The loss of a child is one of the deepest pains that a couple can experience, irrespective of the age of the child. But the most difficult pain to embrace and work through is that of what would have b...
Owing to technology, you can’t expect bullying to be limited to mere street corners or schoolyards. If anything, ‘cyberbullying’ can take place anywhere – even at home- via text messages, email, socia...
Divorce can prove to be a sad, stressful and confusing event for children. No matter the age, children may feel angry or even uncertain about the prospect of their mom and dad splitting up. But as a p...
Your baby looks unhappy. She’s just started crying with her mouth open, eyes squeezed shut and fists clenched. Soon you’ll find yourself trying everything you can think of to get her to calm down – fr...
While some siblings may become the best of friends with each other, it is fairly common for most siblings to fight. To be honest, at times sibling rivalry begins even before the second child is born ...
There’s a big bad world out there. You were always there for your child when she was a baby or toddler, or you left her in the care of someone you could trust 100%. But as your child continues to get ...
Let’s get straight to the point here; although you expect being a tad bit sore after delivery, the fact of the matter is that you are going to experience days and even weeks of severe postpartum probl...
According to research, nearly 80% of pregnant women suffer from some degree of morning sickness or nausea and vomiting in pregnancy. As you can imagine, the entire experience is rather horrible and ma...
There was once a time when you would have been forced to use cloth diapers for the simple reason that there was no other option. With time, disposable diapers were introduced in the market and moms li...
Are you having trouble dealing with heartburn during pregnancy? As your uterus continues to enlarge, particularly after the 20th week, it pushes the stomach up against the diaphragm, which in turn con...
Parents handle a lot of child discipline issues, but one that stands out amongst them all is that of putting up with a child who talks back to them. Back talk can happen at just about any age, and may...
Are you the sort of person that starts fuming when someone cuts you off in traffic? Do you find yourself losing your cool when your child refuses to listen to you? Although anger is a fairly normal an...
Bullying is something that many school going kids deal with and my son experienced it too. Every day he kept asking me for more and more lunch money. But what got me and my wife suspicious was that he...
Like any other human out there, kids get angry too. When we start feeling threatened, our bodies move into fight, flight or freeze. Anger is the body’s ‘fight’ response. To be honest, anger is a fair...
Let’s just face the facts – with the amount of baby gear available out there these days, it is easily possible for even the most well-prepared, most organized mothers to find themselves in tears when ...
Every single woman out there has to go to a gynecologist at some point or the other of her life. However, there’s no denying the fact that it is an extremely personal experience, which may make you fe...
The moment you have long been waiting for is finally here – you’re ready to take your newborn home from the hospital. Like any other parent out there, you’ve probably spent the last nine months of you...
When my wife was pregnant with our first son, she was totally determined to have an ‘unmedicated’ birth. She accepted the fact that millions of women all over the world use medicines and what not...
Between 4-15 months, your baby is going to start learning how to sit up and walk around the house all by herself. All through this extremely exciting time, your little one will gradually gain muscle s...
Vaginal examinations or VEs are typically considered as an essential maternity care procedure and practice by most hospitals. The reason why these are typically conducted is to assess a birthing woman...