First of all, I apologize if you came to this post looking for information about how to wean your baby. This post is sort of the opposite of a how-to post. Today I have a piece on Brain, Child …
Of Meltdowns and Muffins: A Review of How Toddlers Thrive
I first heard about Dr. Tovah Klein and How Toddlers Thrive: What Parents Can Do Today for Children Ages 2-5 to Plant the Seeds of Lifelong Success in a piece by science and parenting writer Melinda …
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Let’s Talk About Tummy Troubles
Did you know that parents change about 2,000 diapers during their babies' first year of life? For us, one of the strangest aspects of new parenthood was realizing how many of our conversations now …
Keeping Kids Safe and Healthy During the Holidays
Until I reached my thirties, I was always sick at Christmas. It became sort of a joke in my family. Like clockwork in mid-December, I would get a terrible cold that would turn into sinus pain and …
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Do You Hate Fevers as Much as I Do?
The parenting books that I've read seem to belittle fevers a bit, saying things like, "Fevers by themselves don't do any harm to the body" and "fevers aren't bad because they're the way the body …
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Halloween, Oral Care, and Toddler Brushing Battles
Here's my latest motherhood confession: I find it nearly impossible to get my two year old to brush his teeth properly. (Or, even -- let's be even more honest -- sometimes at all.) Brushing my …
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