Your baby learning to walk is an exciting milestone—they are, literally, taking steps toward a whole new way of life as a toddler (and a whole new way of life for you as a parent of a toddler!). And like many milestones, it comes with questions. Here’s what you need to know. When do babies
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Got nothing after “This Little Piggy”? Ramp up your repertoire with these games that are sure to delight your baby (and you!). In the early weeks, enjoying your newborn consists mostly of gazing at her while she sleeps or nurses (since that’s what she spends almost all of her time doing!). But before long, she
With a new baby and a pandemic to worry about, I didn’t spend too much time in 2020 thinking about my hairline. It took cleaning out my phone to show me just how much of a disaster it was. I recently went through my phone to delete old photos, which is something I do every
A gassy baby isn’t a happy baby. If your little one could use a little help passing gas, here are 12 tips, tricks and hacks to get things moving. Trapped gas can make your baby (and you!) absolutely miserable. If your little one is fussy or cries a lot, or you see them arching their
Curl up with some hot cocoa and sing this classic song as a family. Recorded by artists of all music genres including Bing Crosby, Dolly Parton, Destiny’s Child and Alvin and the Chipmunks, there is still no greater version of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer than the one sung by your own child. Written by Johnny
Your infant may be born with peach fuzz on her body, a full head of hair, or no hair at all. Heartburn during pregnancy, goes the old wives’ tale, is a sure sign of a hairy baby. I heard it over and over again when I was pregnant with my daughter. Truth to tale, nine
Co-sleeping, inclined sleepers and heart rate monitors are big no-nos in the 2022 update of the American Academy of Pediatrics’s safe sleep recommendations for infants. For the first time since 2016, American parents with babies are getting new safe sleep recommendations for reducing sleep-related infant deaths. In a policy statement and technical report published in
Earlier this year, crawling—which was previously considered a milestone reached around 9 months—was removed from the CDC’s main milestone checklists for babies in the United States, to the surprise of many parents and paediatric development experts. Walking was also bumped forward to 18 months (instead of 12 months) and talking is now listed as a
Storing breast milk safely is complicated but oh-so important. Here’s everything you need to know, from how long it can stay out, how to freeze it and how to thaw and serve it to your baby. There’s no reason to cry over spilled milk, but there are plenty of reasons to cry over breast milk
Breast milk has immune-boosting components that are dynamic in responding to your baby’s needs—from age to time of day and even illness. There’s a reason why breast milk is referred to as liquid gold: It has immune-boosting components that are dynamic in responding to your baby’s needs, making it a pretty amazing first food for
The epic daily battle to get your kids to sleep and catch some ZZZs can drive you up the wall—but it sure does make for some funny sleep memes. Is there anything more elusive for a parent of young kids than sleep? Even in those blessed stretches when your little ones actually go to bed,
If there’s one way to drive panic into the heart of a new parent, it’s to tell them that the infant formula their baby relies on is suddenly unavailable. This has been the experience of many parents in the United States in recent weeks as supply chain issues and a substantial recall led to unexpected
Is your due date just around the corner? Make sure your hospital bag is packed and ready with this handy checklist. Here are all the must-haves (and some nice-to-haves) that should be on your checklist for the hospital or birthing centre. This list is a good starting point, but every hospital and birth centre does
Canadian parents can still buy crib bumpers at baby-gear stores. That needs to change. Picture it: You’re walking up and down the aisles at your local baby-gear store. You’re pregnant, expecting your very first child, and excitedly learning about what you’ll need for that all-important first year. A stroller, so you can take some leisurely
He was waking every 45 minutes. I was a total mess. But as I waited for the sleep trainer’s instructions to arrive, I had an epiphany. When my son was about four months old, I hit a week of obliterating exhaustion. He was waking every 45 minutes, all night, every night. He’d thrash his little
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