Archive for the ‘New Parents’ Category

Dear Dr.MOZ: Baby Shower Theme Ideas?

September 11th 2008 by Dr.MOZ in Baby Showers, New Parents, Tech and Web 6

Dear Dr.MOZ, I’m throwing a baby shower for a friend, but I’m having a hard time coming up with a good theme. I’ve found a lot of baby shower game ideas online, but I’m not finding anything useful for decorations or table settings. Do you have any ideas, or know of

Baby News: Baby Boom Balderdash

July 30th 2008 by Dr.MOZ in Baby News, New Parents 1

Hey folks! Did you hear about the latest baby boom sweeping the nation? As everyone with a chin cleft and a TV camera will tell you, a recent CDC report shows that a record number of baby births (4,315,000) were recorded the US in 2007. This amounts to 15,000 more than the peak of the [...]

The Importance of Reading Books to Babies

June 30th 2008 by Dr.MOZ in Books and Toys, Development, New Parents 9

A recent study by book e’tailer AllTopBooks surveyed over 640 parents in the UK to see how much time was spent reading to children 5 and younger each week. The parents reported: 34.4% spent no time to their children at all 50.5% of parents spend 0.5-1 hour reading to their children each week 11.2% spent [...]

Double Feature: TotSpot and Kidmondo!

June 11th 2008 by Dr.MOZ in New Parents, Tech and Web 11

If you are a parent looking for an option to blog software or a traditional scrapbook to chronicle your children’s’ major events, you’ll be happy to hear about two slick online services TotSpot and Kidmondo. Not only do they make it easy to journal your kid’s major life events, but they also blend

Tips for Finding a Playgroup

May 2nd 2008 by Dr.MOZ in Dear Dr.MOZ, New Parents, Tech and Web 5

Dear Dr.MOZ, I was wondering if or a reader had any suggestions for finding playgroups. We don’t have any young children in our neighborhood, but I know they must be out there somewhere. How do new parents usually do it? Thanks, Ann

The Baby Café: Global Breastfeeding Centers

March 18th 2008 by Dr.MOZ in Family Health, New Parents, breastfeeding 1

Many of you may already know about The Baby Cafe (especially those of you in England), but did you know that they were springing up in other countries as well? The Baby Cafe started as small drop-in cafe in the U.K. in 2005 where new and soon-to-be mothers could meet in a relaxed atmosphere while [...]