Ah, so you’re trying to convince your toddler to get rid of the pacifier.
I feel your pain.
We can all agree on a few things…
First, at some point, every kid has to stop using the paci, binky, baba, or whatever you call it.
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These are all of my latest posts in chronological orders, hope you enjoy and get some use out of them!
Car safety technology has come a LONG way.
Do Babies Have Gills in the Womb?
When I first found out how many people ask or wonder about this question, I was stunned:
Do babies have gills in the womb?
They can’t be serious, right?
But the more I thought about it, the more the question made sense. After all, babies need oxygen, and while in the womb they’re submerged in amniotic fluid.
So how do they breathe?
4 Surefire Ways to Buy Pre Assembled Cribs & Nursery Furniture
Setting up the nursery before baby comes can be really exciting.
In theory.
When it comes down to actually painting the walls, shopping for furniture like swings and dressers, choosing a baby monitor, and assembling the crib, you might start to wonder what you got yourself into.
Like any home improvement project, designing and building a nursery can take a lot of time!
3 Best Strollers for Short Moms & Dads (Joggers, umbrellas & more)
As a short parent myself, I feel your pain.
I’m about 5′ 5″, and I already know the frustration of cribs, strollers, and other baby gear that just aren’t built for me.
When it comes to strollers, there’s nothing worse than a model that’s too tall for your frame.
Pushing your baby around for long stretches should be comfortable, not torture! When the handlebars are too high, it definitely feels like the latter.
Paternity leave laws by state (Details on all 50)
About to become a new father?
Congratulations!
You have so many things to plan for and be excited about. Building the nursery, learning to change diapers, and learning to survive on little to no sleep.
But right now you have to figure out what to do those first few weeks after baby comes home. Can you stay home with mom and the baby and get paid? How much unpaid leave can new dads take? What will happen to your salary and benefits when you go back to work?
Baby Formula Mixed Wrong: Now What?
I remember the days of mixing formula extremely well.
We used to make big jugs of formula at night that would give us plenty for the next day.
The process was simple, but treacherous: Fill the jug with the right amount of water, carefully count out the scoops of formula, stir thoroughly.
6+ Reliable Ways to Warm Formula & Breastmilk On the Go
When it comes to food, baby’s earliest days are, quite frankly, a bit of a nightmare
Breastfeeding is an enormously difficult and tiring job for mom. And formula feeding has plenty of headaches as well.
(You haven’t lived until you’ve forgotten how many scoops of formula you added to an entire jug of the mixture and had to dump the whole thing and start over.)