A true baby food allergy is an immune system response to a protein in a particular food. If this is the case, your baby’s body produces antibodies to fight off the proteins with histamine. The histamine is what causes allergic symptoms. In infants and babies, common allergic symptoms are hives, rashes, eczema (atopic dermatitis), swelling…
Monthly Archives: June 2008
How to Write Your Birth Plan
There was a time not too long ago when women were wheeled into an operating room to deliver their babies under anesthesia. The doctor was in charge and there really wasn’t much communication regarding the mother’s wishes about the birthing process. Fortunately, you don’t live in those times. Today, YOU the birthing mother is very…
How to Make Sense of Car Seat Ratings
With all the brands and styles of car seats out there, researching our baby car seat was more involved than my senior thesis paper. Fortunately for me, I had a gaggle of girlfriends who had just had babies so my first pass was just checking out their models. Then I jumped online to visit the…
How to Create Unique Nick Names for Babies
Parents usually invest time and effort in finding the perfect name for their babies. It is common that once a name is given to a baby, an appropriate nickname also follows. While there are a lot of uncommon and unique names for babies, the idea of combining two names for a baby is also common….
How to Put Your Baby to Sleep
Infant sleep is a hot topic for new parents… and understandably so. I’ve always been an eight-hour-a-night gal. No all-nighters for me in college… not even with no-doze, coffee, etc. So it was with much delight that I celebrated my firstborn’s sleeping through the night at seven weeks! Good girl! On a friend’s recommendation, I…
