Blog Feature: My Parents Were Awesome

November 25th 2009 by Dr.MOZ in Blogs, Holidays, Parenting 23

There’s nothing quite as funny as seeing our parents in photos long, long before they had kids. It can be hard to imagine our parents living footloose and fancy-free, but make no mistake my friends…they too were awesome before you came around. If you don’t believe me, just visit My Parents Were Awesome and I [...]

Dear Dr.MOZ: Can my baby see my face?

November 16th 2009 by Dr.MOZ in Baby Vision, Dear Dr.MOZ 23

Dear Dr.MOZ, Is it true that my newborn’s vision is too poor to see my face? If so, at what point would he be able to recognize me? Thanks! Daddy Shawn ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Hi Daddy Shawn, It’s true that your newborn lacks the focus to see facial details [...]

Study: Car Seats Shouldn’t Be Used as Cribs

August 25th 2009 by Dr.MOZ in Baby News, Car Seats, Healthy Kids 15

Car seats were designed to provide the optimal upright angle needed to survive car wrecks, but not to be used as cribs in the home as many parents are now using them. A Pediatrics study reviewed a small sample of 200 two-day-old newborns and found that oxygen levels where slightly lower for infants sitting in [...]

Strange Baby Products: Why Cry Baby Analyzer

July 14th 2009 by Dr.MOZ in Geeky Fun, Strange Products, Tech and Web 39

I know what you’re thinking…it’s been ages since I’ve featured a useful and affordable “must have” baby invention for new parents. I’m afraid you’ll need to try again tomorrow because today’s strange and interesting find is the Why Cry Baby Analyzer now available for $100 on Amazon! This gadget monitors your baby’s cry to tell [...]

Reducing SIDS: The BubLuv Monitoring Device

April 21st 2009 by Dr.MOZ in Family Safety, New Parents, Tech and Web 9

The BubLuv SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) monitoring device is a concept design by Queensland University of Technology student Michael Geedrick that we’re all hoping makes it out onto the market one day soon. When the baby sleeps, the BubLuv reads her carbon dioxide and oxygen concentrations using a co-oximeter in the ankle bracelet and

Crayons in the Dryer? Facebook to the Rescue!

April 6th 2009 by Dr.MOZ in Tech and Web 7

If you aren’t already using social networking and micro-blogging services like Facebook and Twitter, you are probably wondering where parents find the time to use them. The funny thing is, parents using these services are wondering what they ever did without them. Consider this weekend’s exchange between two moms on Facebook:

The GoodFather Friday Feature: Dad Blogs!

April 3rd 2009 by Dr.MOZ in Blogs, Dad Groups, GoodFather Fridays 4

It’s GoodFather Friday which means that it’s time to feature something just for dads!  This daddy feature was launched by two fathers Pete Janelle “Peetej” and Joe Schatz “Joeprah” to help make the internet an overall better place for dad bloggers.  It’s a well-designed site with a growing forum (around 270 members), reviews men actually [...]