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  • Ways to support the development of a 2-month-old baby through engaging activities

    Ways to support the development of a 2-month-old baby through engaging activities

    Your life with a 2-month-old may still feel like one long blur of feedings, diaper changes and brief bursts of restful sleep, as you adjust to life with this little person in your life. That new parent fog makes days blur together; often leaving no idea which day it is or why your car keys…

  • 7 Top Baby Cribs That Grow Along with Your Little One

    7 Top Baby Cribs That Grow Along with Your Little One

    When visualizing a nursery for your newborn baby, one piece that likely comes to mind first is likely the crib. Quality cribs offer both aesthetics and functionality – often providing lasting use across years and years for generations of family use! While an investment such as this might seem substantial at first, consider its long-term…

  • 19 Top Nursery Storage Ideas for a Well-Organized Little One’s Room

    19 Top Nursery Storage Ideas for a Well-Organized Little One’s Room

    Aren’t we amazed at all the stuff babies own, even at such an infantile stage? Between diapers, wipes, toys and books; plus all their tiny socks shoes and onesie wardrobe items there’s an enormous variety of stuff they have that needs keeping track of! Keeping everything neatly tucked away takes considerable work but can keep…

  • 8 Portable Bassinets That Simplify Life with Your Baby, Whether You’re at Home or Away

    8 Portable Bassinets That Simplify Life with Your Baby, Whether You’re at Home or Away

    As the mom of three kids myself, any product or solution which makes life simpler for busy and exhausted mothers is welcome in my book – I know. After hauling my babies all across America – from road trips and airplane journeys to sleeping arrangements at Grandma’s and hotels or sleeping arrangements of adult siblings’…

  • Introducing the First Self-Warming Baby Bottle by Ember: The Parenting Tech We’ve Been Waiting For

    Introducing the First Self-Warming Baby Bottle by Ember: The Parenting Tech We’ve Been Waiting For

    Ember first revolutionized our coffee experience – something every busy mom struggles with – by developing its groundbreaking self-heating Ember Mug. Now they’ve taken aim at another critical parenting issue with the Ember Baby Bottle System for warming milk or formula perfectly at optimal temperatures for our babies (mammas of finicky infants will want to…

  • Simplify Mealtimes: Discover the Top 5 Baby Food Makers for Little Tummies

    Simplify Mealtimes: Discover the Top 5 Baby Food Makers for Little Tummies

    Beginning your baby on solid foods can be an exciting journey. While store-bought baby food might suffice for now, sometimes parents wish there were more choices available to them; making your own baby food could provide exactly the solution! A baby food maker could be just what’s needed! Baby food makers don’t add more tasks…

  • A Comprehensive Guide to the Health and Growth of 11-Month-Old Babies

    A Comprehensive Guide to the Health and Growth of 11-Month-Old Babies

    It’s almost time for your little one to celebrate their first birthday! Your 11-month old is growing and developing every day. You’re a great cheerleader for them, and you can help guide them every step of their journey. We hope that these nighttime movements will make them tired, allowing everyone to get more sleep. Below…

  • 11 Strategies to Assist Your Child in Overcoming Picky Eating & Cultivating Healthy Habits

    11 Strategies to Assist Your Child in Overcoming Picky Eating & Cultivating Healthy Habits

    Health has always been one of my greatest passions; so when I had my first baby, the responsibility of providing for another human life could have been daunting – yet with my knowledge about health, OT background and passion for cooking all coming together nicely I felt secure that all would work out fine. My…

  • A Comprehensive Guide to the Health and Growth of 12-Month-Old Babies

    A Comprehensive Guide to the Health and Growth of 12-Month-Old Babies

    You have a child in no time. Did you blink? It can feel like the first year is a blur, filled with diapers, giggles, and sleepless night. But don’t forget to celebrate this milestone as it is: a parent anniversary as well as your baby’s 1st birthday. Both of you have grown tremendously over the…

  • 5 Guidelines for Dining Out with Toddlers

    5 Guidelines for Dining Out with Toddlers

    Once we become parents, everything changes: from TV programs to cartoons to nights spent sleeping less than 6 hours interruptedly and dinner-time to three-ring circus. One area in particular that seems to take people by surprise when their toddler hits toddler age is dining out; though kids undoubtedly change lives they shouldn’t dictate or prevent…

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