You may have also heard that lip ties can affect the spacing of your child’s teeth, and may even affect their speech. Or, you may have heard that lip ties have little impact on breastfeeding, and the whole thing is overblown. What Is a Lip Tie? We are all born with little pieces of skin in our mouths called frenula, thin membranes located under the tongue and under the upper lip....
Naturally, this decision has raised questions about access to abortion, but it also has created concerns about reproductive healthcare. Depending on how the new laws define when life begins—either at fertilization or implantation—it could have an impact on fertility treatments like in vitro fertilization (IVF). “I am absolutely concerned about the implications of government overreach into this space,” says Stephanie Levich, a fertility expert and founder of Family Match Consulting, who also built her family with IVF....
Baby Moisturizers Making sure your baby’s skin is properly moisturized will help to prevent chapping. While it’s always important to apply moisturizers before heading out in the cold, it’s even more beneficial to moisturize immediately after her bath. After having some delightful splash time in the tub, gently pat dry her skin with a clean towel. Be mindful not to rub the towel over the skin as you’re more likely to irritate it....
And now your mobile little one is safe from everyday harm inside the house. But there’s still more work to do when it comes to outdoor spaces, which can be just as dangerous to curious babies as indoor spaces. Drowning is still the leading cause of death among 1- to 4-year-olds. Debra Holtzman, J.D., M.A., child safety and health expert and author of “The Safe Baby: A Do-It-Yourself Guide to Home Safety and Healthy Living,” says that childproofing tips are not meant to scare you, but rather to empower you....
If you’re like many new moms, you might be worried about making enough breast milk for your baby even after the first few weeks. While this is a common fear, there are only a small number of mothers who truly aren’t able to make enough breast milk. If your supply of breast milk is low, it can usually be increased naturally by taking a few easy steps. There are also other ways to establish a strong and healthy supply of breast milk or increase your breast milk supply naturally....
Induction is the formal term for the process of stimulating uterine contractions before you naturally go into labor. Some 22% of pregnant women in the United States have their labor induced, according to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG). To induce labor, doctors commonly use techniques like membrane sweeping or medications, but some people try to get things moving through alternative methods, from acupuncture to sex. Learn all about these common labor induction approaches and why it’s important to keep in constant communication with a healthcare provider as you consider ways to speed up labor....
Connect With Your Kids Children and teens need to have a solid connection with parents and other adults to fully benefit from their experience, wisdom, and support. Don’t forget to spend time with your children, listen to them, and connect while doing things together that you both enjoy. If the lines of communication are open, they’ll be more likely to talk to you and use you as a resource when they’re stressed....
“I just—I don’t know what I am doing,” I said. She instructed me, yet again, how to get my daughter to latch properly, and commented that I was “doing great.” Was I, though? Aside from giving birth, the only thing I felt I had accomplished by that point was successfully making it from the bed to the bathroom on my own. For me, the desire to breastfeed was unlike any other....
For preteens who are struggling to “fit in,” diversity and tolerance can seem like foreign concepts. Kids this age often obsess about having the right hairstyle and clothes and using the same lingo as their friends. Teaching a middle schooler to respect others with regard to more serious issues of bias and discrimination presents a particular challenge for parents. Here are some helpful tips. Watch what you say. We can’t expect our children to be tolerant if we don’t model respect for others....
To add another layer to that question…what if that person in danger was a young child? Performing CPR on a child whose heart has stopped could save their life. But you have to know when and how to do it. Children are smaller than adults, and you have to adjust your hand position and movements to account for that difference in size. What Is CPR? CPR stands for cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and is an attempt to revive someone when their heart stops beating....
You might be surprised to find out that education and brain research in recent decades has shown otherwise. One of the important factors for being able to develop this intelligence is the belief that intelligence is the result of hard work and study. Teachers call this a growth mindset. The term was coined by Stanford educational researcher Dr. Carol Dweck. Dweck compares her growth mindset to a fixed mindset. While people with a growth mindset believe that they can develop their intelligence, people with fixed mindsets believe that intelligence cannot be developed....
Symptoms When children have ODD, their behavior problems interfere with their daily lives. They’re likely to have educational difficulties. They may fall behind academically because they’re dismissed from class due to misbehavior or they may be failing their classes due to their refusal to do the work. Children with ODD also tend to have difficulty with their relationships. They may struggle to maintain friendships due to the severity of their behavior problems....
If you were not trying to get pregnant, a positive test could be overwhelming for both of you. Here’s how you can support your partner if they think they are pregnant and plan to take a pregnancy test, as well as what to do if your role in your partner’s pregnancy is unclear. Taking a Home Pregnancy Test You can get a home pregnancy test at grocery stores, pharmacies, and most big box stores....
At what facilities do you have privileges? Be sure to interview each facility just as much as you interviewed your doctor or midwife prior to selecting them to help you during the birth of your baby. Ask each hospital lots of questions during your interview. What tests or procedures do you normally recommend in pregnancy? Every practitioner probably has a slightly different offering of tests. From Amniocentesis to Stress tests, your midwife or doctor should explain each thoroughly to you....
What Does Gifted Mean? The term “gifted” has been used for over 100 years to refer to children with unusually strong intellectual abilities. About 6% of American children fall into the “gifted” category. The Marland Report, an important document about giftedness written in 1971, describes giftedness as: “Students, children, or youth who give evidence of high achievement capability in areas such as intellectual, creative, artistic, or leadership capacity, or in specific academic fields, and who need services and activities not ordinarily provided by the school in order to fully develop those capabilities....
A series of studies conducted by researchers at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, found that breast milk bought through unregulated websites contained high levels of bacterial contamination. The FDA also explicitly warns parents against sourcing milk in this way. As well as harmful bacteria, drugs, alcohol, and infections such as HIV can all be passed on to a baby through unscreened breast milk. “People need to understand that there are health and safety risks associated with babies drinking unpasteurized and unscreened breast milk,” says Sarah Keim, PhD, a principal investigator in the Center for Biobehavioral Health at Nationwide Children’s Hospital....
More: 40 Thanksgiving Jokes for Kids Understanding Your Family’s Risk of COVID-19 The COVID vaccine for children 5-11 has a similar recommendation to the adult dosage; two injections at 21 days apart, with the fully vaccinated status being 14-days after the second injection. That means even if parents are lucky enough to snag one of the first vaccine appointments available, their children still wouldn’t be considered fully vaccinated by Thanksgiving this year....
Other parents admit they have occasionally spanked their child—especially when they were feeling overly stressed. Whichever camp they belong to, all parents need to know and closely consider the potential consequences of physical punishment, including spanking. Why Parents Spank Sometimes, parents spank their children out of desperation. When kids frequently misbehave, parents may feel as though they are at the end of their rope and aren’t sure what else to do....
