Learn about how to seamlessly integrate your baby into mealtimes, and help prevent future picky eating with baby-led weaning. Disclaimer: This is not medical advice! Please consult with your pediatrician before beginning baby-led weaning. When my first baby turned 4 months old, well-meaning friends and relatives asked me if I had started giving him solids…
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I’m Keeping My Baby at Home While I work
This time around, I will work with my baby next to me. Can it really work? I type these words as my baby sits beside me on the couch, nestled into my side as she fiddles with my empty coffee mug. I know my moments are numbered; as soon as she tires of trying to…
Helpful Tips to Prevent Leaving a Child Behind
Another mother’s experience about a child left behind in the car. Editor’s Note: We first featured this topic in July 2020 in this post: Don’t Think It Can’t Happen to You, along with a follow-up focus on the Clever Elly device. But, now that warm weather is back (although it’s important for all seasons), it’s…
The Witching Hour: What It Is and How to Handle It With a Newborn
Is there a time of day that your screaming newborn just won’t calm down? If you have a screaming baby in your arms who doesn’t want to calm down (even with the tried and true methods you use during the day), chances are they’re in the witching hour—and you’ll want to keep reading to learn…
Which Car Seats Are the Best?
For infant car seats, there are obvious winners, but when your baby is ready for a toddler or convertible car seat, there are good, safe options in every price range. It might not be so hard to choose a favorite infant car seat, but what do you do when it’s time to transition to a…
These Are the Most Adorable Costumes for Your Baby
Your littlest one will be oh-so-adorable in these infant and baby costumes. Editor’s Note: This post has been updated with new picks for 2023. Dressing up a baby is tricky. They either look silly in a get-up that’s just too much, or they’re likely to want to pull it off and forego the whole thing….
The Best White Noise Machines According to You
Lots of you rely on noise machines to get better sleep and you told us which are your favorites. After receiving quite a few emails and messages asking if we could recommend a noise machine, we turned to our audience on social media and asked – if you use a noise machine, which one do…
10 Baby Gifts That Are Not Clothing
There’s not one stretchie on this list–but there are baby gift ideas in every price range. We’ve been there (and that’s why we’re writing this post!). You want to buy a baby gift–but you know said baby probably already has a complete layette and wardrobe. What’s a great baby gift that they’ll love and use–that…
How to Get a Baby to Swallow Medicine
Is your baby resistant to taking medicine? Where you place that syringe makes all the difference. Sometimes we share hacks here on BCP that are super obvious to some, while others have never heard of them! Like how to keep your panini press clean. Genius to some, obvious to others. So we keep sharing hacks. Read our top 10…
Should I Send My Toddler to Playgroup?
How do I decide when it will be right? (If you need to make decisions now for next year, this may help!) “Should I send my 18 month old out this year or not? I have a newborn at home and can’t decide. What’s best at this age, when they don’t have to be sent…
