Life as a new parent
Even if you planned for everything, life as a new parent will likely surprise you. Here are some things to keep in mind as you navigate the early stages.
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Baby's first year | Breastfeeding
Paxlovid while pregnant or breastfeeding
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Relationship with your partner
Dear Ovia, How do I get my husband involved more with the baby
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Going back to work after baby
Practical tips for how to juggle working from home and caring for a young child
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Your body after baby | Sex and intimacy
Help! I want to have sex more than my partner does
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4 Tips for navigating mismatched libidos, according to a sex educator
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Your body after baby | Sex and intimacy
Why is my libido low? 3 Common reasons for low sex drive
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Your body after baby | Sex and intimacy
What is libido? Plus the factors that can influence it
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Baby's first year | Breastfeeding
Clogged or inflamed ducts
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Relationship with your partner
Dear Ovia, I’m responsible for all the infant care
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Your body after baby | Sex and intimacy
Dear Ovia, I’m just not in the mood
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Your body after baby
Body image and bouncing forward with Taylor Bjorgum
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Your body after baby
Why it’s important to track your physical symptoms postpartum
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Your body after baby | Mental health
Why it’s important to track your mood postpartum
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Your body after baby | Postpartum recovery
Your guide to postpartum healing
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Baby's health and wellness
The best in diapers, wipes, and bags
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Baby's health and wellness
The best in baby monitors and baby sleep products
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Baby gear
The best in baby gear
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Raising baby
The best breast pumps and breastfeeding accessories
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Baby's health and wellness
The best products in baby bath and skincare
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Raising baby
The best in baby bottles, formula, and food
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Raising baby
The best strollers
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Raising baby
The best car seats
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Your body after baby | Postpartum recovery
When your birth doesn’t go as planned
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LGBTQIA families
Explaining gender and orientation to your child
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Your body after baby | Sex and intimacy
Vaginal intercourse after pregnancy: What to expect and how to make it better
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Your body after baby | Postpartum recovery
Postpartum urinary incontinence
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Your body after baby | Postpartum recovery
What is the pelvic floor?
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Not quite balance, but something like a seesaw: How I manage my time as a part-time stay-at-home mom and a part-time working mom
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Baby's first year | Breastfeeding
Understanding racial disparities in breastfeeding rates
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Stressless Fest recap
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Going back to work after baby
How perinatal mood & anxiety disorders might affect your return to work
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Going back to work after baby
Know your rights: Pumping at work
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Relationship with friends and family
Maybe you don’t need playgroups, but you do need connection: Why I craved community when I was a lonely new parent
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Relationship with friends and family
The best mental health resources for LGBTQ+ individuals
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Raising baby | Parenting styles
Raising a gender creative kid
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Baby's development and growth | Social and emotional development
How to support our LGBTQ+ kids
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5 moms on what they really want for Mother’s Day
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Baby's development and growth | Social and emotional development
11 fun and easy ways to share quality time with your kids
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Your body after baby | Mental health
5 ways your whole family can find some calm
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6 hilarious mom beauty hacks
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Raising baby | Parenting styles
6 hilarious mom mealtime hacks
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Starting school
11 Surprising skills children need to successfully learn to write
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Your body after baby | Mental health
The nitty gritty: Emotional stress after giving birth
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Baby's development and growth | Social and emotional development
The early days: connecting with baby
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Raising baby
Spring cleaning with little ones at home
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Raising baby
A new mom finds some everyday magic: How a children’s book character taught me patience
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Baby gear
How long can my toddler ride in a sling or backpack?
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Single parent families
Taking time to take care of yourself as a single parent
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Relationship with friends and family
Staying close with your non-parent friends
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Baby's health and wellness | Baby nutrition and eating
How long should a toddler use a sippy cup?
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Clean-up guide common for toddler messes
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Childcare options
Holiday or end-of-year gifts for childcare workers
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Raising baby | Baby activities
Learning toys for your one-and-a-half year-old
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LGBTQIA families
Navigating parenting roles as LGBTQ parents
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Baby's development and growth | Social and emotional development
Craft kits for traveling
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Single parent families
Navigating the workplace as a single parent
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Baby's development and growth | Social and emotional development
Bonding with your baby as a non-genetic parent
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Baby's first year | Breastfeeding
How breast milk changes as your baby grows
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Raising baby | Baby activities
10 “old” TV shows to show your kids
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Raising baby | Baby activities
Rules for a long car ride with your baby
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Baby gear
Educational toys every parent needs
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Raising baby | Parenting styles
Top 4 diapering dilemmas and their solutions
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Starting school
How early is too early to start baby’s education?
