Category: Baby

Yoga has physical and emotional benefits. Many yoga studios that offer prenatal yoga also offer parent-and-baby yoga classes. You can choose a yoga class for new parents that integrate babies into the poses, or opt for a yoga-for-babies class that entertains and invigorates babies and toddlers with games, stretches and playful exercises. If yoga is part of your lifestyle, starting your child early on can help him learn to love yoga.

Feeding your baby for the first time is exciting. Many parents even record the event for posterity. For some mothers, the anticipation quickly turns to worry about whether the baby is getting enough nutrients. It’s sometimes difficult to know just what and how much your baby should eat. Luckily, a balanced diet for babies is not that much different from a balanced diet for adults. The portions are just a lot smaller.

One tough part of potty training a toddler is during the night. The toddler may not be ready to potty train and you may be more comfortable letting her wear a pull-up diaper to bed. Even toddlers who are potty trained may sometimes wet their beds at night, according to Dr. Alan Greene. Patience with night-time potty training is even more important than it is with day-time potty training, because much of night-time training is reliant on physiological readiness, according to Ruth McCamus of the Hospital for Sick Children.

Parents are often eager for their baby to begin talking and are excited to hear what his first word will be. Many parents are not aware that there are some important speech development milestones during their baby’s first year of life. By being aware of infant speech milestones, parents can help encourage their infant’s speech development.