Simple Tips for Bringing Your Second Baby Home

Adding a second child to the family changes everything. The postpartum time produces a whirl of emotions that envelops everyone in those first tender months after bringing your second-born into your family. In our instinctive drive to keep newborns from harm, we often become overzealous.

10 Simple Ways to Keep Yourself From Being an Angry Parent

Have you ever found that parenthood isn’t exactly what you thought it would be? It’s okay. We have all been in that place where anger boils over and we are at a loss. Below you will find ten simple strategies you can use to keep the calm. One of the biggest points is – you are not alone!

How Do I Calm My Crying Baby?

When we’re pregnant or awaiting adoption, we dream about our baby-to-be, we always envision those beautiful scenes, which always show a charming baby smiling up at peaceful mother’s face. We read books in advance of the big day about how care for a newborn, how to bathe, feed and dress her, and then we feel somewhat prepared. However, a crying baby was never part of that idyllic vision, so this takes us by surprise.

How Much Sleep Does My Child Need?

Quality of sleep is important – but so is quantity. The actual number of hours that your child sleeps is an incredibly important factor for health and well-being.

A sleep study completed at Tel Aviv University demonstrates that even a one-hour shortage in appropriate sleep time will compromise a child’s alertness and brain functioning and increase fatigue in the early evening. That’s an amazing finding – and it calls for us to look very closely at the total number of hours our child is sleeping.

Do You Know the Four Parts to Discipline?

Discipline is a complex matter. The days are long and complications abound – there are many, many things we must get our children to do, or stop them from doing – all day, every day. Add the fact that children don’t always listen to us, or do the things we want them to do, and you can understand why parenting is a challenge!

Is it OK for My Child to Snore?

Does your child ever snore? Most children snore from time to time, especially if they have a cold or stuffy nose. It’s estimated that up to 20% of young children snore frequently, and about 10% snore every night. Snoring can run the gamut from minor, harmless noisy breathing to a symptom of a heath problem that needs to be addressed.

Babies, Toddlers and Toothbrushing

I hate to admit it, but I don’t brush my baby’s teeth very often. Bedtime is challenging enough without the battle I have to fight to brush his teeth! I have to hold him down, and he cries and screams the entire time that I have a brush in his mouth. I figure that baby teeth just fall out anyway, so it’s not a big deal, right?

~ Amelia, mom of 18-month-old Xander