7 Questions Before Choosing Diaper Bag

 It is important to have a diaper bag that fits your needs and lifestyle. So how do you select the one that's right for you? There are several things you need to consider in selecting the right bag.

What Will You Do After Baby Comes?

Navigating your career after having a baby may be one of toughest problems you have to deal with .

Feeding First Year Baby Guide

It is very important to choose the appropriate foods for your baby during the first year of life. More growth occurs during the first year than at any other time in your child's life. Feeding your baby a variety of healthy foods at the proper time is essential . Good eating habits at this early stage will help your baby have healthy eating patterns for life.

8 Ways to Make Your Baby Smarter

1. A SMART WOMB START

Inhaling or ingesting substances called neurotoxins, such as cigarette smoke, excessive alcohol, and illegal drugs, have all been shown to harm brain development and increase the risk of a child having learning and behavior problems later. Besides the “don’ts” of drugs, alcohol, and nicotine during pregnancy, there are some “do’s” that affect the developing fetal brain in a healthy way. A healthy diet is a must. While it takes very poor maternal nutrition to harm a baby’s developing brain, in general, the better you nourish your body, the better you nourish your baby’s growing brain.

Raising A Happy Baby : Some Helpful Advices

The moment we first see their adorable little heads, we want the best for our babies ; and that includes their happiness. And believe it or not, we can influence just how happy they are now and in the future. Here’s some helpful advice that you should follow :

Healthy Food for New Moms

After giving birth , you might care about losing pregnancy pounds. But there’s something that's even more important for your body after your baby arrives -- foods that give you energy to be the best mom you can be.
Routinely eating nutrient-rich foods throughout the day will maximize the little energy you probably have as a new mom. If you’re nursing, the quality of your breast milk stays pretty much the same no matter what you choose to eat. But that's because when you aren't getting the needed nutrients from your diet, your body will provide them from your own stores. So making sure you’re getting all the nutrients you and your baby needs will benefit both of you.  Try to make these smart, nutrient-rich foods a regular part of your diet: Your body and your baby will thank you.

How to Improve Early Diagnosis & Effective Treatment of Heart Failure in Children

Heart failure in children is an important cause of childhood health problems and death. The Children's Heart Failure Study Group of the Canadian Cardiovascular Society, in collaboration with the Canadian Pediatric Cardiology Association, has developed new guidelines to assist practitioners in primary care and emergency departments to recognize and successfully manage heart failure in children with undiagnosed heart disease and symptoms of possible heart failure. The guidelines are published in the December issue of the Canadian Journal of Cardiology.

Things You Might Not Know About Raising Twins

About three of every 100 pregnant women in the U.S give birth to twins or triplets. And by many accounts, twin pregnancies are on the rise. Still, even experienced moms may not know what to expect when they bring home newborn twins. 

While it is true that twins can bring double the joy, parenting twins can also require double the work -- at least initially.

"This is survival mode," says Jennifer Walker, Atlanta-based pediatric nurse and co-author of The Moms on Call Guide to Basic Baby Care. Walker is also a mother of twins.  

The key to not feeling you're over your head with twins is planning ahead. Here's what the experts say.

25 Solutions to Handle a New Baby with stress

Jen Singer, author of You're a Good Mom (and Your Kids Aren't So Bad Either) and creator of MommaSaid.net, isn't particularly fond of babies. "That's because both of my sons' first years were the most stressful for me," she says.  "They were colicky, one had reflux, and neither one slept through the night for a whole year."

Tammy Gold understands Singer's sentiments. Gold is a New York-based psychotherapist and a certified parenting coach and mother. She launched Gold Parent coaching in November 2007 to help distraught parents like Singer. "There are nannies, doulas, and lactation specialists," she says, "but no service helps parents with this gigantic change.  Everybody's learning, everybody's struggling."

"It's not just the actual time and effort involved in caring for this tiny creature that makes it so tough to find time for yourself," says psychologist and mom Pamela Freundl Kirst. "There's also an instinctually based psychological drive called primary maternal occupation that focuses your life on the relationship with your infant. Appreciating this can help you find ways to nurture and care for yourself directly."