Is It Really Different When It’s Your Own Child?
After spending time with my friends’ needy, clingy children, I am having second thoughts about parenthood. Will I really feel that differently about my own baby?
After spending time with my friends’ needy, clingy children, I am having second thoughts about parenthood. Will I really feel that differently about my own baby?
We’re discussing The Whole-Brain Child for our parenting book club this month. It’s an engaging and informative read on how the brain develops and offers practical solutions for the most typical misbehaving issues, while explaining what is most likely going on in their brains that’s causing them to “lose their mind.”
At what age is it appropriate to start disciplining your child? How early is too early and how late is too late?
How do you determine the best age to let a child pierce his or her ears.
I have a special-needs child and a typically-developing toddler. Do I dare risk playing the genetic lottery again?
Hello, we’re the Cloth Diaper Support Line. How can we help you?
My one-year-old wakes up multiple times at night, but can’t be comforted and gets angry when I try to calm him down! What’s going on here? How can I help us all get some restful sleep?
5 tips for parents on being more present and less distracted when spending time with your children.
A mom needs a realistic tactical plan for implementing Ellyn Satter’s feeding philosophy to family dinners.
Motherhood is full of opportunities to learn important, and not so important, lessons. You might as well laugh through them all.
I like to do less and wouldn’t we all like to enjoy our lives more? But what exactly do the authors mean by minimalist parenting, was a question that I wondered. Do they advocate living like Tibetan monks? Eschewing possessions and leaving our children to play with sticks? Does it mean letting your kids run wild with minimal parental interference? Is it hands off parenting?
Turns out it was none of those things.
My cloth-diapered heavy wetter is sleeping longer at night, but waking up soaking! How can I keep him in cloth but avoid a nighttime change?
Looking to make your bathroom more child-friendly? We test out some bath spout safety guards and a faucet extender for you.
My 2.5 year old loves to RUN. Away. From us. At every possible and dangerous occasion. What can we do, besides putting him on a leash?
Many children can and often do sleep right through the piercing sound of a smoke alarm. So what should parents do?
We moved our two boys into the same room two weeks ago and it’s not going well. How can I get them to settle down and SLEEP?
Remember how you tracked your pregnancy? Well your baby’s teeth take a lot longer to erupt than nine months. Know what to expect when your baby is teething and this keepsake chart helps you track your child’s incoming teeth.
My three year old refused to cooperate at the dentist and we ended up bailing on the visit. What can I do differently next time?
How to diagnose, treat and prevent pink eye.
Help! My son’s cloth diapers smell like poop no matter what I do. Can this diapering relationship be saved?