Baby
How to Deal With Unsolicited Advice About Your “Big” Baby
A first time mom needs help putting some comments about her larger baby’s size into perspective.
Young Child
When Your Preschooler Lies
A five-year-old’s craving for sugary treats has led to a mini-crime spree. What now?
Baby
Formula Feeding From Birth
An expectant mom has decided that she will not breastfeed and will start formula feeding her baby right after s/he is born. She needs advice on how to handle the potential aggressive and judgey behavior she may encounter at the hospital from doctors, nurses and lactation consultants.
Baby
From Breastmilk to Milk
BUT WHAT KIND?????
Young Child
Picky Eating & Mom Guilt
A WOHM mom doesn’t want to engage in a mealtime battle with her young picky eater because she wants a pleasant dinnertime experience but is experiencing guilt about his limited food palate. What can she do?
Baby
Daycare Milk Wars
Our daycare is pressuring us to go against our pediatrician’s advice and transition to cow’s milk early. Is it really a big deal or am I overreacting?
Baby
Grieving the Breastfeeding Relationship That Never Was
This new and first-time mother is upset and sad because her breastfeeding relationship with her baby has come to an end sooner than she expected.
Baby
Hospital Food (for Baby)
Dealing with the pressure to supplement.
Baby
The Solid-Foods Jungle
Weaning from the breast and introducing solid foods are two very separate things.
Food & Home
Our Family’s Favorite Cookbooks
Yeah, we love cookbooks. Not a holiday passes without a cookbook being exchanged.
Baby
The Colic Outcasts
My newborn has colic and now my family is hanging out without me! Are postpartum hormones just making me oversensitive? Please help.
Health & Safety
ISO: Soy-Free Baby Formulas
Soy is lurking in the ingredient list of every major formula brand. Should you avoid it? CAN you avoid it?
Baby
Milk Wars
Is it okay to wean a baby off breastmilk if they still won’t drink cow’s milk?
Baby
Twins & Breastfeeding Goals: What’s Realistic?
I am 27 weeks pregnant with twins and have started to do my research on breastfeeding and pumping. How unrealistic am I being?
Baby
The Lazy Mom’s Guide to Homemade Baby Food
It’s inexpensive, delicious and easy (really!). Triple win!
Baby
How to Introduce a Baby Bottle
I am currently breastfeeding my almost 4 week old son and I am very interested in getting him to take a bottle. A side note–I have a 2 year old daughter who NEVER took a bottle. I breastfed her for 13 months, exclusively. At the time it wasn’t a big deal and I wasn’t that bothered by it. But now…I NEED this little boy to take a bottle.
Toddler
Toddler Food Wars: Dinnertime Hunger Strike Edition
My toddler won’t eat dinner, then wakes up in the middle of the night crying from hunger. How can I win this battle of the food wills?
Baby
Milk Allergies & Weight Gain in Babies
How do I fatten this kid up without dairy?
Baby
Is My Baby Eating Enough?
My 9-month-old has dropped from the 25th percentile for weight to the 5th. How do I help him pack on the pounds?
Baby
Baby Food Rebellion
A mom needs help because her 7 month old baby is going on a solid food strike after a recent illness. What should she do?