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The Importance Of Carrying Your Baby Kit While Traveling

Anyone who has children knows that traveling becomes much more complicated with a kid or two in tow. Traveling with babies is especially difficult, and can complicate travel plans immensely. Traveling is already stressful enough, so it is crucial to be prepared for all baby-contingent scenarios. If this is all too familiar  then you’re likely not [...]

Carbon Footprint of Formula Feeding

Carbon Footprint of Formula Feeding

Making cow’s milk formula for all the young babies in India would need an additional 114 million lactating cows. And that’s just India…. I love the fact that someone has worked this out. It’s such a different angle to look at the breastfeeding/bottle feeding question. After 6 months I used infant formula with all three [...]

Baby-Proofing: Did You Think About Everything?

As a mother of a 6 month old baby, I was a little daunted at the sheer volume of work I thought was involved in baby-proofing my home. With the number of variables involved and the risk of a baby proofing product actually doing the opposite rather than helping my cause, I admit I thought it was a [...]

Elimination Communication: Diaper Free Baby

According to those who use the technique, Elimination Communication is the practice of being responsive to a child’s need to eliminate wastes, and giving him the means to express this need clearly to his caregiver, regardless of his age. It also includes some training, called “cueing” through which the child associates a sound, place, object [...]

Child Obesity Causes

Child obesity levels are on the increase in America and many other countries around the world. As well as having social and psychological consequences, children that are overweight often develop potentially dangerous health problems that can affect them for the rest of their lives. This article discusses the reason for the rise in childhood obesity [...]

How To Lose The Baby Weight Without Starving Yourself

Are you currently pregnant and discouraged about getting back into shape after having your baby? Or maybe you’re a new Mom who is exhausted and getting to the gym is the last thing on your mind! Either way, I hope the following tips help you lose that baby weight. I don’t have any fancy initials [...]

Should I Breastfeed or Use Formula?

The decision of how to feed your baby is a very personal one. The benefits of breast-feeding are numerous and significant, but many women still choose not to for reasons all their own. Before you decide how to feed you child, take a few moments to study up on breastfeeding, then armed with information, making [...]

Simple Ways to Calm Your Baby

by Dr. Melanie Beingessner As new parents, it can be daunting to try to soothe a baby when they fuss and cry. Here are some ideas that might help you to calm your baby. 1. Dance together. Gentle music soothes babies rather than fast music with a lively beat. By swaying and humming to the [...]

450 Billion Disposable Diapers a Year

“The facts are staggering. Studies have shown an infant goes through between 7,000 and 8,000 diaper changes before entering potty training. World Watch estimates 450 billion disposable diapers are used each year and contribute nearly 77 million tons of waste to landfills. Even worse, a disposable diaper normally made out of plastics takes around 500 [...]

Infant Pottying – Is This for Real??

One of the great benefits of natural parenting is the reduced cost. Although it was not my intention to become a hippy parent, I became fairly crunchy as I discovered many attachment parenting methods in an effort save money and streamline my life. As a single mother with very limited resources I was looking for [...]

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