Nutrition is of the essence, and “you are what you eat” is never as true as it is when you have a developing baby inside you. The foods you choose will nourish and help determine not only a healthy pregnancy, but also your child’s long-term health. Eating high-quality, pregnancy power foods helps both of you derive the best potential from your health. So, now that the seed … [Read more...] about Pregnancy power foods
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Our top 5 favorite gifts for Father’s Day
Perfect picks for dads and dads-to-be As that old maxim goes, the best gifts come from the heart. To that, we’d like to add that it never hurts if said presents are also unique, fun, and multi-functional. Below we’ve compiled five of our favorite gift-giving options, perfectly suited to new and seasoned dads alike. The best part? Every one of these picks is something both dad … [Read more...] about Our top 5 favorite gifts for Father’s Day
Newborn sleep: expectations and reality
By Elizabeth Pantley, author of The No-Cry Sleep Solution for Newborns When you’re expecting a baby, one of the things you know for sure is that infants wake up at night, so you expect your baby will, too. It’s normal, right? But once you have a real, live newborn in the house you can be floored by how totally disrupted your sleep becomes. You may have had no idea that lots … [Read more...] about Newborn sleep: expectations and reality
Photos of moms and their one-day-old babies
We are smitten by British photographer Jenny Lewis. In her recently released book, One Day Young, Lewis features 45 intimate, but hardly intrusive, portraits of new mothers. For five years, she arranged visits with women in their East London homes to capture life with their one-day-old newborns. At the start, the mothers were all strangers, responding to advertisements Lewis … [Read more...] about Photos of moms and their one-day-old babies
How pregnancy sets the tone for parenting
Pregnancy is a prime opportunity to set the tone for parenting The ups and downs, the discomforts, and the joys of pregnancy are a practice round for what’s to come. It’s a great time to work on your very personal strategy for muddling through the unknown. There is no right or wrong in parenting. So, you get to start right now developing and building on a course of action and … [Read more...] about How pregnancy sets the tone for parenting