By the time your baby is a few weeks old, chances are someone has suggested adding cereal to her bottle to make her sleep longer at night. The medical and parenting communities actually say this practice can be harmful! Let’s take a closer look.

Cradle cap is a condition that most mothers are well aware of. Somewhere in the vicinity of half of all babies have cradle cap in the first few months of life. Here’s a quick rundown on this common condition and how to treat cradle cap.

Babies are probably one of the cutest things to photograph. They change so much over the first year, you won’t want to miss a thing. By planning ahead you can be sure to capture all the important milestones on film.

Having a baby goes hand in hand with sleep deprivation. There’s just no way to avoid it. Some nights are better than others, but each night includes interrupted and lost sleep.

When there’s a newborn baby in the house, it can be easy to lose track of time. It’s important to try and keep some sort of routine in the house though, especially if there are other children in the family.

Shortly after my daughter was born, I noticed her left eye had a lot of sticky discharge. The pediatrician in the hospital told me it appeared to be a blocked tear duct, and is very common in newborns (some sources report that 6 out of 100 babies are born with this condition).

I forgot to mention it last week, but my friend and fellow blogger Crystal Paine had her baby on May 6th, 2009! Silas Benjamin Paine was welcomed into his loving family by his mom, dad and sisters, along with thousands of adoring fans worldwide. You can see pictures of Silas and read his birth story here.

Some people claim to know how to tell your unborn baby’s gender just by looking at your physical appearance. Is there really any way to guess if you’re having a boy or girl without an ultrasound, or are these baby gender predictors just old wives’ tales?

Homemaker Barbi’s Danelle Ice is pregnant and announces baby news!

Soothing a baby suffering from colic is not an easy task. When a crying baby refuses to settle down even after many attempts from the parents, it can be very frustrating and traumatic.