Category: News

Super Cooties: Baby Kiss Gives Baby Herpes

People love babies, because why wouldn’t they? Friends and family flock to visit new ones, just for the chance to hold or play with them. And sometimes, viruses. Doncaster mother Claire Henderson’s 3-month old contracted cold sores, presumably by someone infected kissing her baby. At three months, a child hasn’t...

Financial Planning for Expecting Parents

If you have a baby on the way, you’re probably overwhelmed with things like getting the nursery ready, lamaze classes and making sure you have enough diapers for the first few weeks, but if you have yet to start budgeting out your baby’s future, it’s time to make financial planning...

9 Genius Parenting Hacks

Every so often we come across some parenting hacks that are so brilliant and useful that we don’t know how we ever survived without them, and this post from Perth Now has 9 of the best ones we’ve ever seen. From using a plastic laundry basket to keep your baby...

9 Parenting Techniques You’d Never See in America

Every culture has different traditions when it comes to dating, relationships and family matters, but some child-rearing techniques around the world are even more unusual to us here in the States. This post form Yahoo! Travel has compiled 9 of the most common parenting tips from different countries and you’ll...

The Easiest Way to Track Periods and Ovulation

Smartphones can do everything these days, including tracking your periods and ovulation times. This post from The Bump highlights all the features of the ‘Shine’ app and how it can help you, whether you’re trying to get pregnant, have no interest in adding to your family at this point in...

Are You in Danger of Stepping On a LEGO?

Every parent knows the sheer terror and pain of stepping on a LEGO while blindly walking to the bathroom in the middle of the night, or while you’re carrying a load of laundry and can’t see your feet under you…or literally any other time it could possibly happen. So, to...

How to Deal With Colicky Babies

There’s nothing quite like colic to make you feel as if you’ll never sleep again and will be dealing with a crying baby forever. Luckily, it doesn’t have to be that way. Thanks to this blog post from Baby Center, there are plenty of tips and tricks for dealing with...

Popular Baby Names Then and Now

Just like foodie fads, baby name trends come and go throughout the years. What was popular among parents in the 1920s would probably never be considered today, and vice versa. But it’s still fun to see just how far we’ve come with baby-naming. This post from Huffington Post takes a...