Toddlers are, by nature, exhibitionists. More than one family has been embarrassed when, during a dinner party, junior strips down to his birthday suit and runs around the dining room table, while mom and dad race to get a towel around him. It is extremely common for a baby or a toddler to want to [...]
Most children in the United States are potty trained between the ages of 18 months and three years old. Many, however, believe that early potty training can be accomplished at a much younger age. The main argument against early potty training is that babies don’t have the physical muscle development needed for real toilet training [...]
During the first twelve months of your baby’s life, she’s learning a tremendous amount of things. Most importantly, perhaps, she’s learning how to use her body, and motor skill development in the first year is truly significant. If you know what kinds of milestones to watch for, you can encourage your baby in that progress [...]
When you’re a new parent, any possible condition your baby may have sounds daunting. We simply don’t want to think about the possibility of anything being wrong with our babies, especially in their first few days of life. One of the most common problems babies experience in their first couple months is jaundice. Don’t [...]
One of the most common questions that parents of toddlers seem to wonder is whether or not their child should be taking a vitamin supplement. The fact of the matter is that vitamins are marketed to children of the toddler age, and have been for many years. During the first couple of years of life, [...]
This isn’t exactly an easy question, or at least not one that lends itself to a universal answer. The fact of the matter is that it can vary greatly from one preschool to the next. Some preschools will absolutely demand that your child is already potty trained before he starts. Most preschools fall into this [...]
One of the questions that expecting parents (and, in cases when you don’t know whether you’re having a boy or a girl, new parents) have to deal with is whether or not to circumcise a baby boy. There are a number of factors that go into making that decision, and there are people who have [...]
While not every preschool demands that your child needs to be potty-trained before entering preschool, the fact of the matter is that many, if not most preschools do indeed require that your child be potty-trained before entering their preschool. The good news for working parents is that few, if any, day care facilities follow the [...]
Most babies enjoy bath time. And depending on how and when you choose to give your baby her baths, bath time can be a great way to start the day, or a fantastic way to help baby start relaxing and settling in for a (hopefully) long night’s sleep. Babies only need to be bathed about [...]
About one in every four babies will develop colic at some point, so it’s a good idea to know what it looks like and to be prepared just in case your baby is the one. Colic is essentially when a baby cries for three hours or more at a time without any obvious reasons. Colicky [...]
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