The Parenting Journal

Key Takeaways Safe sleep setup, back on a firm bare surface, is the single most urgent newborn safety step. Have your car seat installation checked by a NHTSA-certified technician before coming home. Install smoke and CO detectors on every level,...

Every bottle you prepare for your baby is a small food safety decision. Get it right and feeding is unremarkable. Get it wrong and you’re dealing with a sick infant, a worried pediatrician, and a very long night.Formula preparation has...

The crib looks so bare. That’s the thought that crosses almost every new parent’s mind when they follow the safe sleep guidelines and strip out the cozy bumpers, the soft quilts, the little stuffed animals. It feels counterintuitive. It feels...

Every year, new parents spend thousands of dollars on products they’ll use for six weeks. The baby industry is extraordinarily good at making everything feel essential, urgent, and safety-critical. Most of it isn’t. Here’s what matters, what it costs, and...

The American Academy of Pediatrics notes that roughly 3,500 infants in the United States die during sleep each year from sudden, unexpected causes. That number has not moved much in years. Not because researchers have stopped trying, but because the...

Every year, the American Academy of Pediatrics notes that around 3,500 U.S. babies die suddenly and unexpectedly while sleeping. Most of these deaths are preventable, yet the rate has remained largely unchanged. The gap between what the research supports and...

Every parent has had the moment: you’re watching your child eat and something shifts. The coughing stops. The room goes quiet. Your body floods with adrenaline before your brain has even caught up.That silence is the thing to fear. And...

The first few weeks with a newborn are a blur of feeding schedules and desperate sleep math. Somewhere in that fog, someone shows you how to swaddle, and it feels like a magic trick. A crying baby goes quiet. A...

The phrase "Back to Sleep" is familiar to most new parents. The other half of that guidance, "Tummy to Play", is equally important and starts just as early.Tummy time is not a milestone you work toward. It is a daily...