All Blog Posts Tagged 'articles' (17)

Thank you Elizabeth Pantley, author of The No Cry Sleep Solution for Offering Us Her Wonderful Articles!

Babies love new places! There’s so much to investigate and new things to touch. But many people aren’t too happy to have your little one crawling or toddling freely about the house exploring everything in sight. While you think its adorable that Baby found the Tupperware, your host may not think it’s cute that…

Thank you to Elizabeth Pantley- author of the No Cry Sleep Solution for offering to share her parenting tips and advice with our moms

My baby is only happy when I’m within arm’s reach. If I dare to leave the room, she cries as if I’ve left the country! I can’t even so much as take a shower these days, let alone leave the house without her. My mother-in-law says it’s because I’ve spoiled her. Is she right? Have I…

Thank you to Elizabeth Pantley, author of the No Cry Sleep Solution, for offering to share her tips and parenting advice with our moms. So many of have family members who like to "chime in" on our parenting styles. Elizabeth writes a great article on handling unwanted advice from family, friends etc. Enjoy!

Handling Unwanted…

Most parents can't wait to find out the sex of their child. Whether it is at the actual birth or sooner - -inevitably we all learn we will either raise a girl . . . or a boy.  While most parenting advice is universal between the sexes, raising girls and boys can, at times, require different tactics, different expectations and the understanding that, by nature, they will soon become men and women in society.

I recently reached out to…

There has been a lot of talk about the program "Your Baby Can Read". Some of our moms swear by it and some say it didn't do a thing for their child except give them hours of TV time. Here is an interesting article posted by Today Money.

The experts in this discussion all say that "Your Baby Can Read" is just a memorization game of words and that the infant/toddler brain just isn't developed enough to grasp the concept of reading.They go…

Check out this article issued by WebMD. New research shows that Omega-3s during pregnancy can reduce your risk of postpartum depression. There has been a lot of research linking cardiovascular health to the consumption of Omega 3s and now the research is expanding into neurological growth

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Sorry guys, the results are in.... Researchers say we aren't as healthy as our counterpart "non-moms".. My response.. "duh"! If I had a million hours to be at the gym during the day, I would..

Click here to read more about this study

I thought I'd share with all of you a great website,www.morethanatoy.com. Dr. Amy Wickstrom, licensed Marital and Family Therapist and Registered Play Therapist, is at the heart of this site, offering parents tools and easy-to -use parenting activities.

Her recent blog talks about anger management and a great activity to help your little one work through anger.…

There are a lot of scary things going on in the world right now. Some parents wonder how best to handle their child's fears.

Some children seem more prone to fear.  They may be the child who doesn't like to be away from family or home, the child who startles easily or may have disrupted sleep. They may be the kind of child that takes time to warm up to a new situation. They may be a child with a rich imagination, that they use to scare themselves.

Whether it is due to…

Check out this article on children and tax deductions

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/41138522/ns/business-tax_tactics/

New guidelines say 2 years. See article below

http://www.cnn.com/2011/HEALTH/03/21/car.seat.guidelines.parenting/index.html

It's important that parents education themselves on the current reccomended vaccinations given to children. Here are two great sites to explore

The Center For Disease Control and Prevention. Here you will find the current recommended vaccination schedule for children

http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/recs/schedules/child-schedule.htm

Dr. Bob Sears, a well-known pediatrician in Orange…

Check out this article. This is long overdue

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41512392/ns/health-womens_health/

Please Welcome Misison Montessori to OC Mommies!…

I would like to introduce everyone to Deirdre Kelly- CEO of Spectrum Montessories. Click here to read about a story of in-home daycare center abuse in Irvine. It is stories like this and her child's experience in in-home daycare abuse which…

Here is an interesting article from the LA Times about a study done on Maternal Nuturing and the effects it has on becoming a well-adjusted adult.

To be a well-adjusted adult, it helps to be a well-loved baby

By Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times

4:06 PM PDT, July 26, 2010…