Baby Milestones: Teething

Here comes another tooth.. and more sleepless nights. I thought that maybe Vincent was teething still but I wasn’t sure. I thought maybe his attitude was from the two bottom teeth not poking through enough but I was wrong! It seems I think too much. Yesterday while we were playing he bit me [...]

A Book Every Mother-To-Be Should Own

I’m not going to give a review of this book or anything like that, simply because there are enough of them on the internet already. However, I will say that I did find this book very informative. It does contain quite a bit of information on all the things that can go wrong BUT [...]

Hairspray Linked To Birth Defect

According to an article in the BBC, boys born to women exposed to hairspray in the workplace may have a higher risk of being born with a genital defect.
Imperial College London scientists talked to women who had babies with hypospadias, where the urinary tract is found away from the penis.

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Mylicon Infant Gas Drops Recalled

Approximately 12,000 units of MYLICON® GAS RELIEF DYE FREE drops non-staining 1 oz. bottles have been recalled as of November 10, 2008.

Breastfed babies may develop stronger lungs according to recent study

Results from a recent study of 10-year-olds on the Isle of Wight by Brtish and US scientists found much better lung function in babies that were breastfed for at least four months.
A total of 1,456 babies were followed all the way through to their 10th year to test this.
A third of them had been breastfed [...]

Will I be a good mom?

The day you discover you are pregnant, once reality sets in and you completely understand that “this is really happening”, one of the first things that may run through your mind is “Will I be a good mom?”. It won’t be the last time you think that either. You’ll have 9 long months to [...]

Another baby milestone: Pulling himself up

Yeah, so last night I sat Vincent in his crib after his bath so that I could grab his pajamas across the room and lo and behold he grabbed the edge of the crib, got on his knees, shook the crib around a bit and then decided to stand up! I called his dad [...]

6 month well baby check-up

Vincent had his 6 month well-baby check-up just a couple of weeks ago. I believe the shots he got were the Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis, Haemophilus Influenza Type B, Polio, Pneumococcal Conjugate, and Rotavirus. He had the 2nd of his Hep B shots at his 3 month check-up so he didn’t get another this time. [...]

Hugs and Kisses from baby

At around 3 months of age I thought for sure my son was going to say “I love you”.  He tried so hard to say it but he couldn’t manage the “lah” sound and the “you” was even harder.  Just last month after 5 months of “kisses for my baby boy” on his cheek and [...]

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is doubling the amount of vitamin D it recommends for infants, children and adolescents.

From the American Academy of Pediatrics Website:
The new recommendations include:

Breastfed and partially breastfed infants should be supplemented with 400 IU a day of vitamin D beginning in the first few days of life.
All non-breastfed infants, as well as older children, who are consuming less than one quart per day of vitamin D-fortified [...]