How can one make parenting fun in the first few months?

Several months ago, I was having dinner out with my kids when the mom at the next table asked if I had an extra diaper. I happily handed one ... Veteran moms will tell you that figuring out, early on, how to get your baby to go to sleep, stay asleep, and take regular naps is key to getting through that entire first year. read more

Parenting, especially in the first few months, isn't going to be all fun and games. You're going to be more exhausted than you ever thought possible. But if you do manage to have free time and spare energy then some fun activities for a newborn (ha!) could be teaching your baby algebra, how to cook, or football. read more

Despite all the anticipatory parenting done before conception and during pregnancy, despite weeks of feeling movement within and fantasizing about your baby, despite months of having strange dreams, worrisome thoughts, and musings about what kind of parent you will be, the first time you hold your baby in your arms and call yourself mother or father, mama or papa, mommy or daddy, an awareness floods over you that life will never be the same again. read more

Your baby rolls front to back and probably vice versa, and can sit like a tripod, propped up with one arm. Brain: She begins to understand the concepts of putting in and taking out. Communication Skills: By 6 months, babbling begins to imitate speech in tone and pattern. read more

When you baby is a few weeks and months old, even discovering their fingers and toes is an adventure. Play with their tiny feet with games like "This Little Piggy" or pretend to gobble up their toes (my personal favorite game). read more