My Family Blog

Let’s face the music. Toddlers can be dangerous. That beautiful, white vase that has been in the family for 50 years can end up crashed in a thousand pieces on your living room floor as a cherub-like toddler looks up at you innocently. Photo albums that hold some of your most precious memories can become [...]

by Leah Speer posted in Mom Stories My little boy is talking up a storm! Where has my baby gone??  The bottles are gone, the diapers are gone, he’s running and jumping and climbing. And each day he adds a few new words to his vocabulary. In fact, he hardly stops talking all day these [...]

by Erin Lane posted in Mom Stories Chances are many of you received toys this holiday season that require batteries. I know we did – LeapFrog guitar, TAG Reader, electronic books and a toy camera. And while I obviously knew that batteries weren’t something for my kids to play with, I didn’t realize just how [...]

by Jenni Buckley posted in Mom Stories Having a baby tops my list of the strangest things I’ve ever done. It’s weird to bring a little life into the world, and realize that this little person depends on you for EVERYTHING. You have to feed it, clean it, comfort it, and love it. This isn’t [...]

Puzzles, puppets and princesses! Here are the best Christmas gifts for babies and toddlers that will undoubtedly drop jaws and brighten eyes on Christmas morning. The best news? They’re all under $50! Read more from source:“ivillage.com”

Puzzles, puppets and princesses! Here are the best Christmas gifts for babies and toddlers that will undoubtedly drop jaws and brighten eyes on Christmas morning. The best news? They’re all under $50! Read more from source:“ivillage.com”

The first time you leave your baby with another person is a big step for a mother. It is hard to imagine that another person can actually take care of your precious bundle for a few hours without needing any assistance from the mother. But after a few times, you begin to understand that other [...]

by Dr. Harvey Karp posted in Mom Stories Ask Dr. Karp is a monthly Q & A series with world-renowned pediatrician Harvey Karp. Each month, he’ll join us on the BabyCenter Blog to answer questions from our fans. Have a question for Dr. Karp? Leave it in the comments below. Maybe your question will be [...]

by Amy Graff posted in Mom Stories We told our kids, ages 7 and 9, that we were meeting their dad’s work friend—but we had no intention of dragging them along on a business meeting. The real plan was to surprise them with a day at Disneyland. As we drove by the California amusement park [...]

Yes, dear, you look *just like* Usher when you play Dance Central. Here’s the thing about my kids: much like Labrador retrievers, they need at least an hour of exercise a day in order to behave well and sleep through the night. The other thing about my kids is that they all have asthma that’s [...]