Due to the hormonal changes that happen in the brain during pregnancy, this changes how the brain processes and prioritizes incoming information. Because pregnant women are subconsciously more in tune to their environment (primal survival instinct) pregnant women tend to have more realistic, and memorable dreams. Also there is a...
Teaching empathy is a complex but important parenting task that can help make your kid grow up to be a truly good person. Empathy, defined as being able to relate to, understand and few connection with other people’s emotions, is a complex and multi-factor skill, according to extensive 2014 University...
Maintaining a consistent sleep schedule is one of the most imperative steps in transitioning from infancy to the life of a toddler, and parents can often find themselves frustrated when it comes to finding the balance between a realistic yet structured sleep schedule. It is important that once you develop...
Like most new parents, Allison Hope felt a lot of anxiety when her maternity leave ended, and she readied to return to her job. She wondered how the demands at home might affect her job performance. She was surprised but pleased to discover that being a mom actually made her...
Prenatal health is critical for fetal development, but a lot of women don’t know that they can them before they are pregnant. Many women know they need to take them, but don’t realize the role they play other than keeping the baby healthy. They also help the mother to remain healthy as...
Although co-sleeping with one’s children is not an approved of decision by most, one mother found that there are several surprising benefits to letting her child share her bed. For starters, co-sleeping diminishes the chance of the occurrence of SIDs. When breastfeeding their child, women do not have to leave...
Over 11 genes play a role in determining how much dark melanin is found in baby’s eyes, and these genes can interact in unpredictable ways that leave children with neither parents’ eye color. There is no completely reliable way of predicting a baby’s eye color, even with one of the...
Poor single parents, especially mothers, often have a difficult time with summer break. Lacking the resources to send kids to camp and with the necessity of working undiminished, life can become an endless and exhausting cycle of tasks. Full-time childcare is a very expensive proposition, and many summer attractions are...
Becoming a parent for the second time can mean a new set of challenges and lessons, especially with 20/2 hindsight. Switching to showers from baths and avoiding bath toys can make bathing faster and easier, and horsing a first child’s toy clutter for a second child often turns out to...
Touch is a funny thing. We all crave it and need it. But, some of us are leery of it, for a variety of reasons. Once mom believes that even in a world full of legitimate reasons for valuing personal space, even understanding that young children need to understand that...