That one baby came into our lives like an earthquake. In the years before, we had built the structure of our life together. A temple of two. We worked long hours, traveled abroad, kept the house tidy. and folded the clothes promptly. That temple crumbled after the birth, and we rebuilt it slowly and piecemeal into something Seussian. Purpose twisted unreasoned joy and at-our-wit’s-end impulse into a structure that held our three lives....

Several years ago when my first-born daughter, Ella, was a baby, we were at my mom’s house. Ella was in my arms. I noticed she needed a diaper change so I called across the room to let my ex know. I handed Ella over to her. “She needs a diaper change,” I said and then turned the other direction to walk away. As I recall, that may have been the norm....

“Although men place a higher importance on physical looks, women don’t necessarily do that,” says Dawn Maslar, “love biologist” and author of Men Chase, Women Choose. “A woman is a little more discerning. She gets a little deeper.” Maslar is quick to add that the formerly handsome man’s first fallback is a good sense of humor. That’s because humor disarms distrust in women, which is a tremendous barrier in establishing attraction....

Changing Table: Delta Children Eclipse The centerpiece of the diaper changing station is the changing table, a piece of furniture you’ll think is superfluous until you remember you’ll change upwards of 4,000 diapers before your baby is potty trained. This one is JPMA-certified for your kid’s safety. It’s also stylish, has plenty of storage for all those diapers, and comes in Espresso Cherry. Buy Now $90 Changing Pad: Naturepedic Organic It’s pricey for an unglamorous item, but you want your changing pad all natural for your baby to lay on au naturel....

“My top rule is to always be what I call ‘scissor shy,’” says stylist Shauney Rivera of Edamama Cute Cuts & More in Brooklyn, “meaning cut less than you think you should be cutting. You can always go back and do more, but if you make it too short, it becomes hard to fix later. Remember,” she adds, “this is about giving them a trim, not a big chop.” Cozy Friedman, founder and CEO of Cozy’s Cuts for Kids in Manhattan, suggests having some key items handy before you begin....

title: “How To Dress Your Baby In Cold Weather Without Overheating Them” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-03” author: “Helen Roberts”

Why It Works The key the Evans’ beard is in the length – it’s just long enough to show the intermingling of his natural brown color and the peppering of grays. A quick trim here and there is all it takes to keep the beard–length and color–in perfect form. It’s also easy to maintain. Daily brushing and some beard oil should do the trick. How To Make It Work First, you need to let your beard grow some in order to get the volume....

But there’s hope. The good news is that from whence man boobs come, man boobs can go. If you simply reverse the weight gain and inactivity that caused the man boobs to grow in the first place, they’ll retreat. Unfortunately, man boobs are basically fat deposits and it is not possible to spot-reduce your body fat. You’ll need to a regular fitness routine. Try this 5-move routine three times a week, with at least one day between sessions....

This problem is always present, but it’s worse now that so many of us are working from home, says Dr. Shannon O’Neill, a psychologist in the Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology at Mount Sinai Hospital. Working from home blurs the boundaries between work and personal life, and the mixup of the duties of each can lead to mental chaos — specifically, the inability to focus caused by a variety of external and physical factors including sedentary behavior, poor diet, lack of sleep, and stress....

“I don’t think that talking back at that age is inevitable, but depends on a child’s personality and temperament,” says Dr. Shannon W. Bellezza, of Triangle Behavioral and Educational Solutions. “If we view behavior as communication, we have to ask what it is our child is trying to tell us.” It could be something as simple as trouble at school. School can be overwhelming, and the stress of long school days can manifest in oblique ways....

“Parents before school have a lot to do with how their interest develops. The experiences that children have before school goes a long way in developing a love for reading,” says Dr. Angela Baum, president of the National Association of Early Childhood Teacher Educators and associate professor of early childhood education at the University of South Carolina. “When children see us reading for pleasure, they learn that reading is fun....

“At the surface of every ice crystal that’s a disordered layer, and as the temperature rises, there’s a greater anharmonicity in the amplification of surface molecules,” says Wettlaufer. Got it? What Wettlaufer is trying to tell us is that at low temperatures — say ten degrees below zero — that little layer of liquid found in the snow crystals is very, very thin. When it’s warmer, the layer is thicker, so it’s easier to adhese them together....

This coronavirus has me scared. No, not getting sick — that’s scary, sure, but inevitable if you ask me. I’m scared of being at home with the kids for weeks on end. Weeks. What the hell will we do? I know what you’ll say (long-time reader, first-time writer): “Play with them! Take the time to bond and enjoy it!” But I don’t. Playing with kids is a certain kind of hell for me....

The problem with this method of discovery is that it can literally kill them, because your house is chock full of poison. And that’s bad news when your kid is basically the most reckless scientist ever. They’re like that idiot Dr. Jeckyll just drinking some crap he mixed up. Except there’s no Mr. Hyde in this situation. There is Mr. Death. And that dude is way less fun. The point is that you’ve got to poison proof your house....

“We all do it,” says Dr. Margaret Rutherford, a clinical psychologist and the author of Perfectly Hidden Depression. “Fuss, bicker, quabble. And we usually do it with the people we literally love the most. It’s almost as if you’re following a script. You say the same things that you said the last time you bickered. You know how long the fight’s going to last, who’s going to complain about what, and who will do what when it’s over....

Then the worst happens: she miscarries. And she discovers many people around her, including health professionals, lack sensitivity when talking about the miscarriage. Some don’t even acknowledge her loss. Miscarriage in Australia is defined as the loss of a fetus before 20 weeks. From a medical perspective, miscarriage is easily managed as a “routine pregnancy complication”. Emotionally, however, it can take a massive toll. As one interviewee in our yet-to-be-published research explained: Women who experience miscarriage frequently feel grief and loss of a similar intensity to other major losses....

“It is essential that all parents speak to their children about race, the importance of compassion, and empathy to truly make this world a better place for us all,” explains developmental and behavioral expert and American Academy of Pediatric fellow Dr. Eboni Hollier. “We should not pretend that racism does not exist.” Hollier notes that efforts to protect kids from issues of racial bias does both children and their community a disservice....

“The most crucial time in their lives for brain development is between the ages of zero to three,” explains Karlyn Rawlinson, a licensed preschool teacher with Total Child preschool In Chicago, Illinois. “If we want young boys to listen to and see girls as equals, let’s promote that and facilitate play amongst them often.” Play is where a child makes sense of the world; if a child’s play experiences include girls as equals, so will their worldview....

“Studies have shown that a positive attitude and outlook is important for maintaining good emotional and physical health,” says Dr. Natalie Christine Dattilo, a Clinical Health Psychologist and Mental Wellness Expert who is an Instructor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. Now, being optimistic, Dr. Dattilo points out, does not mean you ignore or deny negative things. Rather, she says, “it means you acknowledge them while also being confident that you can overcome them....

In fact, as great as Word Party is for modern toddlers and Pre-K kids, School House Rock still feels like the gold standard for reinforcing the basic educational building blocks within a TV show that will engross elementary school-aged kids, without hitting them over the head with the lessons. Obviously, no TV show can be a substitute for actual education, but, other than Sesame Street and Mister Rogers, School House Rock feels like the first show for kids that really acts as both a helper to teachers and parents....