delivery. Yes, it’s true, now mothers-to-be will have to toss out their diet soda’s along with alcohol during their pregnancies.
Researchers from [...]

Keep Your Baby Girl Safe in the Heat: 4 Essential Tips

By Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph.D., and Jacqueline Nardi Egan.
Whether or not you believe in global warming, you’ve got to admit it’s been an exceptionally hot summer, especially in the Northeast. Excessive heat can be very dangerous, even deadly. Indeed, heat is by far the #1 cause of weather-related deaths in the US. According to [...]

Bristol Palin & Levi Johnston Engaged! Is it every parents worst nightmare?

As parents of daughters, we all know that the teenage years bring a bit of turmoil and mayhem as they survive puberty and make decisions that are often unfavorable with their parents. Developmentally, it’s the job of every adolescent to do a bit of rebelling and try to individuate themselves from their mother and father, [...]

When Babies Milestones Are Not Being Met

By: Michele Brown.

In nearly every playgroup there’s one topic that dominates conversations between mothers: milestones. We compare notes, give advice, and revel in our child’s greatness. Within my own mom’s group we are able to talk and laugh about various achievements without a lot of competition between children (or let’s face it, between ourselves). [...]

Daddy Baby Bonding

Dads need to bond too! Take a crash course in Daddy Bonding 101.

How Do We Let Our Daughters Go? Learn to Teach Your Daughter Independence at Any Age

By: Joanne Stern, PhD.

One of the most important jobs of parenting is to teach your daughters to become self-reliant, responsible adults. If you’re too inflexible and controlling, your girls will spend their efforts figuring out ways to rebel instead of making good decisions. If you’re too uninvolved or permissive, they’ll become overwhelmed with the opportunities [...]

Rock-a-Thigh Baby: Socks that Rock for Your Tot!

Reviewed by: Elizabeth Donovan, M.A.

In case you haven’t noticed, 80’s fashion is making a BIG comeback. Leggings, day-glow outfits, skinny jeans, and over-sized belted shirts are all the rage among girls everywhere. And thankfully, the legging-sock craze has outdone their 80’s counterparts with a cute, practical, fashionable, and completely updated look for toddler girls: thigh-high [...]

Best Breast Pumps for Busy Moms

By: Elizabeth Donovan, M.A.

Nursing a newborn takes time, energy, and lots of sleepless nights. And though we simply adore our little bundles of joy, for many moms, there comes a time when it’s time to go back to work. Whether it’s by choice or out of necessity, going back to work is often a difficult [...]

The Quest For A Thin Baby Girl: How Far Some Parents Will Go?

By: Joanna Dolgoff, MD.

First there was the airbrushing of babies in magazines and now parents are starving newborns so they don’t become “fat babies”. What is this country coming to?
We all know that being overweight is unhealthy and can put a person at risk for medical illness. Being too thin, however, is also not healthy [...]

Choosing the Sex of Your Baby: Exploring Sex Selection and it’s Implications

By: Elizabeth Donovan, M.A.

As a mother of three little girls I never considered sex selection. When my first daughter was born – I was over the moon. When my second daughter was born, I was overjoyed my eldest would have a little sister. And when my third daughter was born, my husband and I decided [...]

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