Infant Feeding
Boosting Baby's Immune System Naturally: Tips for a Healthy Start
As a new parent, one of your top priorities is ensuring the health and well-being of your precious newborn. A strong immune system plays a crucial role in protecting your baby from illnesses and infections, especially during the early stages of life. There are many natural ways to boost your baby's immune system and give them a healthy start in life. Here we'll explore some effective tips for strengthening your baby's immune system naturally.
Baby Led Weaning
Baby-led weaning is a revolutionary approach that encourages self-feeding and allows your baby to explore a world of flavors and textures at their own pace. Read on for how to let your baby lead when it comes time to wean.
Pumpkin Recipes for Your Little One
Delight little palates this fall with five of our favorite pumpkin recipes that are kid approved!
Too Much Easter Candy? How Excess Sugar Can Damage Your Child’s Gut Health
Easter Sunday is just around the corner, which means eggs full of candy are too. While treating your little one to PEEPS® and REESE'S Peanut Butter Eggs is a fun tradition, it’s important to be cautious of your child’s sugar intake. Added sugars have an extremely negative impact on gut health. Since the gut affects digestion, the immune system, mood, heart health, brain functions, quality of sleep and more, limiting your child’s sugar intake is in his or her best interest.
5 Tips to Wean from Pumping
The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends feeding your baby breastmilk for the first six months of your child’s life and to continue to provide breastmilk for up to a year longer. Each mother's journey is different based on milk supply issues, nursing challenges, or a job that makes it difficult to continue pumping at work.
7 Rules for Visiting a Newborn
Visiting a newborn baby for the first time is exciting. While it’s exciting for visitors, adjusting to life with a new baby can be a tough time for the family. Especially if it’s a first-born child, the transition can be particularly challenging. Having a variety of visitors immediately after giving birth can be stressful. When you’re visiting a family who has just had a newborn baby, it’s important to be respectful of the family’s time and space.
Here are seven important rules to keep in mind when visiting a newborn:
Alleviating Hiccups in Babies
Newborn hiccups are quite common but can often be a concern for parents. What causes hiccups in newborns and babies? How can you get rid of them? How can you prevent them altogether? In this blog, we answer all these questions and more.
Colic or Cow’s Milk Allergy?
It is normal for an infant to cry for around two hours a day. But when your little one is excessively crying, it can be difficult to determine the source of a baby’s crying. Is your baby tired, hungry or sick? Does he or she have colic, or is it a cow’s milk allergy?
Breastfeeding Tips for First Time Moms
It is normal to have anxieties about breastfeeding and your milk supply. To help alleviate some of your concerns, the following is a list of the breastfeeding tips from mothers for new mothers.
So Many Infant Formulas, Which One to Choose for Colic, Gas & Reflux?
You may notice your baby typically shows symptoms of colic, gas, or bloating after feedings. If your little one is formula fed, or if you supplement breastfeeding with infant formula, one of the first things to examine is the type of formula you’re using.