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 [...]
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 [...]
Once upon a time, there was just one voice of authority on how to raise children, and his name was Dr. Benjamin Spock. Those days are gone. Starting in 1946, a whole generation of baby boomers were raised on advice from the avuncular pediatrician, whose book “Baby and Child Care” sold nearly 750,000 copies the [...]
To ward off the virus, get a flu shot now. There’s no need to miss school or work this flu season By Angela Haupt Posted: August 26, 2010 Perhaps no flu season in recent memory has been as hyped and harrowing as last year’s, when swine flu infected millions and vaccine shortages led to long [...]
Too Young to Discipline? Your newborn cries, you pick him up. He’s hungry, you feed him. His diaper is wet, you change him. Of course you cater to his every need. Baby care is hard enough; surely, you think, you don’t need to worry about disciplining your little darling, right? But soon enough, baby gets [...]
Swaddling, the practice of tightly wrapping a baby in a light blanket, is an age-old technique that not only calms babies but makes them portable. The technique is growing in popularity in the United States as a result of a best-selling parenting book that teaches frazzled parents how to soothe crying babies. This month, the [...]
by NPR Staff California is in the midst of its worst outbreak of whooping cough in a half-century. More than 2,700 cases have been reported so far this year — eight times last year’s number at this point. Seven of the victims, all infants, have died. And here’s what really worries pediatricians like USC’s Harvey [...]
Plus tips to reverse the damage by fine-tuning your approach to child discipline When you picture a spoiled child, you may think of a kid with a house full of extravagant toys. But child discipline experts say its behaviors — not possessions — that define the spoiled child. “A spoiled child is one who’s demanding, [...]
When you become a new parent, your job is to love your baby like crazy, but in addition, there are two main tasks – to feed your baby successfully and to soothe her crying. Parents who do these well feel great! However, those who struggle feel terrible. Fortunately, there are lots of places to find [...]
He’s best known as the creator of the best-selling Happiest Baby on the Block series of books and DVDs, but for the past twenty years Dr. Harvey Karp has been tackling something even tougher than a toddler temper tantrum: endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs). EDCs are found in almost every product we have in our homes [...]