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BabyMap, 2010 issue
Flip through this issue online Our bouncing BabyMap is here! This issue rounds up the very best stuff for new moms and dads - plus a look at the best (and worst!) baby shower gifts. Feature: Best of Baby: The best gear, goods and giggles for babies and their parents Articles "I'm a bad m
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Best of Baby! Your guide to the best goods and glee for the goo-goo set
Ah, new parenthood: sweet confusion, sleep deprivation and — I’ll say it — stickiness. You’re exhausted — but you have got to get out of the house. You dote on that baby — but, hey, you need some TLC, too. You had a baby, not a lobotomy! The good news: Our area is rich in great places that cater to
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'I'm not a good mother': A look at postpartum mood disorder
Five months after the birth of her first child, Jennifer Carter began to realize that something was wrong. This Type-A, incredibly competent Yale grad was losing it. Despite support from her husband and her own parents, who lived just blocks away, she was not coping well with motherhood. “I was havi
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BabyMap postings, 2010
It’s D lovely Been hearing the buzz about vitamin D lately? Quick summary: You need more. Now, it turns out, your baby probably does, too. New vitamin D recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics are for infants to get 400 IU of vitamin D per day; new research finds that fewer than one
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Get this baby out! A mom's guide to labor induction
Thirty-nine weeks into her second pregnancy, Queen Anne mom Karri Lapin elected to have her labor induced for convenience’s sake. Her mother was in town and available to stay with her older child, a great benefit for everyone. Because she was so near to term with a “favorable cervix” — a cervix that
Read More »Where's the manual? Protecting your baby's health in the first year
“Ed, he’s doing it again. What is that?” Our 4-month-old son was making a spontaneous, scary, sucking sound for the third time that day. As first-time parents, we were alarmed. We videotaped the mysterious behavior and dropped it off with our pediatrician. She called to reassure us that
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Slow parenting: Does mellowing out make sense for your baby?
There are many reasons to consider slow parenting. My daughter was born prematurely, at 34 weeks. At the baby's NICU bed, the nurse said that she'd trail behind the "normal" kids for a few years. So when she was 9 months old, I picked up a set of Baby Einstein cards. Perhaps if I worked with her, s
Read More »Inside your baby's brain
A mother holds her baby in her lap, but the sound of a bird makes Mom turn her head to see. Her baby looks first at Mom's face, and then follows the direction of her mother's gaze toward that same bird. Two people united by one focus. This delicate moment may never get written down in a baby b
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