“The Owlet Smart Sock is a Bluetooth Pulse-oximeter, which means that it measures the amount of oxygen in the blood. The goal is to protect babies while they sleep and reduce the risk of SIDS [sudden infant death syndrome] or suffocation,” explains Elizabeth King, founder and CEO of Sleep Baby Consulting. The device also monitors the baby’s heart rate and can send the information to an app on your phone....
Teacher: I wish all my students were like Jane. Parent: That’s nice to hear! What makes Jane a good student? Which are her best subjects? How can I help her improve where she’s weak? Teacher: Tim is so good. I never hear a peep out of him. Parent: Do you think he’s too quiet? Does he involve himself in class discussions? How do you know Tim is listening? Is he quiet at the playground, too?...
As a parent, you have to develop coping strategies that work for you and your child. To address a negative temperament, take a four-pronged approach. These strategies will help you manage your child’s negative outlook so you can teach them how to appreciate the small joys in everyday life. Ignore Some Bad Moods Don’t ignore your child when they are in a bad mood. Ignore the mood. When you don’t react to your child’s negativity, you take one step forward in extinguishing negative behaviors....
Benefits of Science Fair Projects for Kids Science fairs are a great way to teach kids to investigate our world. From breakthroughs in our understanding of the biology of cancer to disease outbreaks such as the Zika virus to fears about the Yellowstone supervolcano, these topics are in the news daily. Schools have changed remarkably in recent years, and most of these projects require parental input. At the same time, the world has changed, and kids are often learning terms unfamiliar to their parents....
Your time only If every day were perfect, what could possibly go wrong? Challenge your child to figure it out! Ask your child to describe a perfect day. Maybe the sun would shine from early morning until bedtime, every mealtime would consist of pizza, and there would be no school or chores. You can enhance your child’s vision of Utopia or create your own. Then, together, talk about what would happen if every day were perfect....
Even without scientific proof of harm from pesticides, consumer groups have a beef with the EPA’s idea of what’s safe for children to consume. They say that the government agency hasn’t gone far enough to protect kids from harmful chemicals. The Environmental Working Group (EWG) is one of the organizations that maintains kids are overexposed when it comes to pesticide residues in and on the foods young children consume most often....
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The best part: The kids will be outside, enjoying fresh air, having fun and getting exercise, all while celebrating your child’s special day. Planning Your Obstacle Course Birthday Party Your first step is to find an outdoor space. It should be in an area that is big enough to set up a few relay races and allows the kids to run around safely. If your backyard is not large enough, contact your local park and get a permit to host the birthday party there....
These feelings can be exacerbated when the C-section is planned, i.e. requested by the mother and not considered a medical necessity—as if she’s taking the “easy option.” But new research published recently in Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) shows that planned cesarean deliveries on maternal request are safe for low-risk pregnancies and may even be associated with a lower risk of adverse delivery outcomes than planned vaginal deliveries. The Study The researchers analyzed data on 422,210 low-risk pregnancies over 6 years, from 2012 to 2018....
Timing is everything. Your baby will be most responsive to your playfulness when she is both alert and unfussy. If you try to play when your child is hungry or tired or sick or upset, both you and she will gain nothing but frustration. During these first few months especially, what your baby needs from you is your love, your attention, and your time. More than anything else (even food), she wants and needs you to:...
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Then, suddenly, you have a baby, and even if your baby is everything you ever dreamed of, it’s a huge change to welcome a new baby into your life—not to mention the fact that you are likely functioning on very little sleep, your hormones are ebbing and flowing all over the place, your eating habits have likely changed drastically, and your emotional state is rapidly adjusting to the reality of parenting your baby....
Many people think that having postpartum incontinence is normal after pregnancy. While it is common, it is not necessarily normal. If you are experiencing postpartum incontinence, there are treatment options for regaining control of your bladder—and your life. What Is Postpartum Incontinence? Most commonly, postpartum incontinence refers to urinary incontinence, which is the involuntary partial or full release of the bladder after pregnancy and childbirth. In many cases, this may look like leaking or dribbling a little urine if their bladder is full, when performing a physical activity like running and jumping, or with forceful movements like coughing and sneezing....
Week Number 15 Blood vessels can easily be seen through the skin, which is very thin and translucent. The legs are longer than the arms. Week Number 16 The fetus can make a fist, open its mouth, move its lips, and swallow. The fetus might suck its thumb. Fine lanugo hairs can be seen on the head. The nails are well formed. The heart is beating 117 to 157 times per minute....
The same goes for your skin, and you may want to reevaluate your regular makeup routine as soon as you get that positive pregnancy test. “Anything you apply topically could potentially be transferred to the fetus during a critical window of human development,” says Nathaniel DeNicola, MD, FACOG, an OB/GYN based in Washington DC.While there’s not a ton of evidence to suggest that exposure to ingredients in makeup can cause harm to a baby, cosmetics can contain certain toxins that may impact fetal health and are associated with a range of potential complications like preterm birth, low birth weight, neuro-developmental delays, and cancer that can crop up during childhood or later in life....
While it may sometimes seem like not much is going on (and quite the contrary at other times), each week brings changes big and small that help your baby develop and your body prepare for labor, delivery, and beyond. Pregnancy is marked by three trimesters. The week by week articles that follow in this guide provide a glimpse into all you can anticipate in these distinct and important phases of your pregnancy, including:...
And the person opposite you seems to have all the advantages. Recruiters and interviewers usually take courses to help them develop sophisticated screening methods. The interviewer has the home-turf advantage, and you do not. You are being measured against standards and guidelines that are clear as a bell to the interviewer, but not to you. But you also have some important advantages of your own, including The company or organization needs someone, or it wouldn’t be interviewing people....
The executive order explains the need for further federal aid, continuing, “In December, Congress bolstered food assistance programs and provided new funding for food banks and school and child care meals. But these measures alone will not solve the growing hunger crisis in America.” What Else Does the Order Provide? In addition to expanding SNAP, Biden also called on the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to take additional steps to improve nutrition assistance offerings....
What Dads Do via GIPHY Parents today have to be jacks of all trades out of necessity. Many fathers of a couple generations ago were accustomed to working all day and having dinner on the table when they walked through the door. Their responsibilities at home ended after the lawn was mowed on weekends and the driveway was shoveled after a 6-inch snowstorm. Everything else fell in mom’s lap. Today’s dads wear many hats their fathers didn’t: cook, diaper changer, and baby whisperer—especially at 2:00 AM....
This disparity has existed for well over a century, but that doesn’t mean it’s insurmountable. It’s possible we may have reached a pivot point. Racial disparities in maternal health aren’t only about implicit and explicit bias and differences in treatment access. They’re part of a larger web of challenges that include economic concerns, racism, generations of stressors, criminal justice, and many other considerations. “This is such a complex issue, because the factors we’re dealing with are systemic and historic, but also cultural and social,” says Hyagriv Simhan, MD, division chief of gynecology and reproductive science at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center’s Magee-Womens Research Institute....
