Category: Kids Health

By AnnaMarie Houlis In 2009, Rebecca Mindeman’s husband was diagnosed with prostate cancer. She and her oldest son each took 12-hour shifts caring for a man she says was less recognizable each day and would hardly sit down for more than 20 minutes at a time. After three years, he died in April of 2012

Finding a good name for your baby is no small task: if there are no immediate or obvious people you’d like to name them after, selecting a solid name can be a daunting process! Luckily, history provides many wonderful options to choose from — and, if you want to venture beyond traditional Euro-centric names with lots

There’s no question that one of the first big challenges new parents face is naming their little bundle of joy. Not only do new parents have to choose the perfect first name for their little one, they’re also tasked with choosing a fitting middle name that will perfectly compliment both the first and last name

Tennis legend Serena Williams offered up a beautiful message to other mothers after her Wimbledon loss in a postgame interview: "I was playing out there for you today…" An emotional Williams spoke after her defeat and told mothers that they can still achieve great things after having a child and not to give up on

Of all the Kardashian-Jenners, Kourtney Kardashian seems most likely to be mom-shamed. When she’s not being criticized for kissing her children on the lips or giving her daughter a lip ring, she’s being shamed for not tweezing her son’s eyebrows. The latest shaming, in which someone suggested Kardashian was more interested in showing off her

Here’s a Disney tip for you: don’t make the mistake of forgetting to check the weather before planning your visit to Disneyland (like I did). The fact that it was already 80 degrees out at 7 a.m. should’ve been the first sign to stay home, but we headed over to good ol’ Anaheim despite the

All that physiotherapist Liz Williams wants is for baby pumpkins to be able to move their heads on their own. If that sounds odd, it’s because Mrs Williams likens young babies’ heads to pumpkins because that’s how many new parents treat them – as inanimate objects. Following advice, many new parents ‘position’ their resting baby

When I was getting ready to return to work after having a baby, I was filled with dread about how I was going to juggle everything. I was worried about how I would handle the emotional toll of leaving my new baby for the majority of our waking hours each day. And I also gathered

Grand Slam winner — 23 times over — Serena Williams is having some seriously sad feels about missing a major milestone in the life of daughter Alexis Olympia, 10 months old. Williams tweeted, "She took her first steps. . . I was in training and missed it. I cried.” Williams’ tweet was so relatable, thousands

You were told to cherish the baby years because time goes so fast. Cherish the newborn who will only stop crying if you hold him close to your chest 24 hours a day, cherish the 4 a.m. wake-up call just because, cherish potty training behind a tree in the park and quelling meltdowns in Target

A new study published in Pediatrics found that young adults who had a parent incarcerated during their childhood are more likely to skip needed healthcare, smoke cigarettes, engage in risky sexual behaviors, and abuse alcohol, prescription and illicit drugs. These findings have potentially broad impact, as over five million U.S. children have had a parent

A US mum has taken to Instagram to call out a magazine that suggested “waxing and plucking”  hair on a toddler’s upper lip. In a story titled Normal or Not: Hair on a Preschooler’s Upper Lip, Parents highlighted that facial hair in children is normal but that thick or coarse strands are “only a problem

A few weeks ago, I tweeted the following: “No offense to literally all of you, but if the entirety of Twitter disappeared except for @chrissyteigen and @Adaripp, I would be just fine with that.” I wouldn’t say this tweet went “viral,” but it did reach slightly beyond the audience of people who choose to follow

Unisex baby names are nothing new, with Cameron and Charlie showing up in the ‘most popular baby names’ lists almost every year. However, there’s a trendy new crop of genderless monikers increasing in popularity over the past 12 months.  According to online name database Nameberry, Quincy is the fastest growing unisex name in 2017. Interested to

Although the Americans with Disabilities Act was signed into law nearly 30 years ago, a recent statewide survey of child care providers and early interventionists in Illinois suggests little has changed with regard to promoting the inclusion of infants and children with disabilities in child care settings. Nearly 70 percent of the more than 991

It’s official: George and Amal Clooney have mastered the art of parenting. On a recent long-haul flight from the US to the UK, the high-profile couple handed out noise-cancelling headphones to their first-class co-passengers.  The reason for their generosity? To pre-empt any issues with their six-month-old twins, Ella and Alexander. According to US Weekly, the

After nine months of having a bundle of joy stretch out your uterus, hoo-ha, and six-pack, things are bound to look a bit…different…down there. That post-pregnancy pooch is a combination of fat (hey, a woman has got to gain some weight during pregnancy), excess skin, and stretched-out abdominal muscles, says ob-gyn Alyssa Dweck, M.D, co-author

Everyone knows labor and delivery is painful, but what about the rest of pregnancy? If this is your first foray into the world of baby-growing, it might come as a surprise just how ridiculously uncomfortable — and sometimes downright torturous — those three trimesters can be (of course, if you’ve been pregnant before, it’s likely

Hyperemesis Gravidarum is morning sickness so severe that most cases require hospitalisation. Some have broken ribs and detached retinas they have vomited so violently. One in seven sufferers have terminated a pregnancy due to the condition. So when someone says they’re suffering from Hyperemesis Gravidarum, they’re really suffering. That’s why one woman posted to UK

A New Cars Show With Lightning McQueen Is Coming to Hollywood Studios! Buckle up, Cars fans, because a new show inspired by one of your favorite animated movies is coming to Disney’s Hollywood Studios! A series of exciting announcements were made during a media event at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort on Friday, including the upcoming