Postnatal depression in moms is at last being recognized, and today more moms feel able to seek help and treatment without being stigmatized.
Society doesn’t treat dads as well. Men often get depressed after the birth of a baby, and studies suggest around 3-4% of fathers suffer from depression. Another study published this week suggests that [...]

Most of us have morning sickness to some extent. It’s no fun whatsoever, but it usually goes away around the end of the first trimester, and is considered by many doctors to be a sign of a healthy, normal pregnancy.
But sometimes normal morning sickness becomes anything but. Fiona Shaw, a mom from Britain, was so [...]

Or, why you shouldn’t rush to turn your baby’s convertible car seat around on her first birthday.
In the USA, babies must ride rear-facing until they are one year old and weigh 20lbs.
For many moms, it’s another exciting milestone, a sign that baby is growing and becoming more independent. Now she can travel facing forwards like [...]

The Ortho-Evra patch was introduced in 2001 in a blaze of advertising hyping the benefits of the patch over the pill. The patch contains hormones similar to those in the contraceptive pill, except that they are absorbed through the skin. Patches are worn in a four-week cycle. A patch is worn for [...]

A new report from the UK published today reminds us all about safe sleeping practices for babies. Babies who sleep with their faces covered are 27% more likely to die from SIDS or crib death, than those who sleep with their heads and faces uncovered.
It seems obvious. Actually, babies who die [...]

You don’t need me to tell you that babies need a lot of clothes. The average baby grows out of 4 or 5 complete wardrobe changes in their first year. I don’t have a linen cupboard, it’s full of boxes of my son’s baby clothes saved for potential baby number two.
Baby clothes and bedding are [...]

Do you ever feel frustrated with society’s attitude towards moms and babies?
The world seems to be pushing babies to be mini adults. (Why can’t we let babies be babies?) and moms are expected to be 14 different things at once.
I am very happy it’s 2008 and not 1958 where the only “correct” type of mother [...]

last week, we covered the recent studies from UK universities that claim diet affects babies gender. In a nutshell, the studies report that high-calorie diets seemed to produce boys, and lower calorie diets produce girls.
Louise Silverton, Deputy General Secretary of The Royal College of Midwives in the United Kingdom, warns women trying to conceive that [...]

Pregnancy is one of the worst times to be uninsured. Medical care is vital for pregnant women and too many women and babies in this country are missing out on proper health care because they can’t afford health insurance, or the insurance they have doesn’t cover maternity costs.
According to the Texas Attorney General, a company [...]

Introducing solid food is a major milestone in your baby’s life. Most pediatricians recommend solid food be introduced sometime between 4 and 6 months.
The most common first food is baby rice cereal, a very small amount mixed up with formula or breastmilk so it’s only slightly thicker than than the milk.
It’s exciting to be able [...]