Babble

My son is in danger of starving. He's going to waste away to nothing but a set of big blue-to-hazel eyes and wild light blond hair. Yesterday, at childcare, he only drank two ounces of milk. Today, he cut that to an ounce and a half. He spent the days showing off, crawling around the room by putting...

Star magazine is reporting that it was quite a dramatic entry into the world for little Maddie Briann . At the center of it was an inexperienced teenager, surrounded by mom Lynne and sister Britney trying to explain to Jamie that her actions could kill her baby . But the Zoey 101 star would not listen...

There have been a lot of breastfeeding posts on the Derby lately, and each one has inspired many comments in the vein of, "I physically CAN'T breastfeed, and you lactation nazis need to stop making me feel guilty about it." These comments always surprise me, because I know many women who...

Interesting article over on Forbes.com about the BornFree people. Turns out they not only make the bottles, they help make sure that people know how dangerous the BPA-filled versions are. Apparently, when BornFree began back in 2006, very few people cared about BPA. So what does a dadpreneur (that's...

The Daily Mail has this typically hysterical and annoying headline for a recent story: " No, breast ISN'T always best for baby...whatever the extremists tell you ". Ba ba buuuum. That's right, lactation consultants pose major threats to infant health and welfare! Talk about selling...

If you're using Mommy's Bliss Nipple Cream, stop. Now. Not to be alarmist, but the FDA has issued a warning about the product, which is meant to nursing mothers "help soothe dry or cracked nipples." Problem is, two of the ingredients – chlorphenesin and phenoxyethanol – "may cause...

We've posted about the Aden and Anais swaddle wraps ($29.50 for two, $44 for four) before. Made from an incredibly lightweight cotton muslin, many parents prefer them to other swaddle wraps because they're so light and breathable, especially for the hot days of summer. But it turns out that they...

The other day, Sassy showed you pictures of celebrity moms before and after the births of their babies . How did they lose the weight? Read on! Christina Aguilera - The boobs have it! Christina credits breastfeeding, kickboxing and strength training in shedding pregnancy pounds. Not all at the same time...

We've all done some regrettable things in our cars: Putting on lipstick when we should be watching the road, speeding, volun tarily listening to Hootie and the Blowfish. But taking baby out of the carseat and breastfeeding in a moving vehicle takes things to a new level. Vicki Glembocki bravely confessed...

As you may have gathered from my previous posts , I’m breastfeeding. But due to weight gain problems, we had to supplement for a while – and now, I occasionally have to leave the house for more than two hours, so my husband bottle-feeds him pumped milk. We tried a number of bottles during those first...