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Are You a Good Mother?

motheringcoach wrote 3 weeks ago: Every mother asks herself, “Am I good enough?  Am I doing something that is harming my baby?”  Often … more →

Tags: Mother, Parenting, Baby, Cry, Crying, mothering, Advice

How to Cope with Infant Trauma

motheringcoach wrote 4 weeks ago: Often I hear people say that that “it is a good thing that the baby was so young” when he or she was … more →

Tags: Baby, birth trauma, Colic, Cry, Crying, infant trauma, signs of trauma, trauma

Reduce Your Risk of Premature Birth

motheringcoach wrote 1 month ago: Premature births are rising at an alarming rate in the U.S, 36% in the past 25 years.  Being born pr … more →

Tags: Baby, Childbirth, premature baby, Premature birth, in vitro fertilization, IVF, fertility treatment

My Baby Can Beat Up Your Baby (and Other Ridiculous Comparisons)5 comments

Rachel Rene wrote 2 months ago: Standing in line at the bank today, I got asked the question I have come to dread:  “So, is he … more →

Tags: Parenting, Motherhood, Competition

Learning from Smart Babies

motheringcoach wrote 2 months ago: Infant research, which began in the 1970’s, has been revealing for three decades that babies are muc … more →

Tags: Baby, St. Louis, baby play, Learning, Brain development, infant brain, Smart baby, intelligence

Crawling in the News

motheringcoach wrote 3 months ago: Did you crawl as a baby?   In a June Scientific American article, David Tracer, an anthropologist fr … more →

Tags: Baby, motor development, Tummy Time, motor skill, crawl, Crawling

The World of Eric Carle Squeaks and Rattles

growingyourbaby wrote 3 months ago: Just in time for the 40th anniversary of The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Eric Carle has teamed up with … more →

Tags: developmental toys, Teething Toys, Kids Preferred, Eric Carle, The Hungry Caterpillar, Eric Carle toys

Conscious Babies in Womb1 comment

motheringcoach wrote 3 months ago: Yes, as amazing as it sounds, babies are conscious in the womb! They are sentient beings who are rec … more →

Tags: Pregnancy, Prenatal, .conscious., Parenting, St. Louis, Consciousness, Bonding, Preconception, Conception

Accepting a child's social avoidance of adults2 comments

Musing Mom wrote 4 months ago: Young infants don’t like direct intense gaze. Initially, they don’t even accept it from … more →

Tags: General thoughts and subjects, child development, Socialization, Social Avoidance, social avoidance in children, socially aggressive adults, children avoiding adults, changing social culture

Fall Mother-Baby Classes at COCA

motheringcoach wrote 4 months ago: My fall classes at the Center of Contemporary Arts (COCA)  in University City are now open for regis … more →

Tags: Mother, Baby, Dance, Class, St. Louis, Mommy and Me

Create Your Birth Plan

motheringcoach wrote 5 months ago: If you’re pregnant, you need to be well-informed about the quality of maternity care that you will b … more →

Tags: Mother, Baby, Induce, Childbirth, childbirth experience

Becky On Talking to Babies

motheringcoach wrote 5 months ago: On Wednesday, June 17, I appeared on the “Great Day” program on KMOV, Channel 4 in St. L … more →

Tags: Baby, Language Development

Attachment Parenting vs... What?3 comments

teachingyoungchildren wrote 5 months ago: A couple ago, I made some remarks regarding attachment parenting in my post on Raising an Optimistic … more →

Tags: Life, Hot Topics

Dealing with Infant Trauma1 comment

motheringcoach wrote 5 months ago: Often, I hear people say that “it is a good thing that the baby was so young” when he/she was expose … more →

Tags: Stress, Baby, trauma, childbirth experience, Birth, Postpartum Depression

Baby Loves Lamaze!

growingyourbaby wrote 5 months ago: Just a few months after I brought my first son home, I found Lamaze toys. ‘Freddie The Firefly … more →

Tags: Parenting, developmental toys, Lamaze Developmental Toys

Parenting: How to Time-Out your misbehaving child

dv4u wrote 5 months ago: Infants and children under the age of 5 often have not achieve the ability to understanding right an … more →

Tags: Lifestyle, Parenting, child development, child care, infant care, handling child mis-behavior, managing mis-behavior, Time Out

Seeming harmless activities actually harming your infant1 comment

dv4u wrote 6 months ago: An infant is extremely vulnerable to high impact visual, auditory and physical activities Many new p … more →

Tags: health, Lifestyle, Parenting, child development, child abuse, Child Protection, infant protection, infant growth, child caring

Watercooler Chats with Good Friends

michellekswp wrote 6 months ago: Developing Brains: TV Causes Learning Lag in Infants (Yahoo News/LiveScience.com ) Child Safety: Tip … more →

Tags: Your Good Friends, child safety, Wealth, Protect your kids

The argument against Exersaucers.

domoismyfriend wrote 6 months ago: Question: What is an ExerSaucer? Though most people refer to all products of this type as exersaucer … more →

Tags: Baby development, development, exersaucer, Exersaucers, Baby Walkers, Baby Jumper


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