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Baby's health and wellness | Baby Sleep Health
3 keys to napping
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Raising baby | Baby safety
What you should know about crib safety
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Daycare: how soon is too soon?
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Baby's first year | Crying
Ways to stay sane with a colicky newborn
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Baby's development and growth | Baby milestones
Your newborn’s hearing in the first month
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Baby's health and wellness
Burping your baby
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Your body after baby
7 things to expect after a vaginal delivery
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Baby's first year | Twins and multiples
Cost-savers for life with multiples
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Going back to work after baby
Practical tips for how to juggle working from home and caring for a young child
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Childcare options
Childcare with multiples
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Baby's first year | Baby growth month by month
Why do some newborns lose weight?
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Baby gear
Weaning your toddler off the pacifier
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Baby gear
When should I change bottle nipples?
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Baby gear
Converting unexpected places into nursery space
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Baby's development and growth | Language and communication development
Best books for babies
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Baby's first year | Breastfeeding
Breast milk storage basics
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Step Parents
The moment I first felt like a parent: Reflections on my stepson, selflessness, and getting seasick in the Gulf of Mexico
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Step Parents
Step one of stepparenting: meeting your soon-to-be child
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Step Parents
Suddenly stepparent
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Step Parents
Stepmom: What’s in a name?
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Baby's health and wellness
A way to remember it all: On fear, hope, and all the photos I took when my baby boy first got sick
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Your body after baby | Mental health
How racism led one new mom to work from home
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Baby's first year | Breastfeeding
I couldn’t produce enough milk, but I am not a failure: What I wish I knew about breastfeeding when I was struggling to feed my babies
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Your body after baby
Your body and period after giving birth
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Baby gear
Ovia Family Award Winners: Diapers, Wipes, & Bags
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Baby gear
Ovia Family Award Winners: Nursery Furniture
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Baby gear
Ovia Family Award Winners: Baby Monitors
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Ovia Family Award Winners: Family Cars
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Baby gear
Ovia Family Award Winners: Pumps and Breastfeeding Accessories
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Baby gear
Ovia Family Award Winners: Strollers
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Baby gear
Ovia Family Award Winners: Travel Systems
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Ovia Family Award Winners: Insurance Services
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Ovia Family Award Winners: Vitamins & Health
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Baby's health and wellness | Baby nutrition and eating
When should you switch Baby to a sippy cup?
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Baby's first year | Breastfeeding
How long does pumped an stored breast milk stay fresh?
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Baby's first year | Breastfeeding
5 pumping tips for working moms
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Baby gear
Breast pump cleaning guidelines
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Going back to work after baby
Continuing to breastfeed when going back to work
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Baby's first year | Breastfeeding
Why it’s normal to have complicated feelings about breastfeeding
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How to find a supportive breastfeeding community
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Baby's first year | Breastfeeding
8 ways to prepare yourself for breastfeeding success
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Baby's first year | Breastfeeding
Lactation consultants: what they do and how they can help
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Baby's first year | Breastfeeding
Breast pain while breastfeeding: What’s normal and when to get help
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Baby's first year | Breastfeeding
10 interesting facts about breastfeeding
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Baby's health and wellness | Baby nutrition and eating
How often should a baby breastfeed?
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Baby gear
Making sure your convertible car seat is installed correctly
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Traveling with a baby
Are we there yet? Fueling up for long car trips with a verbal toddler
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Your body after baby | Sleep
Some way, somehow, get some rest: What you can do to cope with sleep deprivation as a new parent
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Baby's development and growth | Social and emotional development
Celebrate Pride all year long with these inclusive LGBTQ children’s books
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Relationship with your partner
5 ways to get some alone time with your partner
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Relationship with friends and family
Staying connected to your non-parent friends in the toddler years
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Your body after baby
Recognizing unsafe relationships
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Relationship with friends and family
How friends and family can help out, even when apart
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Relationship with your partner
Staying connected with your partner
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Raising baby | Parenting styles
Helping your nonparent friends get to know your toddler
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Traveling with a baby
Flying with an almost-three-year-old
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Traveling with a baby
Adult vacations that are great for kids
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Baby's health and wellness | Baby illnesses
Common daycare illnesses that sound scarier than they are
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Baby's development and growth | Language and communication development
Should I make my child hug relatives?
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Raising baby | Baby activities
Dining out without the stress
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Childcare options
Coping with daycare germs
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Relationship with friends and family
Helping your toddler bond with grandparents and other relatives
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Traveling with a baby
Are big vacations with a toddler worth it?
