Is your baby suffering up all night with a cough and cold?  Are you so confused about what remedies the doctor says to use in order to ease her pain?  Are you interested in holistic, alternative, or herbal remedies?  Well check out what IndianParenting.com's moms have to say about how they help their little ones through the cold season.

Setting limits, reinforcing good behavior, and discouraging less-desirable behavior can start when your child is a young baby, according to experts. "There are things that even young babies have to learn not to do, such as pulling your hair," says Judith Myers-Walls, PhD, associate professor of child development and family studies at Purdue University in Lafayette, Indiana.

Not all my recipes need to go in the slow cooker!  I found this recipe and I love it for two reasons, well actually three.  One, my husband likes it, two my 1 year old baby LOVES it, and three it takes me just 5 minutes to throw everything together and put it in the oven.  I hope you and your family enjoy it as well.

The word “attachment” is becoming more and more common in articles on parenting, but just what does it mean? The term is used by child psychologists to label the emotional bond that forms between children and the significant adults in their lives starting soon after birth.We’re indebted to a British clinical psychologist, Dr. John Bowlby, for discovering the critical nature of this early bond. Based in part on the emotional damage he had seen among refugee orphans from World War II, as well as on children in his own clinical practice, Bowlby became convinced that the first two years of a child’s emotional life were not only relevant, but absolutely critical to future emotional well-being.
 

Good nutrition can generate valuable dividends, and there is no better time than the present to start. The better a man's nutritional status, the healthier his sperm are and the more easily a woman will conceive. His diet should be very similar to a woman's pre-pregnancy eating plan. However, the calorie intake will be altered based on his age, sex, body structure and activity level. By using the recommendations below, he will be providing his body with adequate nutrition and also supplying the key nutrients such as Vitamin C, Vitamin E, calcium and Vitamin D. These nutrients have been identified as having specific roles in the production of sperm.

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, there is supposedly no difference between regular milk and organic milk, aside from how the cows are raised and an obvious difference in price. For some, the environmental benefits of organic farming are enough justification to pay the premium, but many others need to know they're paying more for a better product. Now the studies showing that organic milk is indeed better are building up.

Pureeing, blending, and grinding...believe it or not, preparing baby food is easier than it sounds. Many parents find it to be very satisfying-and economical-experience. However, making baby food requires extra care to keep it safe and nutritionally superior. Follow these 5 simple steps, and you'll be ready to go!

(NaturalNews) For years, baby formula manufacturers have been fortifying and reformulating their blends in an effort to poise their products as equal or superior to natural breast milk. Beginning in 2002, many producers began supplementing their mixtures with synthetic forms of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and arachidonic acid (ARA), the long-chain fatty acids naturally present in breast milk. Evidence is now showing that the synthetic versions are detrimental to the health of children, despite their continued usage in almost every available brand of infant formula.

The use of soy-protein based baby formulas are popular with parents.  Why? Some parents think they will help babies with gas, fussiness, or colic. Unfortunately, switching baby formula usually doesn't help these symptoms/ Since soy baby formulas usually cost a few dollars more than cow's-milk based formulas, parents shouldn't be quick to try them unless they need them.  If your pediatrician thinks that a change to a soy formula is necessary for your baby, you can be reassured that they are just as good as other formulas and are readily available wherever baby formula is sold.

In the first year whirlwind of pediatrician visits, adjusting to parenthood, and setting up permanent residence in Target's Baby department, the dentist is one place most of new parents don't visit with their children. But it turns out that delaying that first trip can affect children's lifelong oral health.

Talk to your child constantly. Children learn language and increase their vocabulary in only one way — listening to the people around them. The richer and more abundant the language they hear daily, the more well developed their own language will be. In addition to normal conversation, however, you have dozens of creative and enjoyable ways to increase your child's vocabulary that can also build family bonds and heighten family fun.

Dr. Adesman is Chief of the Division of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics at Schneider Children's Hospital in New York and an associate professor in the Pediatrics Department at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. His book Baby Facts reveals more than 200 startling myths and facts about babies' and young children's health, growth, care, and more.

It's common for a mom to be lying awake in bed while her baby or toddler is snoozing blissfully. Unfortunately, low quantity and poor quality (= depth) of sleep erode a mother's health and well-being, and give her a strong shove down the slippery slope toward depression. Getting plenty of good sleep is a crucial aspect of replenishing oneself and preventing depletion. Happily, there are plenty of good methods:

Recently, there has been a lot of negative press about "screen time" for infants, and when it is appropriate to show your infant TV/DVDs.  In the middle of this negative press, Baby Einstein(R) has been under fire.  Here at "Mommie2Be.Com", we are standing by Baby Einstein(R) products in its efforts to support the parent-child interaction and its efforts to use media in the process.

There are thousands of different ways to feed a baby -- and the human race is still here in spite of them all.  But Dr. Reedy give some sound advice on feeding your baby.  He combines experience with common sense and "up to date" information about infant nutrition.

"Facebook and Twitter are both incredible tools for sharing such a genuinely beautiful experience as childbirth," says Kelly Olexa, a social media strategist in Chicago. "The opportunity parents have to share this amazing time with friends and family through the Internet is tremendous."

Do you have questions about breastfeeding like: I have small breasts, can I still breastfeed?  Can I smoke cigarettes and still breastfeed?  Can I breastfeed if I had breast implants?

Restaurants throughout the country are feeling the sting of the slow economy, just like you. In order to improve their bottom line and get families to eat out more often, many have initiated programs where kids eat free with the purchase of adult entrees. National chains, such as Bennigan's, TGI Friday's, and IHOP are promoting these deals, and local mom-and-pop restaurants are starting to do the same.

Here is a short list of national chains that have kids-eat-free deals at some locations*:

Roseola (also known as sixth disease, exanthem subitum, and roseola infantum) is a viral illness in young children, most commonly affecting those between the ages of 6 months and 2 years. It is typically marked by several days of high fever, followed by a distinctive rash just as the fever breaks.

You may have heard that McNeil Consumer Healthcare (the makers of TYLENOL®) is voluntarily recalling certain lots of Children's and Infants' TYLENOL® liquid products that were manufactured between April, 2008 and June, 2008. All products manufactured met internal specifications. However, the company is implementing this recall because during this period, an unused portion of one inactive ingredient did not meet all quality standards.