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Question: Our 2.5 year old wakes up every morning at 4:30 am. We purchased a toddler alarm clock that lights up when it’s morning. We’ve set it for 5:30 am. When she wakes up we go in and lie down with her to keep her quiet until the light turns green at 5:30, at which […]

So your baby cries. What baby doesn’t? What, he spits up a lot too? Welcome to life with babies. Crying and spitup is not a problem. Unless it is. Happy Spitters Babies spit up. Some even spit up with such force that it flies across the room. They may spitup so much that it can […]

If you are reading baby sleep books (everybody has one and if you’re searching for help online I’m guessing you probably have three) at some point I guarantee you will find this line: Put your baby down while they are still awake. Sounds so simple doesn’t it? I mean why are all these monkeys struggling […]

When Did Monitoring Crib Safety Become a Full-Time Job? In case you’ve been too busy to check the CPSC website for their almost monthly crib recalls, Land of Nod has recently issued a drop-side crib recall. Also, if you have just about any Simplicity product (sometimes sold under various brands so it can be difficult […]

What parenting issues are you stressing about today? There are so many parenting issues clamoring for our daily attention that it’s almost a surprise that we manage to carve out enough time to feed and clothe our children: Is my baby nursing enough? Too much? If we give up on nursing will she love me […]

All babies are a lot of work and even the happiest sleepiest baby can leave her parents un-showered and exhausted. However when your beloved peanut is NOT happy and NOT sleepy then caring for your baby can be a stressful unceasing grind. [dropcap]1/3[/dropcap] of all babies are “easy” (although even very easy babies are still […]

Every family I’ve ever worked with has bought a few swaddling blankets, learned about swaddling (most new baby books cover this nicely), and maybe even taken a newborn baby care class that covered baby swaddling. And this is BEFORE they actually give birth! Given that most of you have probably read one or five newborn […]

I’ve heard a million reasons why people DON’T swaddle their newborn babies: My baby fights the swaddle. She pops out anyway so why bother. I don’t want her to get addicted to it. She cries when we try to swaddle her. I heard that it’s not good for them. I want her to get exercise […]