Having an infant often times means mommy is left tired from long sleepless nights. It doesn’t have to be that way though. Integrating sleep training into your life could make a world of difference. Being able to get a full nights sleep can cut down on anxiety, leave mommy feeling...
When M is in preschool for the day I am able to focus on As immediate needs, as a tiny baby, and my own healing. Keeping her in preschool is certainly a more costly undertaking, as basically more than half of my maternity leave payments are going to her childcare...
Breastfeeding is a very good and natural thing for babies but what if you mother was dry nursing your baby? That`s right this may not be as weird as it sounds. By letting your mother dry nurse your baby your baby will feel that same comfort and warmth as if...
Instead, the royal family got up, got dressed and headed out to the traditional Christmas Day service at St. While this marks the first year that the 90-year-old monarch has missed the traditional Christmas morning service in the more than 30 years, Buckingham Palace revealed that she would participate in...
Brittany Meng loves to help people, volunteer, get together with friends, host parties, mentor college girls, sew, read, write and cook. And if she wanted to spend time with her husband or friends or fulfill her volunteering obligations, then there really was no time to rest or even go to...
Tired of helping your kids with their homework every night? Wish you could just forget about it but you know if you do it will never get done? Maybe its time to help your kids set up a homework routine that works with them. Show them how to pace out...
If you are faced with the possibility of a c-section instead of a natural birth, you may be wondering how the recovery compares. The truth is that every person is different and so is each experience. Even having a planned versus an emergency c-section has significant differences. Going in for...
The major difference between pregnancy one and two is the fact that this time, you have one baby inside your womb, and one at home. Running behind your first baby contributes to most of the fatigue you feel, but because your body has already carried a baby, the tiredness you...
Learn as much as you can about breastfeeding even before your baby’s born. Talk to other nursing moms, read books to familiarize yourself, call your local La Leche League International chapter, and consider taking a breastfeeding class (offered by most hospitals) some time in your last trimester. The more you...
Women who took fish oil during the last three months of pregnancy significantly lowered the risk that their children would develop asthma, a study in Denmark has found. Among children whose mothers took fish-oil capsules, 16.9 percent had asthma by age 3, compared with 23.7 percent whose mothers were given...