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Everything you need to know about your baby, including information on breastfeeding, teething, colic, baby development, food, sleep, and more..

27 best store-bought costumes for baby and toddler

27 best store-bought costumes for baby and toddler

Is there anything more adorable than a baby in a teeny costume? At the baby and toddler stage, you get to decide what they're dressing up as.

Amy Valm

How to handle oversupply and overactive letdown

How to handle oversupply and overactive letdown

Having too much breast milk—and the overactive letdown caused by it—can make breastfeeding unpleasant for both mom and baby.

Alex Mlynek

Does my baby need a website?

Does my baby need a website?

New trend: baby websites! Does your baby need her own website and email account? Tech-minded parents believe it's never too early to buy your child a URL.

Rosemary Counter

Is your baby gate dangerous? Here's how to tell

Is your baby gate dangerous? Here's how to tell

Baby gates can prevent kids from taking a tumble down the stairs, but they can also pose major safety risks if they’re used incorrectly.

Kristy Woudstra

Should you give your baby a pacifier?

Should you give your baby a pacifier?

At what age should you give your baby a pacifier? And will giving your newborn a soother mess with your breastfeeding latch? Here's what you need to know.

Today's Parent

Born on opioids

Born on opioids

Babies born to opioid-dependent mothers are typically whisked away to intensive care units and given morphine. But an innovative program is seeing shocking results with far simpler treatment. What these babies need most, it turns out, is their moms.

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It's never too early: Why parents are reading to their preemies in the NICU

It's never too early: Why parents are reading to their preemies in the NICU

Parents with babies in the NICU will have a way to pass the time while boosting their baby's brain.

Amanda Ferguson, CityNews

The impossible happened: My 16-month-old baby has cancer

The impossible happened: My 16-month-old baby has cancer

How can my sweet little baby boy have cancer? This is how we made it through his treatment.

Kathy Motton

Breastfeeding moms: Have you ever considered becoming a milk donor?

Breastfeeding moms: Have you ever considered becoming a milk donor?

When Kareen Hayford's freezer started to look like a dairy farm, she decided to start donating her breast milk. Here's what it's like to be a milk donor.

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The dangerous way parents are using their DockATots

The dangerous way parents are using their DockATots

Doctors and experts say parents should not be letting their babies sleep unsupervised in popular "baby nest" products like the DockATot.

Vanessa Milne

Should all babies be getting the hepatitis B vaccine at birth?

Should all babies be getting the hepatitis B vaccine at birth?

The AAP is recommending babies be given their first dose of the hepatitis B vaccine at birth. So why are many Canadian children immunized so much later?

Raina Delisle

Parents who worry about their kids' sleep problems are at risk of depression

Parents who worry about their kids' sleep problems are at risk of depression

Spending quality time with infants during the day can help reduce parents’ concerns about neglecting their children at night.

Wendy Hall

Most parents don't do this one thing that will prevent sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)

Most parents don't do this one thing that will prevent sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)

Putting your baby on their back can reduce the risk of SIDS, but more than half of parents don't do this every time they put their babies down to sleep.

Jill Buchner

“Addiction is a monster, and it will take anybody down—it doesn’t matter if you’re pregnant”

“Addiction is a monster, and it will take anybody down—it doesn’t matter if you’re pregnant”

Healthcare professionals are working fervently to help mothers who are battling opioid addiction.

Jessica Leeder

How to take your own newborn photos

How to take your own newborn photos

Three, two, one... click! Take your own newborn photos at home with these tips from a maternity and newborn photographer.

Sadiya Dendar

How to deal with postpartum hair loss

Postpartum care

How to deal with postpartum hair loss

In the months after giving birth, your hormones start to level out and that can cause hair to fall out. Here's what you can do about postpartum hair loss.

Today's Parent

15 surprising ways pregnancy can change your body for the better

Postpartum care

15 surprising ways pregnancy can change your body for the better

A better butt? Yes, please! 15 real women share get real on the surprisingly pleasant changes to their bodies after pregnancy.

Vanessa Milne

13 things you should never do when you’re visiting a newborn

13 things you should never do when you’re visiting a newborn

Visiting a newborn? Then a refresher on proper visitation etiquette wouldn't hurt. Here are 13 things you should never do.

Adrienne Brown

Holding my extreme preemie for the very first time

Holding my extreme preemie for the very first time

Sara Martel went into labour at 28 weeks and she wasn't able to hold her extreme preemie for several days. This is the first time she held him.

Today's Parent

Real-life parenting hacks for raising twin babies

Real-life parenting hacks for raising twin babies

Freaking out about what life is going to be like after your twins are born? Here are tried-and-true tips from parents who have been there.

Jennifer Chen