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Filling Out a Baby Registry

Putting together a baby registry can either feel like a chore or like a fun project. Babies and weddings are about the only [...]

Yes. Before we had our first kid, I didn’t really understand what all of the fuss over shaken baby syndrome was. Okay okay, [...]

Once your partner gets pregnant, you learn that there are all sorts of classes out there for parents-to-be. There are the “traditional” classes [...]

I’m always skeptical of anyone saying that they have “one cool trick to” do whatever. But if you can figure out how to [...]

A lot of healthcare professionals have written about the benefits of skin-to-skin contact with newborns, with a big focus on the benefits of [...]

Not long after taking your newborn home, you’re going to have some sort of medical question. Should she be pooping this much? Is [...]

By the halfway point in your partner’s pregnancy, someone has probably talked to one or both of you about putting together a “Birth [...]

Do a little digging, and you’ll find all sorts of advice about what to include in your hospital bag. Most of the guides [...]

One thing you may not hear from any childbirth class or your friends fawning over their babies on facebook is that newborns are [...]

What paternity leave looks like will depend on where you are in the world and what sort of employer you work for. You [...]