Every child, no matter if your baby is living with down syndrome or not, is unique and individual in their own way. As a parent you will have to get to know your child’s personality and learn ways you can connect with you baby over time. Having a new baby will come with challenges, and for your baby living with Down syndrome you will have to make adjustments so that you and your little one can grow together.
Read MoreA baby breast- or bottle-feeds as often as a dozen times a day, which means you’ll be spending lots of waking (and near-waking) hours hunched over...
Read MoreThe Internet is a blessing for moms. It is full of uplifting stories, educational articles, and caring forums. The understanding online community of moms is there to support you as you experience...
Read MoreYou are new to this mothering thing, but you not only have one baby to take care of, but two. While you are seeing the fruits of the labor you carried for nearly 10 months, you are exhausted and...
Read MoreSome doctors aren’t clueing in new mothers on the basics of newborn care, a new study suggests, and that puts moms and babies at risk.
Read MoreThis baby is seeing double, and people can’t get enough of it. The adorable video of Felix, a 10-month old baby, meeting his mom’s identical twin for the first time has gone viral....
Read MoreBlake Lively is definitely all about her boobs, at least when it comes to breastfeeding her 5-month-old daughter James.
Read MoreGet ready, world, because the next step in the quest to normalize breastfeeding so that it becomes an acceptable thing to do in "polite" society is here...
Read MoreIt's bad enough that moms get hassled for breastfeeding in public ... but in her own home? While that might seem like safe territory, one construction worker in Gosport, England disagrees.
Read MoreA pregnant Utah woman driving herself to the hospital gave birth to a healthy, nearly 10-pound baby boy on the side of an interstate highway, police said. Devi Mariah Ostler's labor started Saturday before she got in the car, but soon became overwhelming and she....
Read MoreCurvy moms with fat on their bottoms and thighs can now attest to the fact there’s at least one good reason for this. A new study just released uncovers the reason why women have fat they don’t want in these so-called “problem areas.”
Read MoreAn emotional video of a Denver infant smiling after "seeing" her mother clearly for the first time has also made millions of others share in that joy. Megan McMorris took the video of her 8-month-old daughter Louise after the girl....
Read MoreIt’s “the giggle heard ‘round the world,” in comments from the nearly 65,000 people who’ve viewed Ryan Aprea break into a fit of laughter hearing his mom’s voice for the first time in a clip posted on YouTube Dec. 12. The 2-year-old, born at just 25 weeks...
Read MoreHere’s a little secret about breastfeeding: Regardless of what you eat, your baby will get all of the nutrients he needs to grow. But that doesn’t mean you should just chow down on chips— make the extra 300 to 500 extra daily calories you need healthy ones.
Read MoreIt was midnight. After nearly 30 hours of labor I had just delivered my first son. He weighed nine pounds, had a head that looked like an extraterrestrial creature, and he was hungry. I swear the OB put him on my stomach and he inched his way towards my chest, anxious for his first meal.
Read MoreTabloids are always speculating whether or not a celebrity is pregnant. How many times has it been falsely reported that Jennifer Aniston is expecting a child? The actress is fit yet anytime she eats a cheeseburger news breaks that she has a bun in the oven.
Read MoreA California mother made the ultimate sacrifice for her baby when she refused lifesaving treatment for cancer. You often hear mothers say they want to stop time when they have a new baby. But for 24-year old Ashley Bridges, time is running out...
Read MoreEleanor Bimla Schwarz believes doctors and mothers to be are making a big mistake if they think pregnancy and childbirth is a nine-month journey that ends in the delivery room. The next months are critical too, she say's.
Read MoreIt's never too early to learn how to multitask when you're a mom. One Texas woman learned this the hard way when she delivered a baby boy while enrolling her 4-year-old son in a preschool in Houston. Vanessa DeLeon knew she was in labor when she decided to stop at Alexis' preschool to fill out all of the necessary paperwork she needed to ensure her child was all signed up and ready to go this September...
Read MoreA mother of five who was publicly fat-shamed this week while sunbathing on a public beach is striking back on Facebook. On Wednesday, Tanis Jex-Blake, of Alberta, Canada, shared a bikini-wearing selfie of her stretchmark-laden stomach — the target of derision — and the selfie has now been shared more than 3,000 times by supporters.
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