Soothing Sunburn for Little Ones

A summer day in the sun – what could be more delightful? Until you discover that despite your best planned precautions, your child’s skin is rosy pink and hot to touch. It’s not time to scold yourself, but to provide relief. Of course next time, you’ll be more careful in providing better protection. UV proof [...]

Are Cell Phones Safe for Kids?

Our world is saturated with technology and most of us can’t imagine life without our cell phones – but is it safe for our kids? Recent research from Sweden claims that children and teenagers are five times more likely to get brain cancer if they use mobile phones in their developing years. The analysis of [...]

Talk to Your Baby

How do babies learn language? It’s a pretty miraculous process that begins with imitation. First they have to hear sounds, all kinds of sounds and practice imitating them – endlessly. This process goes on for their entire first year and many babies love to babble away their own unique concoction of sounds as they try [...]

Meditation for Young Children

This concept may seem like an oxymoron in that young children are known for being wholly absorbed in things exterior to themselves – the opposite of meditation. The job of being a child, particularly a very young child, is to explore and become familiar with your body and your world. As babies, this means exploring [...]

Feeding Baby

I find it interesting to go back in time and consider the amazing dietary variance of what babies have been fed and in most cases, survived and thrived on. In the pre-industrial era, breast feeding was universal and the very wealthy might employ a ‘wet nurse’ to breast feed their child for them. In cultures [...]

How to Ease Teething Pain

When a baby begins teething, they want to chew – on anything! Simply rubbing a clean finger gently but firmly over your baby’s sore gums or crooking your finger and allowing them to gnaw on it will give them some relief short term. It’s important to purchase a few firm, rubber teething rings that are [...]

Is My Baby Teething?

Most babies begin to sprout their first teeth between 4 and 7 months of age, though some babies may show teething symptoms as early as 3 months. In some very rare cases, a baby’s first tooth is already visible at birth, or no teeth may show for the first year! So, there’s a wide window [...]

Safe Skincare for Babies

Everyone knows that babies have the most deliciously soft, velveteen skin. But few people are aware of the structural and chemical reasons that make that same skin incredibly vulnerable. Like many organs of an infant, the skin is immature and fundamentally different from adult skin. Generally, it is much thinner (fewer layers of epithelial cells), [...]

How to Relieve Baby Colic

When my first child was born, she would cry with such intensity for hours on end, that we were certain something was terribly wrong. My husband and I, both entirely ignorant of what was causing her such severe distress, tried to do everything to comfort her. She was breast fed and burped, walked and bounced [...]

When Baby Has a Fever

As a new parent, perhaps the hardest thing to come to grips with, is the realization that this precious being is wholly dependent on your care and good judgment. This realization comes into explicit focus when your baby has their first fever. Unless you have medical training, you need to get information from someone that [...]

Meal Planning For Busy Moms

Most moms work out of the home at least part time, are in school, or trying to get a career launched while still attending to the main job of her life – her family. To say she’s busy is an understatement. So, planning becomes a necessity. We’ve all had the experience of getting home late [...]

Teaching by Touching

A Japanese friend of mine described a family ritual that led him to a career as an acupressure therapist. Every night his family would soak in a hot tub together and talk over the days events. Afterwards, his parents briefly massaged each of the children in their pajamas on a mat on the floor before [...]

Protecting Your Kids from Junk food

If  you’re like most moms, not only are you the primary cook, but you’re also the family nutritionist. You watch over the health of your kids and hubbie and have probably had to educate yourself a bit to know what’s good for them. Whether you studied formally or just read a bunch of women’s magazines [...]

Make a Natural First Aid/ Home Remedy Kit

It’s every mother’s nightmare to have an injured child and not know what to do. As a nurse, I felt a bit more prepared for the inevitable viruses, bruises and assorted ‘owwees’ that were likely to come along, but I since I had studied herbs and holistic health I had some different ideas about what [...]

Legislation to Ban BPA

Two New York senators, Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, have been working on legislation that will ban BPA (Bisphenol -A) from all products commonly used by pregnant women and children. The accumulated scientific reports clearly indicate that BPA is dangerous to human health, but most especially to young mothers, infants in utero and children.
BPA is [...]

9 Ways to Reduce the Stress of Parenting

Young moms today are typically trying to juggle a full time job at work, with another full time job at home.  The pressure is on to eat only organic and healthy food, to protect the environment, nurture your kids intelligence and still be stylish. Chances are one of her kids has special needs, it takes [...]

Phthalates – a hidden danger

Phthalates are a group of chemicals frequently found in polyvinyl chloride (plastic #3) and are used to make plastics softer and in the manufacture of artificial fragrances. One of the most common toxic additives is DEHP, a phthalate that is a carcinogen and reproductive toxicant found in many PVC products. Phthalates are used to make soft [...]

Common Rashes in Babies

A recent report in Clinical Pediatrics stated that more than seventy-five percent of newborns suffer rashes within their first few months after birth. This is both surprising and alarming to the new parent who hopes and expects that their baby will be perfect in every way. Some babies are born with flaky skin that is [...]

Coping With the Miracle

Perhaps the single most momentous event in your life is becoming a parent. What may be surprising to the new parent, is how physically and emotionally stressful taking care of a baby can be. It can be likened to running a marathon while suffering sleep deprivation and constantly worrying that your slightest action or inaction [...]

How to Handle Diaper Rash

How to Handle Diaper Rash
What does diaper rash look like?
Diaper rash is easily recognized as increased redness or irritation in the area where
a diaper is worn. In more serious cases, it can include pimples, blisters or
even scaling of the skin. If the rash becomes infected, the area may become
swollen, very inflamed, itchy and [...]

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