The New Parents Guide Blog

Young children have this special way of disarming us just when they are at their most exasperating and we are at our most impatient. 
One day as soon as I turned off the water from my shower, my younger son (who was about 3 at the time) asked,
“Mom, are you done?”

Yes.
“Are you done?”

Yes. I’ll [...]

When your baby’s a few months old, you won’t need to watch The Weather Channel to get a rundown on expected precipitation.  Expect drippy weather for the next several months!
Teething babies seem to be endless sources of drool.  It’s almost like someone turned on a faucet.  And no matter what cute little outfit you’ve dressed [...]

It’s always an adventure when babies get mobile.  My oldest child spent his whole first summer able to sit, but not yet able to crawl.  It was great.  I could put him down in the center of a bunch of toys, and he’d still be there playing happily when I turned back around.  His sister [...]

Here’s an interesting and fun looking book from the New York Times best-selling authors of, Nesting: It’s a Chick Thing. Postcards from the Bump teaches parents to recognize the many cues babies give about their burgeoning personalities and what they’ll be like once they’ve entered the world. The perfect gift for a mommy-to-be, it offers [...]

If you’re looking for a convenient, modern way of keeping a baby journal then look no further than Kidmondo. Kidmondo is a new personalized online baby journal that helps parents to easily chronicle their child’s life and share it with friends and family in a safe environment. It’s a modern take on the classic babybook, [...]

As I Grow is a new developmental DVD series designed by Dr. Ilham Algayed, a board certified, practicing pediatrician and parent. Dr. Algayed developed this DVD series with a great team of experts in early childhood education, child speech development, child psychology, music theory and a quality production team.
Unlike other developmental DVD’s which focus [...]

I’m a big believer of babies that are still in the womb having external stimulus such as music, sound or mom and dad talking. My wife and I regularly played classical music and talked to both are daughters before they were born. I think this type of prenatal stimulus is a great way to give [...]