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“The Happiest Baby” program helps sooth crying newborns in Pennsylvania
Albrie Marie Metts is a happy baby. The sweet baby girl and her parents, Henry L. Metts Jr. and Angela Oglevee of Fairbank are part of a new statewide initiative to promote a program that sooths and calms newborns called “The Happiest Baby.’’ Created by pediatrician and child development expert Dr. Harvey Karp, “The Happiest [...]
Helping Children Navigate the Present Frenzy
By Barbara Valentin, Special to Tribune Newspapers The holidays may cover a minuscule amount of calendar real estate, but children spend the entire year looking forward to them. What with fun-filled family traditions, time away from school and a chance to indulge in a cornucopia of seasonal delights, who can blame them? And don’t forget [...]
Dr. Karp – Top Ten Most Influential Person in Family Life Today
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Tot Tips (8m-5y): Part 1 – Help! There’s a Neanderthal in My Kitchen!
by Harvey Karp, MD, FAAP I love toddlers! Just for the record, when I say toddlers, I don’t just mean 2-year-olds. This wacky, willful time starts at eight months — when infants are almost ready to “toddle” — and stretches all the way to 5 years. But — and I’m sure I don’t have to [...]
The Dreaded Colic – A ‘Cry-sis’ for the Whole Family
by Harvey Karp, MD, FAAP Infant crying is a fact of life. It’s one of the important ways newborns communicate their needs to us. Fortunately, most of the time even a baby’s passionate shrieks just mean he’s hungry, wet, soiled, or lonely, and he will melt into blissful quiet once you give him what he [...]
The lowdown on bringing up a toddler
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Screams on a plane: How to quell tantrums
Try these tactics when you’re trapped with a kid in confined public places Small children and airplane flights: The mere mention of those two concepts in the same sentence is enough to make many parents — and many airline passengers — cringe. It’s common for moms and dads of babies and toddlers to approach flights [...]
There’s no place like home for babies to pick up toxins
By Liz Szabo, USA TODAY A crawling baby learns about her world with every step, building her muscles as she discovers the difference between smooth bathroom tiles and squishy living room rugs. To her burgeoning taste buds, both taste great. But research shows that babies pick up more than new skills as they explore their [...]
Cure tantrums like cavemen
Our daughter has only just turned 1, but already we are seeing a little of the Terrible Twos. She’s very physical and independent. She wants to put on her own shoes, wants to hold the leash to walk the dog and wants to color with markers just like big brother and sister. But she can’t [...]