Do children under 3 years old need formal education?
Do we need to buy them learning programs and educational software?
In a previous post, I pointed out a recent debate about whether DVD programs such as “Baby Einstein” are any use at all.
Do children learn by sitting and watching? Do they learn sitting in a classroom alongside [...]
Parents want the best for their babies. Does that mean having to spend a lot of money on “educational” material such as “Baby Einstein” and “BabyGenius”?
CNN reported a study that shows TV viewing of educational DVDs have no benefits.
According to CNN, “researchers from Children’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, and Harvard Medical School reached this conclusion [...]
I just finished reading Brenda Nixon’s newest book The Birth to Five Book - Confident Childrearing Right from the Start. I have the privilege of interviewing Brenda on my next podcast coming up next week to talk more about this book.
I found this book full of practical advice for dilemmas that parents of young children [...]
A reader asked me how she can prepare for Baby #2. Is there anything she can do within the next few months before Baby #2 arrives, perhaps get her life organized in a way that will make it easier when she has to take care of 2 instead of 1?
My son and my daughter [...]
It is true that swaddling your baby helps them sleep better.
When I had my babies, the hospital nurse taught me to wrap my babies tightly in a receiving blanket. (I kept one of those hospital blankets for memories!) When the baby is nice and snug, he feels secure and warm, just like in your womb [...]
My first “baby” is turning 21 years old in a week!
With my eyes closed, I can still picture a few memories of those moments shared with him that first year of life, when we were both new at this thing called parenting.
That first year was tough. Sleep deprived, a body that was no longer mine, [...]
A friend who doesn’t have kids said today, “I am going to make sure that when I have kids, it’ll be when I am ready and really want them.”
I thought I was ready when I was 29 and had my first child. Yet, being a parent so changed my life beyond what I could’ve imagined.
Do [...]
Photo by Tauri Tuubel
My older daughter was colicky when she was a baby… uncontrollable crying for no apparent reason. That’s what colic is and there is no known cause. But all that screaming and crying is so scary to a parent, you think something must be dreadfully wrong!
Once my daughter started crying, there was [...]
“You’re being overprotective!”
You bet I am.
When it comes to taking care of a baby, I am all for being overprotective. Don’t let other people intimidate you into thinking that you should not be.
Trust your instincts as a mother.
If you have a feeling that it is not a good idea to leave your 2-month-old baby overnight [...]
