As parents, we do our best to ensure that our little ones grow up with everything they need. Creating a safe and healthy environment is something that all parents strive for and something that’s especially important when our children are younger. Parents know how to protect children from dangers like small toys that can be choking hazards and dangling, frayed electrical cords that can cause shock. But what about the dangers you can’t see, like lead in the paint of brightly Read more...

Be ware of sleep trainers. Ever since parenting books found their way into the nursery, sleep trainers have touted magic formulas promising to get babies to sleep through the night – for a price and at a risk. Most of these sleep-training techniques are just variations of the old cry-it-out method. And technology has found its way into nighttime babycare by providing tired parents with a variety of sleep-inducing gadgets designed to lull a baby off to sleep alone in her crib: oscillating Read more...