Fascinating facts
about new-borns

  1. During the nine months between conception and birth, a baby's weight increases by 3,000 million times.
  2. Between birth and the end of its second year, an infant will have quadrupled in size.
  3. A baby's head is proportionally huge, being one-quarter of the total body length, compared to only one-eighth of the total adult's length
  4. At the moment of birth, a baby's heart beats at 180 pulses per minute. Within a few hours, the rate falls to 140 pulses. At 1 year old, the infant heart rate is 115 beats per minute. An adult's average resting level is 70-80 beats a minute.
  5. Up until 7 months old, a baby can breathe and swallow at the same time

Toddler: Potty Training:
Do’s and Don’ts

The battle is half won, once your toddler is psychologically and developmentally ready to shift from diapering to potty training. While different strategies work with different children, here are a few do's and don'ts that will help you get the job done with a little more ease.

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Toddler: Rejoice your
toddler's first step

From crawling to cruising to finally toddling... your baby's first steps is a tick off another milestone for every parent and the fun ride begins for all. Once the baby learns to pull themselves up with the help some furniture or their parent's legs, it's just a matter of time that they will independently take that awaited first step.

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Mom to be:
Breast lump during pregnancy

Do you feel alarmed by the sudden lumps you notice on your breasts during pregnancy and worry if it's the dreading breast cancer? Don't worry. Under most scenarios they are benign. According to the American Cancer society, the chance of having breast cancer during pregnancy is very rare especially if you are under 35 years. But here's what you should know all about it.

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New Mom: Tress Stress:
Post partum hair loss

During pregnancy you may have been thrilled with your thick and lustrous mane of hair. Except for some dryness you may have thought that pregnancy has finally given your hair some life!

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New Dad: Daddy’s survival tips
to calm a crying baby

All babies cry. They cry a lot in the first year and most of all in the first three months. Of course, this is also the time when it's all new to you, especially the dads and it's easy to panic ...

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