Baby Original offers free advice for expecting parents and supporting family and friends. Main topical sections include pediatrician care, parenting, grandparenting, motherhood fitness and health, and social issues including pets, siblings, and schooling.
Pregnancy to Newborm
From moments of considering to have a baby to the first moments of life your little angel plays their part. Their little red face is all scrunched up, and the sounds that voice from her puckered little mouth are the most precious notes you could ever hope for. You ache any time the nurses take her for tests, and you deny offers from well meaning friends and family who offer to hold her while you get some sleep. All you want to do is be with your new baby, and you’ll forego food, water and sleep to do just that!
Parenting to Grandparenting
Parenting is often a thankless job. It is a difficult job, and a job that keeps parents up at night. From crying babies to whining toddlers, defiant teenagers to aloof young adults, parents constantly struggle to understand and positively affect the lives entrusted them. But in the end, it is a job every parent will say is the most amazing and wonderful adventure imaginable. It is the smiles, first steps, first homeruns, family trips, hugs and kisses that outshine the less appealing aspects of parenthood, and it is for these moments parents gladly lump the rest.
Day Care and Schooling
For many, it starts with the first day of kindergarten. For others, it begins a year or two earlier, with preschool. For all, it is a momentous occasion that marks the beginning of a learner’s journey that will never end. It's late summer, and it school is about to begin!
Eager little kids follow anxious parents through stores, buying back-to-school clothes, backpacks and sneakers. They get fresh haircuts, take extra bubbly baths the night before and are sent to bed extra early to ensure a good night's sleep. The next morning they're off to school. Be it kindergarten, middle school or college, the routine is mostly the same. May be by the time they’re in high school, the bubble bath is out of the question, and they can borrow the car and do their own shopping, and by college, parents can only wonder about that good night’s sleep, but these details are only minor. The first day of school is a blend of excitement, anxiety and curiosity for all students and parents as well.
Filed under: Pediatrician — Baby Original @ 8:15 pm
One of the most important decisions you’ll make about your baby’s health is selecting his doctor. Finding the right doctor isn’t easy. There are many questions that must be asked and answered before you make the selection. It’s important to find a doctor you feel comfortable with-someone whom you can talk to and who’ll answer your questions to your satisfaction. The doctor’s style must be right for you!
You should meet with several doctors before you have your baby. This will give you an opportunity to find out what they are like-their style, their approach, their fees, and so forth. Most doctors encourage this and don’t charge for it.
One of the most important decisions you’ll make about your baby’s health is selecting his doctor. Finding the right doctor isn’t easy. There are many questions that must be asked and answered before you make the selection. It’s important to find a doctor you feel comfortable with-someone whom you can talk to and who’ll answer your questions to your satisfaction. The doctor’s style must be right for you!