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Raising baby | Baby activities
Party planning with a toddler: The survival guide
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Starting school
Help! My toddler doesn’t want to come home from daycare
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Childcare options
Topics to discuss with your sitter
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Single parent families
Extended family networks and only-parents
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Relationship with friends and family
Introducing your baby to family far away
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Raising baby | Baby safety
Surprising places crawlers and early walkers can get into
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Traveling with a baby
Vacation ideas when you have a little one
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Single parent families
Building your support system as a single parent
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Baby's health and wellness | Baby nutrition and eating
How to make healthy and cost-effective baby food
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Relationship with friends and family
Finding friends for yourself
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Traveling with a baby
9 tips for bringing baby on a plane
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Traveling with a baby
Surviving public transit with a baby on board
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Raising baby | Parenting styles
Grocery shopping with your baby
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Childcare options
How do I find a babysitter?
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Traveling with a baby
Comparing baby transport methods
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Relationship with friends and family
Helping friends and family hold your newborn correctly
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Washing your newborns’s clothes
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Your body after baby | Sex and intimacy
Prioritizing intimacy when you have young children
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Raising baby | Baby activities
Fun and games: Sidewalk chalk
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Raising baby | Baby safety
Help! My toddler can reach the door handle
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Raising baby
Should my toddler be dressing themselves?
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Baby's first year
Welcoming a new baby, and the emotions that come with it
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Raising baby
Cutting your toddler’s hair at home
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Starting school
Does my toddler need to know anything before Pre-K?
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Raising baby | Baby safety
Things that should still be toddler-proofed
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Starting school
Daycare vs. preschool vs. pre-K
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Raising baby | Baby activities
Tykes and trikes
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Adoption
Connecting an adopted child with an adoption mentor
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Single parent families
Can a single parent ever really have a moment alone?
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Adoption
Dealing with intrusive questions about your child’s adoption
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Your body after baby | Mental health
What is post-adoption depression?
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Adoption
How is raising an adopted baby or child different?
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Adoption
Talking to older children about a younger sibling’s adoption
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Single parent families
Why single parents are pretty much superheroes
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6 funny parenting accounts you need to follow on Instagram
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Childcare options
Telltale trouble-signs for a daycare center
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Baby's development and growth
When, how, and why I started working on numbers with my son
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Baby's development and growth | Social and emotional development
Making your own family’s traditions
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Baby's development and growth
What to do when baby figures out how to take off their diaper
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Raising baby | Parenting styles
6 parenting truths you might have learned in the first year
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Relationship with friends and family
“So, what does it do?”: helping family and friends bond with your baby
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Raising baby | Baby safety
Why does my newborn have a soft spot?
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Childcare options
What to look for in a child care center
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Raising baby | Parenting styles
The new parent’s cheat sheet
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Your body after baby
Vaginal delivery and that first bathroom trip
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A toddler self-dressing timeline
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Raising baby | Baby activities
Great toys and games for your two-and-a-half-year-old
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Traveling with a baby
Long car trips with your mobile toddler
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Starting school
When should I start looking for a preschool?
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Raising baby | Parenting styles
Talking to your child about a new sibling-to-be
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Starting school
Different preschool philosophies
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Baby's health and wellness | Baby nutrition and eating
Introducing your toddler to adult dishes
![](https://assets.oviahealth.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/article_103601-500x334.jpg)
Starting school
Socializing to prepare for preschool
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Pieces of home to take on an overnight trip
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Relationship with friends and family
When your child and your friend’s child don’t get along
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Baby gear
Your toddler’s sudden hatred of the car seat
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Raising baby
Help, my toddler hates haircuts!
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Childcare options
How putting my son in daycare has made me a better mom
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Traveling with a baby
Traveling with your toddler
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Raising baby | Baby activities
5 routines to work into your toddler’s week
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Baby's development and growth | Baby milestones
When should children dress themselves?
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Starting school
When can a child be reasonably expected to learn to read?
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Childcare options
Leaving an angsty toddler with the sitter
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Traveling with a baby
On the go: Tricks for getting your toddler out the door in a hurry
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Baby gear
Clothes shopping with your growing toddler
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Raising baby | Parenting styles
Nudity at home
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Raising baby | Baby safety
Can my toddler wear nail polish?
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Baby's health and wellness | Baby Sleep Health
Transitioning to a toddler bed
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Baby's health and wellness | Baby check ups
When is my toddler too sick for daycare?
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Starting school
Teaching physics to your toddler
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Raising baby | Parenting styles
Permissive relatives and the holidays
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Baby gear
When should I stop using the stroller?
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