Parenting

Tips for Exhausted Parents: How to Create Safe Sleep Habits for Your Baby

Republished by JPMA In Honor of Baby Safety Month Becoming a parent is a remarkable journey filled with love, joy, and, let's be honest, a LOT of exhaustion! As you navigate the magical world of pa...

How to Toddler-Proof Your Home When Kids Start Moving

It’s exciting to see your baby grow and start crawling around on their own. However, once they start moving about, there’s so much more they can get into, so you’ll have to take your baby-proofing ...

Transition From Crib to Bed

You have a toddler, and they start to climb out of their crib! Is it time to move them to a toddler bed? Maybe yes, maybe no! Throughout the time that I’ve been a sleep consultant, one of the quest...

How to Pick the Best Bike Helmet for your Child?

When it comes to your child's head… safety is the most important thing! But when you are helmet shopping for a baby or toddler, you have so many factors to consider; durability, fit, and use... Tha...

The Truth: Sometimes Babies Get Dropped

We have a secret... It’s a bit of a dirty, little secret, in the sense that no one wants to talk about it.   Shrouded in shame, embarrassment, and denial, keeping this secret can often do more harm...

Are Walkers Safe for Babies?

When you become a parent, you get used to everyone around you giving you conflicting advice.  If you co-sleep, you’ll never get them out of your bedroom. If your baby sleeps in a nursery, you’ll st...

Human Trafficking: How Real Is the Danger?

So many of us have seen the posts on social media — bizarre and frightening scenarios that challenge us to ask ourselves if we’re just being paranoid, or if there’s something really wrong here. Sta...

12 New Things Grandparents Need to Know About Infant Safety

Grandparents. Are. AWESOME. The younger generations are parenting in lots of interesting new ways, but if there’s one thing they all know, it’s that it’s nice to have an experienced and trusted ext...

How to Use YouTube Safely with Kids

It’s the rub of having kids that for every solution we come up with, there are ten things to worry about on the other side of it. Tablets, technology, and screen time catch a lot of heat for their ...

7 YouTube Shows Your Preschooler Will Love

Okay, it’s just us — you don’t have to pretend like your preschooler only goes to forest Waldorf school and plays with STEM toys.YouTube is a choice that some parents make and other parents don’t, ...