September 02, 2010 September 02, 2010

Just Arrived

How To Lose Your Pregnancy Weight This video gives some good tips on losing weight after pregnancy.

Mother's Little Helper: Soothing Shoulder, Neck, and Head Massage

Neck Massage This thorough massage promotes relaxation, releases tension, and helps your body deal with the new physical challenges associated with a small child (and the heavy equipment that comes with it).  Lie face up on your bed so that your head is at the edge. Get a friend to sit on...

Swaddling Dilemma

Most parents say that swaddling helps their babies get to sleep, stay asleep, and get comforted quickly, especially when they are newborns. My problem with this is that the focus is on getting the baby to shut up, settle, be quiet in  his/her crib, on his own. Does this remind...

Your Body After Baby: The First Six Weeks

Your Body After Baby: The First 6 Weeks Lots of things are happening in your body right after you have a baby. During pregnancy, your body changed a lot. It worked really hard to keep your baby safe and healthy. Now that your baby is here, your body is changing...

What is Your Infant's Nursing Style?

Breastfeeding By Just Ask Baby, DivineCaroline Breastfeeding is never as simple and straightforward as it might seem. Indeed, Edith Jackson, a pediatrician at Yale described (in the 1950s) five different nursing styles. Knowing the style a baby has, helps you know how to respond appropriately:BarracudaThese babies know what they are after;...

Getting Your Head Around Your New Body

Who'd have thought your boobs could actually get bigger? Well, you have a new baby and, surprise, surprise, you have a new body too. If you're more than a little shocked by the woman that you see in the mirror, reassure yourself that this is merely your transitional body as,...