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12 Days of Family: The Gift Guide

It’s Holiday Gift Guide time! We love the structure and restraint provided by this sweet rhyme when thinking about gifts...

caring-for-newborns, gear, hacks, newborn-lifestyle, parenting, self-care

Infant Car Seat Safety: What You Need to Know

As a certified Child Passenger Safety Technician (CPST) and childbirth and early parenting educator at Baby and Company, I chat...

caring-for-newborns, safety
pregnant woman laughing during class

Do I Really Need to Take a Childbirth Class?

Like childbirth itself, every childbirth class is a little different. Because of this, there is a lot of uncertainty about...

caring-for-newborns, healthy-pregnancy, labor-and-birth, third-trimester

safe sleep at every budget

sudden infant death syndrome, or sids, is every parent’s worst nightmare. october is sids awareness month; since sids most often...

caring-for-newborns
meeting milestones

Meeting Milestones: Your Baby’s Development

We’ve all done it: when you have a baby, it’s totally normal to frantically search and keep tabs on the...

caring-for-newborns
parenting team

Getting Off to a Great Start as a Parenting Team

You’re home with the baby – the hard part is over…right? Well, yes and no. Welcome now to the world...

caring-for-newborns
your baby's first 6 months

Your Baby’s First 6 Months, by the Numbers

Watching your baby grow and develop new skills is one of the joys of being a parent. Your baby’s first...

caring-for-newborns
diaper bag

It’s in the Bag (The Diaper Bag)

Confession: I have never been a minimalist. Whether it’s packing for a trip, or packing my daily purse/tote bag, I...

caring-for-newborns
IBCLC

What Does an IBCLC Do?

It seems like yesterday I was sitting in a college classroom dreaming about the day I would be able to...

breastfeeding, caring-for-newborns, fourth-trimester
newborn gas pains

When Gas Attacks: Relieving Newborn Gas Pains

For the first few weeks of your newborn’s life, he or she has a lot of adjustments to make. Drinking...

caring-for-newborns, fourth-trimester
keeping baby warm

Keeping Baby Warm During the Winter

Baby, it’s cold outside! No…seriously, it’s cold outside. If we’re shivering, what about our little ones? Babies can’t regulate their...

caring-for-newborns
self-care

Self-Care for New Moms

There’s no doubt about it: being a mom is hard, hard work – which is why it’s so important that...

caring-for-newborns, fourth-trimester
sleep deprivation

Coping With Sleep Deprivation

There is nothing quite like the exhaustion of a new parent. I have known exhaustion; 50+ hour workweeks, or graduate...

caring-for-newborns, fourth-trimester
cloth diapering

Cloth Diapering 101

Babies go through a lot of diapers, for sure. But just how many? According to The Real Diaper Association, one...

caring-for-newborns, fourth-trimester
infant sleep safety

How to Rest Easier When All the Experts Say You Shouldn’t: Part 2 on infant sleep safety

Here is the second and final installment on our infant sleep safety series. If you missed part one, check it...

caring-for-newborns, fourth-trimester
infant sleep

How to Rest Easier When All the Experts Say You Shouldn’t: Part 1 on infant sleep safety

As an educator, navigating the path of discussion regarding newborns and safe infant sleep with first-time expectant parents can be...

caring-for-newborns
fourth trimester

Notes from the Trenches of the Fourth Trimester

I would like to talk about the “fourth trimester,” or the first 12 weeks of a newborn’s life. This is a...

caring-for-newborns, fourth-trimester
breastfeeding challenges

5 Common Breastfeeding Challenges and How to Overcome Them

Breastfeeding is normal and natural. We are meant to feed our babies in this way. However, this does not mean...

breastfeeding, caring-for-newborns, fourth-trimester

5 Reasons to Nurse Your Baby with Other People

Breastfeeding starts off as an intimate dance between you and your baby, but pretty soon most moms are feeling ready...

breastfeeding, caring-for-newborns, fourth-trimester
diaper rash

The Bottom Line on Diaper Rash

It may be during your baby’s earliest weeks, or many months later, but you’ll likely encounter some form of diaper...

caring-for-newborns

Changing Table Activities: Make Diapering Fun

During a diaper change, your face is the perfect visual distance from your baby, and she can see your facial expressions more clearly. Take the opportunity to “narrate” your activities and talk throughout during the diapering process. Incorporating fun changing table activities into your routine will engage your baby and make diaper time more enjoyable for you both. Once your baby is through the early newborn phase and stops crying during most diaper changes, chances are good that she’ll soon decide the changing table is a favorite place to play!

caring-for-newborns

Baby Congestion: Snorting, Snuffling, Sneezing

Healthy young babies often sound congested, may be noisy breathers, and tend to sneeze frequently. Does this mean they have a cold? How do you know the difference in normal baby congestion and congestion from being sick? Infants tend to be snuffly little people. Here’s why: babies are “obligate nose breathers,” in order to keep their mouths available for sucking and eating. The nasal passages help keep tiny noses clear by producing lots of thin clear mucus secretions. Clear or yellowish thin nasal mucus from the nose does not mean your baby has a cold.

caring-for-newborns

Benefits of Couplet Care

Get Off to the Best Start Possible: Couplet Care, Rooming In, and Skin-to-Skin Contact After you give birth, you and your baby may be physically separate, but even though you have cut the umbilical cord, your health and well-being are still closely linked with your baby’s. Your care should be designed to keep you and your baby together whenever possible. Here are three ways to do that.

caring-for-newborns, labor-and-birth, third-trimester

Getting Out With Your New Baby

Feeling a little stir-crazy, but anxious about taking your little one out? Once your baby is a few weeks old, it’s a good idea to build a bit of a daily routine, including getting out of the house for a little while each day. Whether it’s a walk, an errand, the coffee shop, or a visit to a friend’s place, you and your baby will both benefit from a change of scenery, and hopefully, some social interaction.

caring-for-newborns
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