Toilet Training
We all know that none of our kids will arrive at their high school graduation in diapers. But for some of us, the process of getting them to...
Calm Little Girls
In the first year of life, your daughter is just as active as any baby boy. All babies kick their arms and legs, roll around, crawl, and cru...
“EASY,” “DIFFICULT,” AND “SLOW-TO-WARM-UP” BABIES
When my little girl was born, she cried inconsolably round the clock. At our first baby checkup, the doctor found that she had a raging ear ...
Goodnight, My Baby
My daughter was a good sleeper from the day she was born. But my son Joe was a whole other story. Maybe your daughter is more like Joe: he n...
Disciplining with Love
As your daughter grows, she’ll become more mobile and assertive, but she can’t mentally understand consequences or consciously control behav...
Feeding Basics
Your daughter’s eating habits will dramatically change during these few months. Her staple diet will move from liquid to solid foods and she...
Cognitive Development
Your daughter is polishing up her thinking skills every time she touches, smells, sees, feels, and tastes her world. Between four and seven ...
Emotional Development
While your daughter is growing larger in size and physical capabilities, she is also growing emotionally. She is learning about feelings suc...
Physical Growth
Your daughter will double her birth weight by the time she is four to six months old and she will grow about one to one and a half inches ea...
Medical Care
The four- to seven-month-old baby girl is a medical marvel. The healthy infant kicks, rocks, and rolls with vigor and gusto during all wakin...
Child-Proofing Your Home
People without young children must have thought I had the worst sense of interior design on the planet. When my children were babies, my hou...
Sweet Dreams
We all have a biological clock that governs our sleep-wake cycles, making us sleepy at certain times and wakeful at others. Our sleepwake cl...
Grandparents, Dolls, and Pink Dresses
Having loving grandparents is a blessing for all children. The importance of this relationship is supported by reams of research showing tha...
Fashion for Little Girls
Obviously, baby fashions have not caught on to the concept of gender equality. Baby girls still wear the pink frills and bows so popular in ...
Moving Through Girlhood
The first three months are quite an adventure for both you and your daughter. This is a time of getting to know each other, learning how to ...
Choosing Childcare
Once you hold your little girl in your arms and take in that sweet smell, you’ll probably wish you never had to leave her side. But, returni...
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