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Guide to Beginning Solid Foods
The high-chair has been assembled and has been sitting in the corner of your kitchen for months. To date, it has been used for little more than a place to set the casserole. ... Read Entire Article
Tips on Feeding Your Baby Solid Foods
No matter how much you have looked forward to feeding your baby solid foods, there is a good chance that you never expected it to be such a difficult task. This is the stage ... Read Entire Article
H2Ohhh…What You Need to Know About Your Baby & Water
Water, it seems like such a simple thirst quencher. We've all heard that drinking water can be good for our skin and our health. However, water may not be the best thin... Read Entire Article
Juice or No Juice?
There's a debate on whether or not it is healthy to give babies and toddlers juice. While technically they don't need juice (water and milk are just fine), many parents choose... Read Entire Article
Switching from Breast Milk or Formula to Cow's Milk
The best source of nutrition for a baby is breast milk. Every group examining infant feeding has come to this same conclusion. It should not be a surprise. Breast milk, after ... Read Entire Article
Oh Baby - You Are What You Eat
Never before has the phrase "you are what you eat" ever rang so true or so loud. Now that your baby is ready to begin eating solid foods, you may be considering what foods you... Read Entire Article
Healthier First Birthday Cake Alternatives
There’s a somewhat recent tradition of giving a baby his or her own little cake on their first birthday and letting them tear into it. It’s cute and messy, and makes for great... Read Entire Article
Alcohol & Breast milk
After 9 months of abstaining from anything that might affect your growing baby in utero, you have delivered and are more than ready for a well-deserved glass of wine. But oop... Read Entire Article
Breastfeeding in Public: Combating the Stigma while Keeping your Dignity
While it’s true that breastfeeding in public is legal in all fifty states, like it or not, there is still a stigma associated with it. If like most breastfeeding moms, the des... Read Entire Article
Does Bottle-feeding Cause Cavities?
When raising a newborn, you are faced with many confounding choices. Choosing between breastfeeding and bottle-feeding is one of them. Whichever you choose, at some point in t... Read Entire Article
Breastfeeding Horrors: Accidental Leakage When “Let Down” Gets You Down
Accidental leakage happens to most breastfeeding mothers at one point or another, and it generally occurs at the most inopportune time, such as when you’re standing in line at... Read Entire Article
5 Things to Do with Old Baby Toys and Clothes
Babies grow up so fast that keeping up with the piles of clothes and toys, which they seem to grow out of every other week, can be a full-time job in and of itself. If these u... Read Entire Article
Starting a Baby on Solid Foods: When, How, and Why
Starting your little one on solid foods is an exciting transition. It can also be a potentially nerve-wracking one, though. As you make the switch from liquid to solid food, t... Read Entire Article
How to Properly Store Breast Milk
A nursing mother should always be educated on how to properly store her pumped breast milk; acquiring this knowledge will help in many aspects of her life as a nursing mother.... Read Entire Article
Baby-Led Weaning: How and Why You Should Try It
What is Baby-Led Weaning? Baby-led weaning is an approach to weaning an infant from being breast or bottle fed to eating solid foods. The first difference between baby-led we... Read Entire Article
