22 Great iPhone Apps for New Parents

1. Baby Connect Baby Connect is a comprehensive baby tracker. It tracks feeding, diapers, sleep, mood, medicines, and it can share that information with several people – Mom and Dad, Grandma, daycare. All entries are immediately synchronized with all users, and parents and daycare can trade message

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PEPS Birthed a Parenting Village

PEPS is celebrating its 30th birthday.  Many new parents are not prepared for the feelings of isolation and inadequacy that often come with the joy of welcoming a new baby.  It is these first, critical months of parenthood that the Program for Early Parent Support (PEPS) guides parents through. De

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Male Nesting: How Expecting Fathers Prepare During Pregnancy

We all know women “nest” while waiting for their baby to arrive. Nearly everyone has a story about an expectant mom going a bit crazy preparing for baby — obsessively washing and rewashing mountains of tiny socks, dismantling doorknobs to bleach the interior parts or, in my case, deciding the future

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15 Cool Things a Northwest Mom Knows

Parents embarrass children. Public affection, singing, dancing — even your favorite jogging suit — can be gross in the eyes of your child. But if you're mom to a baby, you're lucky; the need for cool doesn't develop until around age 8. You still have time to brush up on a few skills and camouflage t

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Choosing a car seat

Ride on baby!  You’ve heard the stories: Back in the day, your mother used to nurse you, burp you and then set you down on the car floor, all while hurtling 60 miles per hour down the freeway. How times have changed. Washington State parents now live under one of the strictest child car seat laws

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Why Babies Cry -- And How to Tame the Tears

Your baby is crying — again. You rush to her side. What does she want? Milk? A diaper? A hug? You wish you knew. Feeling helpless, you try it all: feeding, changing, hugging — until you’re on the verge of tears yourself. By the time you think you’ve got it figured out, she stops crying. Some paren

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Baby Sleep Tips: Helping Your Baby (and You) Get Some Rest

As a first-time mom, what confused me most about trying to help my baby sleep better was the number of “sleep training” methods out there. In my desperation, I gathered no fewer than six books — all claiming to hold the key to a restful night’s sleep. I was not alone in my sleep-deprived struggle,

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Barks and Babes: Preparing Your Dog for a New Baby

Unfortunately, as a dog trainer I often get calls from clients whose dog has bitten their new baby. None of these folks are bad dog owners or negligent parents, but there were definitely some things (“If they had only known...”) they could have done with their dogs that could have prevented the bite

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