Homemade Baby Food: A Fresh Start to Healthy Eating
By Cheryl Tallman and Joan AhlersIntroducing solid foods is a very important step in your baby’s development and well-being. In fact, studies show that babies who are fed nutritious, healthy diets grow...
View ArticleStarting Solid Foods
by Jack Newman, MD, FRCPCBreastmilk is all your baby needs until at least four months of age. Most babies will do fine with exclusive breastfeeding until 6 months of age or longer.Why start solid...
View ArticleSwitching from the Bottle to a Cup
For many young children, giving up the bottle is one of the hardest transitions they will have to make in their first two years. A bottle is both a source of nourishment and comfort for many little...
View ArticleWeaning Your Baby from Nighttime Feedings
When your infant wakes up in the middle of the night, a feeding is a soft, comforting routine for him. Whether he’s nursing or drinking from a bottle, his empty tummy becomes full and content, he is...
View ArticleFun with Finger Foods
Finger foods are a wonderful way to introduce your baby to various tastes and textures, and will help to encourage independent eating. Your baby will enjoy the process of feeding himself as well as...
View ArticleWhen Breast Isn’t Best: Questioning the Superiority of Breastfeeding
From the very beginning of pregnancy, women are surrounded by the message that “breast is best” and urged to breastfeed for at least six months, preferably a year. But in some cases breastfeeding is...
View ArticleBottle-Feeding Moms Lack Support
According to a new report found in the British journal Archives of Disease in Childhood, women who bottle-feed may not be getting enough support or information on bottle-feeding.British researchers...
View ArticleDelaying Solid Foods
Your baby’s first foray into the world of solid foods marks an important and exciting milestone, and it may be tempting to start as soon as possible. However, most doctors recommend waiting to start...
View ArticleHow To Introduce Formula to a Breastfed Baby
When your baby has been exclusively breastfed, it can be difficult for you and your baby to make a transition to formula. You have to make a physical and emotional adjustment away from the time you...
View ArticleBaby's First Foods Chart
There is some debate about when babies should start solid foods. Even within the AAP (American Academy of Pediatrics) there is a difference of opinion. The AAP’s Committee on Nutrition recommends...
View ArticleWhen Can Babies Drink Juice?
Babies don't have a nutritional need for juice. The American Academy of Pediatrics says that children under 6 months of age should never be given juice. Even when a baby is 6 months of age, there's...
View ArticleHow Much Formula Does My Baby Need?
You'll sometimes have to trust your instincts when it comes to feeding your baby formula. A mathematical calculation to figure out amounts for feeding is nice, but keep in mind that every baby is...
View ArticleNon-Toxic, BPA-Free Feeding Gear for Babies & Toddlers from Inhabitots
Hardly a day goes by when we don't hear about the harmful effects of BPA. The good news for concerned parents is many companies have created BPA-free feeding gear for babies and toddlers from...
View ArticleNipple Confusion
It's not until you become a parent that you really understand how frustrating nipple confusion can be. Your new baby won't stop crying, and nothing seems to help. You know she's not sick and you've...
View ArticleSix Reasons to Skip the Sippy Cup
They share the store shelf with other baby essentials and transitional gear, but do sippy cups potentially cause more difficulties than advantages? Invented in the 1980’s, the sippy cup quickly became...
View ArticleFormula Feeding 101- Most Common Questions
By Maria T. PepinOne of the first decisions you will make for your newborn baby is whether to breastfeed or formula feed. Experts agree that breast milk is the ideal form of nutrition for the first six...
View ArticleIs it OK to Give My Baby Cereal in a Bottle?
Giving your baby cereal in a bottle is one of those issues that reveals a big divide between the experts who recommend against it and the moms who swear by it. On the one hand, the experts point to a...
View ArticleMaking the Switch to Cow’s Milk
Most experts agree that your baby is ready to begin drinking cow’s milk at his or her first birthday. But for many parents, the transition can raise confusing and difficult questions. Why not earlier?...
View ArticleThe Basics of Introducing Solid Foods
When?About six months old. Exclusive breastfeeding is recommended prior to six months. An iron-fortified, infant formula feeding is considered the only adequate substitute to breastfeeding by the...
View ArticleFormula Feeding Moms Aren’t Lazy - 11 Tips for Dealing with Criticism
Are you “that mom”? You know the one that quit breastfeeding after only two weeks because you were just “too lazy” to stick with it. Nobody really knows what was going on behind the scenes – the baby...
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