Spit-up On My Shoulder

I discovered a new product for parents that I love – the Itzbeen Baby Care Timer. The Timer helps parents keep track of when their baby last fed, napped, or had a diaper change. It can also keep track of things like when the baby last took her medicine.
The Timer blew me [...]

Have you heard about this movement (excuse the pun) to potty train babies from birth? Click here to read the Associated Press article that came out on August 28th about it.
Of course, we all love when we’re done with diapers, but I find it hard to believe that newborns have any bladder or bowel [...]

I love this idea from the July 18th edition of Dollar Stretcher for Parents, a free weekly e-newsletter.
Rather than buying the special scented diaper disposal bags to
put smelly diapers in (the kind you keep in your diaper bag
for when you’re out), just reuse the plastic bags that
newspapers come in. If you want to make them [...]

I’m back from vacation and feeling great. The weather was beautiful and it was so wonderful to have some downtime. I don’t know about you, but it takes me at least a day to decompress. Luckily I had 3 nights away, which felt perfect. Of course, even more wouldn’t have hurt! [...]

Here’s a great idea for saving money on baby wipes that I found in the 5/16/07 issue of the Dollar Stretcher newsletter:
Instant Baby Wipes
I raised four kids and didn’t buy baby wipes for home or travel. A roll of toilet paper or box of generic facial tissue and a bottle of dollar store baby oil [...]

I found a great article about how to decorate the nursery for your baby’s health. The article is by Charlyne Varkonyi Schaub and you can find it here.
We usually focus on how pretty the nursery will be and not on potential health triggers. Your choices of products can help your child avoid asthma [...]

Could it be true? A cure for colic? Over the last few years there have been several studies claiming that probiotics, dietary supplements containing potentially beneficial bacteria or yeast, can lessen crying in colicky babies.
Here is part of an article that appeared in the April 2007 issue of Sacramento Parent regarding new research [...]

When I had my first daughter, if a parenting technique I tried wasn’t successful, I would promptly forget the technique. I figured, “That method just doesn’t work for my baby.” But, guess what? Babies change. If your baby, for example, now doesn’t like to be held or burped a certain way, didn’t [...]

One of the best ways I’ve found for soothing a crying baby is the 5 S’s method developed by Dr. Harvey Karp. He is the author of the book, The Happiest Baby on the Block, which also is available as a DVD. The DVD is a great way to watch other parents learn [...]

A big fear during my pregnancies was that my baby would not be able to leave the hospital with me. It’s one of the most stressful experiences a new mother can have. Jennifer, a woman profiled in my book, describes it this way: “I literally felt like my heart was being ripped out [...]