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How to Fly with a Baby: The Stuff

Planning a vacation away can be a very exciting thing, but if you have a baby then chances are that you are concerned about how your baby will take the flight, if your baby will disturb other people on the plane and how to navigate with all of the extra gear. Here are some tips about all of the gear and supplies to make it easier to fly with a baby. Pack for baby Because the process of flying can take hours, you’ll need to bring a carry on bag that will have to get you and your baby all … Continue reading →

Baby Blog Month in Review: July 2008

Two of my three children are summer babies. That is, they were born in the summer and had their first months surrounded by sunshine streaming in the windows, the sound of birds chirping, and days spent wearing nothing but a diaper and a “onsie.” I made sure that they had Fourth of July outfits ready, even though one of them arrived a week after the holiday. I guess he just wasn’t interested in the parade. Do you have a summer baby, too? We had a lot of new information to share this past month, such as recall notices and new … Continue reading →

Ask a Baby Blogger: Our Whole Family Isn’t Invited to the Wedding

Question: A cousin of mine is getting married in a few months and on the invitation she invited myself and my husband but not the baby. My baby will only be 4 months old when she gets married. Isn’t it rude of her not to invite the whole family? So what should I do? Do I tell her that we won’t come unless she invites the baby? (I’m not comfortable leaving the baby as I am nursing.) Or do I go anyways despite her being selective? Since this isn’t the marriage blog I won’t spend a lot of time on … Continue reading →

When Your Newborn Has Special Needs

The days surrounding your baby’s birth should be full of joy and excitement. Yet when your newborn has a medical problem, or is at risk for developing a disease or disorder, those joyous feelings are often replaced with fear, sorrow, and even disappointment. You might learn that your baby will not be able to come home from the hospital as soon as you hoped. Your newborn might be covered with tubes and probes, instead of being the healthy cherubic infant you imagined. He or she might be kept under special care in the NICU (neonatal intensive care unit) or face … Continue reading →

When to See Your Doctor About Crying

We have talked about the fussy baby and the baby that cries and why they cry and what it means when they cry and how you can comfort for their crying. For parents of infants, crying is a simple fact of life. Babies cry for a variety of reasons and there are many ways that we can bring comfort to our babies, but how do you know when the crying is something more than usual? When is it time to see your pediatrician about the baby crying? Is it a Medical Problem? If you notice a change in your baby’s … Continue reading →

Are You Getting Mixed Signals from your Baby?

My baby smiles, my baby won’t stop crying, my baby throws everything on the floor. What does it all mean? The truth is, our babies are not born speaking our languages and we’re not completely conversant with theirs. We know what we think they are communicating and sometimes, we are quite correct. Every interaction with our baby, whether it is primal or coming from a higher language function – we are communicating and they are communicating with us. My Baby Smiles Sometime between 6 and 12 weeks your infant will begin to develop social smiles and will respond to the … Continue reading →

The Best of October in the Baby Blog

October was a busy month here at the Baby blog and we enjoy bringing you the articles and stories that we do. I wanted to post this a few days ago, but I have been pretty buried offline and in other areas, so I apologize for the delay in bringing you are best of October here in the baby blog. A handful of articles were given to a panel of voters and part of the delay was that we had a tie, so I cast the deciding vote. The best of October this month is a three part series brought … Continue reading →

Hold the Phone! Research States That Parents Should Pick Up Their Baby When It Cries

You’ll have to excuse my somewhat sarcastic tone as I write this, but when this headline appeared in my news feeds this morning I found myself staring at it in disbelief. After all, who would pay for this kind of study? As it turns out, the Queensland University of Technology did the research and it was part of a joint study with the Early Parenting Centre. Researchers found that many new parents were uncertain and concerned that if they picked up their child every time it cried, they would end up spoiling their baby. This fear is understandable; especially if … Continue reading →

Your Baby’s Body Clock

A few years ago, I wrote an article about adjusting your baby’s body clock. This is an important trick to learn if you travel to different time zones or if you, like millions of others, live in a place where your clock is going to be turning back an hour or forward an hour twice a year. This past weekend, we rolled our clocks back by an hour, but it’s hardly that simple on our bodies. Transitioning Time The time change is actually hard on most people, but it is particularly difficult for our children and infants. It can take … Continue reading →

Tips for Bringing Your Baby Comfort

Comforting baby does not always come naturally. In fact, as with most other things that involve you and your baby – you will both be learning through a combination of trial and error. To help you with that forthcoming trial, here are some tips to help guide you in things that babies usually like and those they usually do not like. Babies Like: touch, because it is one of their most highly developed senses holding touching cuddling caressing rubbing stroking When you cuddle and caress your baby, it sends messages to the baby’s brain to increase beneficial chemicals and hormones. … Continue reading →