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YOU: Having a Baby
3-Month-Old Baby -- What You Need to Know
Your 3-month-old baby: What you need to know, from baby babble to tummy time.
Baby Talk: How to Talk to Your Children
Talk to your baby, and get your toddler talking back by opening lines of communication.
2-Month-Old Baby -- What You Need to Know
Your 2-month-old baby: What you need to know from baby crying language to visual attention to music for babies.
9-Month-Old Baby -- What You Need to Know
Your 9-month-old baby: What you need to know, from crawling baby to playing peekaboo.
Disciplining Children: How to Give a Time-Out
Disciplining children has dramatically changed over generations. Add this effective approach to your parenting skills by learning how to give a time-out to toddlers.
2-Week-Old Baby: What You Need to Know
Your 2-week-old baby: What you need to know, from dirty diapers to burping baby.
4-Month-Old Baby -- What You Need to Know
Your 4-month-old baby: What you need to know, from naptime to baby skin rashes to baby massage.
Newborn Baby: What You Need to Know
Your newborn baby: What you need to know, from breastfeeding to sleep positions.
1-Month-Old Baby -- What You Need to Know
Your 1-month-old baby: What you need to know, from caring for a colicky baby to reading nonverbal cues.
What You Need to Know About Baby (October 2010)
Learn more about what you need to know about baby, from the newborn-baby checklist to preschool educational games.
Your 2-Year-Old -- What You Need to Know
Your 2-year-old: What you need to know, from the terrible twos and tantrums to bedtime routines and sharing.
How to Deal with Toddler Tantrums
Toddler tantrums. You know, the infamous terrible twos? Read how to deal with these difficult child behavior problems.
18-Month-Old Development -- What You Need to Know
18-month-old development: What you need to know, from washing hands to finger painting to playing in a rockin' kitchen band.
Learning Games for Toddlers and Babies
Try these learning games for kids, and discover fun educational games for baby and toddler.
15-Month-Old Development -- What You Need to Know
15-month-old development: What you need to know, from baby walking to baby running as well as good foods to make baby strong and healthy.
Picky Eaters: Preventing Food Wars
Picky eaters don't have to mean mealtime food wars. Here are some parenting tips to use when it comes to your picky-eater toddler that may keep you from getting fussy as well.
1-Year-Old Baby -- What You Need to Know
6-Month-Old Baby -- What You Need to Know
Your 6-month-old baby: What you need to know, from reading to baby to baby sitting up to learning self-soothing sleep at night.
Preschoolers -- What You Need to Know
Preschoolers: What you need to know, from good manners to handling your active child.
7 Steps to Healthy Eating Habits for Children
Raise your kid to love eating good-for-you foods by using these seven steps to healthy eating habits for children.
Easy and Healthy Pregnancy Recipes Pages: 2
These easy-to-make and easy-on-your-stomach pregnancy recipes are loaded with many of the ingredients and nutrients required to satisfy your baby's nutritional needs, and yours.
Sex During Pregnancy: How to Make It Comfortable Pages: 2 3 4
If you are in the mood for sex, take comfort in the fact that you're not going to hurt your baby during intercourse.
Your Body Loosens Up
Yep, you guessed it. During pregnancy, the busy placenta produces a hormone called relaxin that helps your whole body physically become a bit looser.
Your Brain Shrinks
You don't lose brain cells per se, but as your metabolism changes, your brain restructures the connections between cells, changing in preparation for motherhood.
Your Metabolism Increases
A surge of hormones -- such as human placental lactogen (HPL) -- changes the way your body processes energy, stores fat, and delivers nutrients to your baby.
Your Estrogen Level Soars
That spiffy new organ of yours, the placenta, churns out estrogen faster than a multiplex pops popcorn.
You Grow an Organ: The Miraculous Placenta
After conception, the fertilized egg meanders to the end of your fallopian tube and enters your uterus, searching for the uterine wall.
How to Give Your Baby a Massage Pages: 2 3 4 5 6
Sit on the floor with your feet together and knees apart (diamond shaped), so you can lay your baby on a blanket between your legs.
How to Swaddle Your Baby Pages: 2 3 4
You can keep your baby swaddled for much of the day when he's sleeping or resting, and then loosen the reins as he stays awake longer and seems curious about moving around, starting at about 3 months.
Why We Wrote YOU: Having a Baby?
Tackling the major health issues of our time is our passion. Writing books on obesity, aging, and beauty made it clear that the seeds of such factors are sown long before we ever utter our first words -- even as early as conception.
5 Amazing Things Your Body Does When You're Pregnant
Your expanding belly and stretching skin are just the most visible of the amazing changes that occur during pregnancy. Your insides are metamorphosing, too.
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