Newborns & Toddlers
Win a Quinny Yezz stroller
Are you as stylish as celebrity moms Courtney K. and Ali Landry? Yeah, I thought so. Seems only right, then, that you should be sporting the trendy Quinny Yezz, the stylish stroller brand coveted by celebs and moms who know simultaneous style and function is where it is at. Just in time for summer trips, the Yezz is [...]
Small, high-powered magnets hazardous to kids remain on market
Last summer Kelly Bruski went to the store with her sons to buy a birthday gift for her boyfriend. When the boys, now 6 and 9, chose a magnet desk-toy called Buckyballs, “I saw they were really picking out a gift for themselves,” said Bruski, a sales rep in Crystal Lake, Ill. Bruski allowed her [...]
Some mothers can’t breast-feed
After struggling to breast-feed her first two children, Nyssa Retter was determined to do better with her third. She gave birth without painkillers, which may make newborns slightly drowsy. She chose a free-standing birth center staffed with lactation-savvy midwives. She had skin-to-skin contact with her daughter immediately after birth and consulted with midwives when her [...]
Nameberry: Papal Baby Names: Possibilities beyond Pius and Innocent
Just as the billows of white smoke emanating from the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City signal the election of a new pope, so does the name he chooses for himself signal his aspirations for his papacy. Pope Francis broke precedent by picking one that had never been used before, but which has deep meaning for [...]
Safety groups spreading word to parents about furniture tip-over danger
Two years after her son Shane was crushed by a falling dresser in the family’s home just outside Chicago, Lisa Siefert drives to her advocacy work on the dangers of tip-overs with his car seat still in place. She can’t bring herself to go into the bedroom where the 2-year-old died, but gathers the will [...]
The Parent ‘Hood: Toddler’s got the new-baby blues
Your 3-year-old is not adjusting well to the new baby. Will he ever come around? Parent advice (From our panel of staff contributors): My daughter is two years, nine months older than my son. At first she was appalled at the idea of a new sibling. Visiting the hospital, she would have nothing to do [...]
The Parent ‘Hood: When girls compare body types
Your daughters have very different body types: one tiny, one more heavyset. What do you do about the constant comparing? Parent advice (from our panel of staff contributors): As the father of three grown daughters, it’s important to get a message across to them early and often: Body type is unimportant. Despite what the kids [...]
The Parent ‘Hood: Advice for first-time Parents
Your pal is expecting her first child. What’s one bit of must-have advice? Parent advice (From our panel of staff contributors): I’ll pass along what a colleague told me when I was expecting: The days are long, the years are short. In other words, don’t expect those days with baby to be all bliss. It’s [...]
The Parent ‘Hood: Sneaking away toys
Is it OK to sneak your kids’ old toys away to charity when they’re not looking? Parent advice (from our panel of staff contributors): Use the halfway house strategy. Put them in the attic or a box in a corner of a closet, and see if their absence is noted. After a suitable time period, [...]
Nameberry: French baby names
In the past few weeks, you’ve seen our predictions for the rising names in the U.S., and the forecast of what will be 2013′s most popular in the U.K.; today we look to France’s upcoming stars. To check out the latest trends in French baby names, we turn once again to our go-to expert, Stephanie [...]
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