newborn care
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Sunday, May 4th, 2008My Baby Carriers!
Slings, Pouches, Wraps, Mai Tais, Front Carriers, Hip Carriers, Back Carriers. There are so many different names and styles, but all of them are designed with the same thing in mind: keeping baby nearby and close to mama’s heart, while allowing mama to have her hands-free.
I wore my daughter all of the time [...]
How to Treat (and avoid) Diaper Rash
Saturday, May 3rd, 2008Tonight I was just trying to think back and remember if our daughter has ever had diaper rash. Every once in a great while, she has the smallest amount of redness, but even that is rare. So I guess you could say she has experienced *very* mild diaper rash on limited occasions.
While I feel extremely [...]
The BurpCatcher: “A Burp Cloth, Only Better!”
Saturday, May 3rd, 2008It’s amazing that newborn babies - so fragile, so sweet, so gentle, so small - can produce such BIG messes. Their diapers can be explosive (which is why parents often refer to them as “blow-outs”). Their spit-up can be astonishingly voluminous.
Both of the above also happen frequently - which is why I walked around with [...]
Newborn Necessities - swaddling blankets make the cut
Friday, May 2nd, 2008In our commercial culture, big companies often bully their way into our homes by implying that we need much more than we actually do to keep our baby comfortable and happy. But newborns really need so little.
My list of necessities (I realize everyone’s list is a little different) includes:
Diapers and wipes
Burp cloths
A nose sucker thingamabob
Onesies [...]
Should Babies Watch TV? (A New Perspective)
Wednesday, December 26th, 2007I’m what Stephen Gass (pictured in black t-shirt), co-creator of eebee adventures, calls a “no-TV-mom.” Essentially, I follow the recommendation of the American Academy of Pediatrics to not allow my child to watch any television before age two. My daughter is fifteen months and she has never watched TV - no Baby Einstein, no Sesame [...]
How to Swaddle Your Baby
Thursday, December 13th, 2007I often wonder what it must be like for a little newborn to enter the world. I’m sure that it must seem terrifying and perhaps cold in the great sea of light outside the womb.
Perhaps that’s why some newborns have bouts of fussiness during the first few months of life. It can be a test [...]
Q & A with the Pediatrician about crying, hunger cues, and bedtimes
Sunday, October 14th, 2007I recently stumbled across a steno pad with a list of “Questions for the Pediatrician” that I jotted down when our daughter was just a few months old. I thought it might be helpful to post a few of my questions here, along with the answers that I received from my Pediatrician*, for any new [...]