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Should You Worry About Baby’s Poop?

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Once your baby starts solids, diaper changes can get downright weird. Find out what’s normal (and what’s not). A baby’s leavings are always a little but different every time, and once baby graduates to solids, finger foods and then cow’s milk diapers can get even more surprising. For beginning … [Read more…]

Filed Under: Baby Gear, Parenting (general and dads) Tagged With: baby, daiper, diet, food, Nutrition, solid food, stool

Ready For Baby Food! Now What?

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There’s no rule that baby has to eat “baby food” from a jar! Here are some new and more adventurous tastes to try. So your baby’s at least six months or has been cleared to start solids by her doctor and she’s successfully digested some simple fruits and cereals. Now the fun begins! You don’t have … [Read more…]

Filed Under: Baby (General) Tagged With: baby, food, meals, Nutrition, solid food

When Can I Give Baby Rice Cereal?

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When I can introduce diluted rice cereal into my son’s diet? Is it true that if your baby is fed rice cereal, he/she will sleep longer, because their tummy is full?” It’s not true that introducing solid foods will help a baby sleep longer. Being able to digest solid foods and sleeping for longer … [Read more…]

Filed Under: Baby (General) Tagged With: food, solid food, baby sleep, feeding, solids, sleep cycles

How Can I Get my 4 m/o to Eat Cereal From a Spoon?

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My daughter is 4 months old and we are just starting her on rice cereal. we have been trying to feed her with a spoon but it has been no luck. we have only been doing it for a week but she gets so upset when we try to feed her this way. She takes the cereal just fine in the bottle but she cant be 3 … [Read more…]

Filed Under: Baby (General) Tagged With: baby food, feeding, rice cereal, solid food, solids

Pregnant, Can I Wean My 9-Month-Old Now?

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Hi there, my question is I just found out im 11 weeks pregnant with my second child, I’m still breastfeeding my 9th month old son. When can I stop feeding him???” You can stop breastfeeding whenever you want to! It’s perfectly fine and safe to continue breastfeeding while you’re pregnant, as long … [Read more…]

Filed Under: Baby (General), Toddler Tagged With: breast milk, breastfeeding and pregnancy, solid food, solids

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