Articles About What Comes Next in Your Pregnancy Journey
Watch Me Grow: Your Baby’s Development in Months 4 to 6
If you thought the changes in your child from birth to three months were huge, then get ready to be amazed. Months four through six are even more exciting! By the end of your baby’s first six months, she will be fully engaged with the world. She’ll be prepped to get herself places. She’ll be […]
Watch Me Grow: Your Baby’s Development in Months 1 to 3
In their first three months, babies seem to change before our very eyes. One day they’re tiny, helpless newborns who sleep most of the time. Suddenly they’re holding their heads up and moving their arms and legs with delight. How can you tell if your baby is developing normally?
Rock Fatherhood With On-the-Job Training
Dad, it’s time you knew. All parents feel inadequate. Even moms. That’s right: women are no more wired to be parents than men are. Everybody’s gotta learn how to be a parent. When you fear you’ll drop the baby, say the wrong thing, play too rough, or fail to provide some basic need, you’re not […]
Sign Language for Babies: Help Them Tell You What They Need
Don’t you wish you could read your baby’s mind? You know he wants something, but he can’t tell you. And both of you get frustrated. He starts screaming, and you soon feel like it, too. “If only he could talk!” you think, trying not to pull out all your hair while his cries get louder. […]
Discipline for Infants: Can I Really Train My Baby?
This post is the first in a series on discipline for children in three different stages: Infants from birth to one year, 12-24 months, and pre-schoolers. Holding your newborn in your arms, you can hardly imagine that helpless little person ever needing discipline. Especially if you aren’t exactly sure what discipline is. What Is Discipline, […]
Getting Ready for Your First Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day is on its way. And so is your baby. How does that combination of events make you feel? Can you picture yourself on a future Mother’s Day, receiving a little crayoned card, or a craft project dripping with glue, or a bunch of freshly-picked dandelions-handed to you by your child’s tiny hand? Do […]
Protect Your Child from Abuse
A child begins life with wide-eyed innocence. How heartbreaking, then, when fear and pain drive out trust and innocence . . . when a child is abused or neglected. In honor of National Child Abuse Prevention Month we at Choices Pregnancy Center want you to know we are here to help you keep your child […]
Save Our Relationship: I’ve Been Hurt
In a previous post we talked about how to begin restoring your relationship when you have hurt your partner’s (or child’s) heart. But what if you are the one who was hurt by them? First, it’s important to decide what you really want to happen in your relationship. Relationship Goal: Healing, Not Punishment When we […]
I Think I Wrecked My Relationship
You know something’s wrong. Your partner (or your child) won’t look at you. They won’t let you touch them. And they don’t want to talk about it. Maybe it’s something that happened at work or school. Maybe they just need some solitude. Or maybe . . . the problem is you. Ouch. When you’ve hurt […]
When My Baby Keeps Crying
“Can’t you keep your baby quiet?” She actually said that to me. I was doing the best I could. But nothing was working. So I walked outside with my baby screaming and my tears streaming-and felt like a terrible mommy. But I wasn’t. And when it’s your baby crying, don’t let someone make you feel […]
Miss Right’s Makeover: Becoming Your Best You
We ladies spend a lot of time looking for “Mr. Right.” We’ve already talked about what Mr. Right needs to be like in earlier posts here and here. But we don’t want to miss answering this question: What am I doing to become Miss Right? Step back a moment and look at this the way […]
Gimme, Gimme, Gimme: 5 Ways to Make It Stop
“Mommy, I want one of those! Now!” “How come I didn’t get what they got? “You mean that’s all the presents?” Whining like this can sure cramp the holiday spirit. Nobody likes to feel like the gifts they give are “not enough” or “not good enough.” Kids who whine about gifts need an attitude shift […]