Natural Ways to Prepare for Cough and Cold Season There’s never a convenient time for your child or you to get sick. While missed school (and work!) days are going to happen, there are steps to can take to minimize them through some natural steps which will prepare your family for cold season. As a […]
How Do I Gently Stop Thumb Sucking? I have an almost 2-year-old, who falls asleep with his thumb in his mouth and can sleep with it for a long time. I worry about his teeth. How can I help him to quit his thumb sucking? Thumb Sucking to Fall Asleep Both the nighttime thumb sucking […]
Should a Baby “Cry it Out”? Over thirty years ago in all of our writings, we strongly cautioned new parents to avoid the “let your baby cry it out” crowd because sleep-training was becoming fashionable and often harmful. We even added another Baby B to our list of attachment parenting tools – beware of baby-trainers. […]
Dr. Poo’s 10 tips to have healthy poop to be proud of By Bill Sears, MD, America’s Pediatrician My early years as a pediatrician and parent were like an on-the-job poo school. One of my goals as a good doctor was to teach parents how to get their child off to the right healthy poop. […]
Step-by-step Weaning Advice Question: Hello, I’m a big fan of your books and my husband and I are AP our 7.5-month-old girl. Currently she nurses to sleep for all naps and to go to bed and if I leave her for naps, she won’t sleep very long. I’m just wondering if I should be breaking […]
What Are The Best Solid Starter Foods? Question: We have a 6-month-old, who is beginning the adventure into solids. Since his birth, our pediatrician has had him taking vitamins – at different phases, we have taken either poly vi sol with iron and/or vitamin D. I have since learned that this is unnecessary with babies […]
How to Get Baby Interested in Solid Foods Question: Is it okay for 11-month-old not be interested in solid foods at the table? She is hitting all her milestones, seems completely normal and chubby but still wants to nurse and doesn’t seem interested in any solid foods at the table. Answer: Two of our daughters […]
The Natural Benefits of Breastfeeding and Breast Milk Mothers and babies are the top national treasures in every country. And breastmilk is every country’s top natural resource. Science agrees. The incidence of nearly every serious disease you don’t want your child to get is lower the longer a baby is breastfed. From head-to-toe, a breastfed […]
What is the Safest Way to Cosleep? Q: Hi! I have a question about bed-sharing. I have been sharing sleep with my 5-month-old son who sleeps next to me on his back (dressed in a sleep sack for warmth, while I keep myself wrapped in blankets). Are there any sleep cuddle positions that are less […]
Bed-sharing with Baby A recent article released by NPR was titled “Is Sleeping with Your Baby as Dangerous as Doctors Say?” and has brought a lot of attention to the topic of co-sleeping, also called bed-sharing or sleep-sharing. We love articles that show that mother’s and father’s intuition trump pseudoscience. In my fifty years as […]
Toy Recall: Munchkin Recalls 72000 Bath Toys This month, Munchkin, a baby product and accessory company, had to recall their Waterpede bath toy. The toy is a hazard due to its easily broken design. The toy has been said to break apart into small pieces, creating a choking hazard for small children. The toys were sold at […]
Why Does My Baby Cry After Feeding? Q: My baby starts crying after feeding and also hiccups a lot. Sometimes it seems like he is choking. However, he never throws up or spits. He arches his back, and for the last couple of nights he hasn’t been sleeping and looks like he is in a […]
