Baby's First Year: A Guide to Development Month by Month

New moms and dads, you are setting out on an adventure! We've got the advice, ideas and developmental information you need to track your baby's first year of amazing milestones. You’ve anticipated baby’s arrival for nine months, poring over parenting articles and tracking his or her development in

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Get Out with Your Baby (and Save Your Sanity)

After we brought our newborn daughter home, once the initial excitement of learning how to keep her alive wore off, I started wondering, “What exactly are we supposed to DO with a baby?” I started researching ways to prove I was incompetent or that something was wrong with her. I read parenting book

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Things We Love: Baby Gear

It’s downright overwhelming. The brimming store aisles, the endless array of equipment, the infinite brands and colorful gadgets that promise sanity and miracles — all vigorously vying for your new-baby dollar.In an era when strollers feature iPhone chargers, MP3 players and LED light shows, new par

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Tools for Today's Parents

Brought to you by Jody McVittie, M.D., parent educator and executive director, Sound Discipline Encouraging solutions for today’s parents Dr. Jody McVittie shares parenting wisdom acquired over her years practicing family medicine and working as a parent educator. Emphasizing

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Understanding Your Child's Temperament

Brought to you by Liliana Lengua, Ph.D., University of Washington Center for Child and Family Well-Being Understanding Your Child’s Temperament Children are not born blank slates upon which their well-intentioned parents write a life story. Each of us is born with a unique te

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2013 ParentMap Lecture Series: Pepper Schwartz, Ph.D.

    Pepper Schwartz, Ph.D Let's Get Intimate! Balancing Life, Love + Your Growing Family  Seattle Children's Theatre, Seattle Center Wed May 15, 2013 6.30 p.m.(pre-event reception from 5.30 p.m.) Bellevue College, BellevueSat May 18, 2013 11a.m (pre-event reception from 10

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15 Ideas for Creative Baby Announcements

  Nestled AwayHere’s an adorable baby announcement idea for the growing family featured over at Cutting Creations. A simple card is decorated with nesting dolls (one for each family member) all in a row, including a tiny surprise resting quietly inside the mama doll. Draw the dolls by hand, use

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Finding Your Village: Connecting to the Parent Network

It takes a village to raise a child. But where do you find that village? Facebook helps. So do online communities for moms, such as Green Lake Moms. Melissa Benaroya founded the Green Lake Moms in 2005. Originally a Yahoo group, it has since grown into a large email network and website with resourc

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