If your idea of the perfect birth plan includes laboring upright and freely, without pain medications and beginning breastfeeding as soon as your baby…
Baby’s First Steps Not long after birth the reality sets in—at some point this baby is going to move around on her own -…
Thanks to amazing developments in ultrasound technology, you can now see your developing baby from his earliest stages, when his heart starts to beat…
Gestational diabetes, or high blood sugar in pregnancy in a woman who has never had high blood sugar, is being diagnosed more often and…
Beyond Prenatals For several years now, the American Academy of Pediatrics has recommended moms give their breastfeeding babies vitamin D supplements (infant formula is…
Try mobile parenting Have more questions than answers about your pregnancy or new baby? If you’ve just given birth, you were likely bombarded with…
IKEA high chairs have been recalled as the restraint buckle can open unexpectedly, posing a fall hazard to the child. The recall affects about…
CPSC and Bumbo International are aware of at least 45 incidents in which infants fell out of a Bumbo seat while it was being…
The CPSC has reported an increasing number of incidents involving children swallowing high-powered magnets, where these magnets are causing serious injuries. Reports include children…
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada have recalled B.O.B.® single and double jogging strollers. The stroller canopy’s embroidered logo’s backing patch…
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission have recalled more than 1.7 million additional Little Tikes Workshop and Tool Sets. About 1.6 million toy workshop…
I tell many pregnant moms that completing a term pregnancy (40 weeks) is like being a marathon runner. Giving birth requires endurance, perseverance, and…
Before your baby ever begins to speak, he shows the ability to recognize words and think about them in categories like we do. And…
Baby slippers can cause choking hazards About 57,000 baby slippers sold at Walgreens have been recalled. The stuffing of the ‘holiday rattle’ baby slippers,…
A range of IKEA cribs have been recalled due to entrapment and suffocation risks. The bolts of the SNIGLAR cribs are not long enough…
Picking The Right Bottle For Baby Do you know how to pick the right bottle for bottle feeding? At some point, every mom faces…
Want a smarter baby? Skip the Mozart and flash cards and pay attention to your diet, particularly during pregnancy and post-birth. Babies born to…
Three more companies have recalled their drop-sided cribs: Heritage Collection, Angel Line and Ethan Allen. Heritage Collection, of the Victory Land Group have received…
Chaperone Infant car seats by Britax have been recalled due to laceration and choking hazards. Britax has received four reports of the chest clip…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today has announced that Hyland’s Teething Tablets may pose a risk to children and the manufacturer is issuing…
Dollar Tree Stores are recalling projector flashlights after reports of batteries and bulbs overheating, posing burn and fire hazards. The flashlights have Wolverine, Spider-Man…
Bugaboo Cameleon and Bugaboo Donkey model strollers have been recalled by the CPSC. A button on the stroller’s carrycot/seat carry handle can become disengaged…
From infancy to old age, vaccines help keep you and those you love healthy and protected from serious health threats, like the flu and…