Jaclyn Stewart's blog

It might surprise you to know that children can start learning how to
swim as young as six months old. However, they don’t actually start
swimming until they are about three years old.

Between 20-80% of expecting fathers in modern western populations
develop at least a few of the symptoms when their wives become pregnant.

It’s pretty exciting when your toddler begins to eat solid food, but
eating solid foods also comes with new trials like picky eating and
unfortunately, choking hazards.

Somewhere along the way, dads got labeled as the least competent parent.
Though it’s true there are more single moms than dads, the myth that
dads aren’t as competent as moms needs to be busted.

There’s just something special about spending some time with your dad
away from the rest of your siblings and your mom that makes it extra
special. Even from a young age, kids enjoy doing activities with their
fathers, no matter the occasion. 

Everyone knows that exercise is good for you. Many of us know that and still don’t exercise. However, exercising during pregnancy may come with greater motivation than normal. The motivation is that you may be helping your child’s brain develop faster.

The MobiUS SP1 Ultrasound System is a Smartphone-powered ultrasound
machine that is portable and more importantly, much less expensive.
Though it can be purchased by anyone who has need of an ultrasound
machine, it’s mainly been used by hospitals and small clinics.

When you discover you’re pregnant for the first time, it can be
overwhelming even if you’ve been planning for it. When you take your
pregnancy test and it turns out positive, there are a few things you
should do first so you can take the whole thing one step at a time.

Though summer is still about six months away, it never hurts to
tentatively start planning your vacation, especially if you have young
children. Vacationing with babies and toddler can be difficult, but if
you plan out the excursion well enough, it can be a fun-filled adventure
for your family.

Many families have children close together so that they have at least
two toddlers at the same time. Some friends of ours have two girls right
now that are just getting out of toddlerhood, but when they were a few
years younger, our friends noticed the older girl was beginning to be
very unkind to her younger sister.

Breast milk is the absolute best thing for babies. Even the makers of
infant formula will say that their formula can’t compare. However,
breastfeeding isn’t always as easy as you think it will be and what
happens when you’re unable to breastfeed your child for the full year or
so they need it?

Getting to the gym or outside to exercise can be difficult with infants
and toddlers. However, this doesn’t mean you have to neglect your body
and sit around all day looking after kids.

A few years ago, a program designed specifically for babies came out
that claimed it could teach a child as young as nine months to read.

Check out some of these tips on how not to photograph your infant so
that your pictures will turn out better and maybe your children will
actually want to show their friends their baby pictures when they get
older.

To help their daughters try to communicate even though they couldn’t
talk, our friends decided to teach them sign language when they were
still very little.

Infertility can devastate some couples, but advancements in IFV have been able to give many families the children they’ve always wanted.

Having a child with a serious food allergy can be scary, but a new study
has shown that mothers can help protect their children against certain
food allergies by eating specific foods and supplements during
pregnancy.

Pregnancy is arguably all about the women because they’re the ones that
carry around the child for nine months before giving birth.

If you’re the type of woman that enjoys working out with others and
learning in a class environment, then you may enjoy taking an exercise
class during pregnancy. Not just any class will do though.

If you’ve recently found out you’re expecting, you may want to try out a
few of these top pregnancy apps that will help you keep track of your
baby’s growth, pregnancy symptoms, baby shopping lists and more.