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  • Baby's Development: The First Year

    This year is an exciting period of "firsts" -- first smile, first laugh, first successful grasp, first word, first step...

  • Getting By With a Little Help From Our Friends

    Giving birth or adopting a baby is the beginning of an exciting new adventure -- but when you're in the early days of that adventure, you may feel like an anxious tourist. Parents are increasingly willing to turn to other, more experienced guides.

  • Things No One Tells You About Relationships After Baby

    Bringing a baby into the home has been likened to throwing a hand grenade in between you and your partner. Knowing about these "pieces of shrapnel" can help your relationship not only survive, but thrive!

  • Things No One Tells You About Babies

    Soon you'll be bringing home your wee bundle. Be prepared with a realistic picture of life with a new baby.

  • Babies and Iron Supplements

    There's been a lot of buzz recently about the crucial role that iron plays in promoting healthy growth and development in babies and young children -- and for good reason.

  • Bathing with Your Baby

    Your baby hates baths. Vehemently! Whines begin with the first drop of water replaced full scale sobbing as you unsnap the onsie. Can the bath time blues be averted?

  • Baby, It's Cold Outside: Winter Skincare for Baby

    Winter weather is tough on the tender skin of young babes. Here are some tips on protecting your baby's skin at a time of year when "dry skin" takes on a whole new meaning.

  • Pregnancy.org Members Speak Out: What Makes Your Baby Laugh?

    What strikes up a belly laugh in your little one? What tickles your tot? We've asked our Pregnancy.org members to share their tried and true tricks that leave their babies giggling with glee.

  • Gizmos and Gadgets That Help Your Baby Sleep

    Sleep. The final frontier. Will you ever reach it? We have a few solutions for you that will almost always transport your baby to the land of nod.

  • You Get So Emotional, Baby

    Parents tend to underestimate the effects of early social-emotional experiences on babies and toddlers and to overestimate the extent to which a young child can exercise self-control.

  • Baby's Development: The First Year

    This year is an exciting period of "firsts" -- first smile, first laugh, first successful grasp, first word, first step...

  • Are You Ready to Have Another Baby?

    Some women are ready to plunge into another pregnancy while they still have one or more children in diapers, others don't even want to think about seeing the pregnancy test come back positive again until their youngest child hops on the school bus for kindergarten! Here are some factors to consider when you're trying to decide whether you're ready to have another baby.

  • Sick Kids and Daycare: When to Send Them

    Your child has been sick. You need to be at work. When can he return to daycare? Do siblings need to stay home? Since illnesses are transmitted differently, answer can vary. Find out for these common diseases (listed in alphabetical order:

  • Best Hotels for Baby

    Suddenly it's cool to travel with baby, and now it is practical, too. Hotels across North America are recognizing babies and babies-on-board as valuable clients with new, deluxe accommodations.

  • Baby Food - Organic or Not

    Did you know that by weight, your baby will eat more, drink more, and even breathe more air than you? Not only is this a fascinating fact, it helps to explain that what goes in your baby's little body can have such a tremendous impact.

  • Baby Bargains: Ten Sure-Fire Ways to Save Big Bucks on Baby Gear

    You've no doubt seen all the scary statistics on the costs of raising children -- numbers that may very well have you second-guessing your decision to toss your birth control pills in the trash! Starting a family doesn't have to lead to financial ruin. There are plenty of practical steps you can take to minimize the impact on your family's budget. Here are a few ideas.

  • Pregnancy.org Members Speak Out: What Makes Your Baby Laugh?

    What strikes up a belly laugh in your little one? What tickles your tot? We've asked our Pregnancy.org members to share their tried and true tricks that leave their babies giggling with glee.

  • Just Say NO! to BPA

    BPA and other endocrine disrupting chemicals are linked to infertility, cancers and malformations. Want to reduce your exposure? These six simple steps will help!

  • C.C.: A Story of Courage

    by C.C. Howell

  • Five Tips to Harness the Power of Body Shape

    by Dr. Marie Savard