When you look at a baby with pierced ears, what’s the first thought that crosses your mind? Is it something along the lines of “how cute!” -- or more like, “how horrible!”? If it’s the latter, you just might be of a mind with Susan Ingram, a woman in the United Kingdom who has launched a petition to make infant and toddler ear piercings illegal.

If your baby is crying because of sore gums from the beginning stages of teething, avoid giving local anesthetics to alleviate his pain!

Using olive or sunflower oil on newborn babies' skin can do more harm than good.

Here's what you need to know about the safety of feeding your baby rice cereal.

Worry is often present in our lives, but never more so than during motherhood. Ironically as the saying goes, ‘worry is like a rocking chair, it gives you something to do, but gets you nowhere’.

In the first two years of his or her life, your baby’s brain goes through some mighty extraordinary growth. Unlike any other time in their life, your baby’s brain triples in size.