http://www.babynamesindia.com/mrmom Random Rants Of A Proud Father (Ravi Jayagopal) Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:11:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Or bored... Amazing video of various pictures... Just something to inspire creativity in your kids and you... http://www.babynamesindia.com/mrmom/2009/08/07/what-happens-when-graphic-artists-get-inspired/ Warming Hands to Massage Child With Sinus Congestion http://www.babynamesindia.com/mrmom/2009/06/02/massage-to-treat-child-with-sinus-congestion/ Toilet training can be a tumultuous time for both a toddler and his parents. However, it doesn't have to be. Though it is always a time of transition, it can also sometimes be a wonderful period of learning for both children and their parents. By following these six steps for ... http://www.babynamesindia.com/mrmom/2009/04/27/6-essential-steps-to-positive-potty-training/ The Boy, who will turn 4 in July, still sleeps in his crib. I'm sure this is against the advice of almost every parenting expert on the planet, but it works for those folks who live in my house. He loves his crib so much that, during a recent time-out ... http://www.babynamesindia.com/mrmom/2009/04/25/anecdotal-evidence-lesson-works/ This is very cute... and touching... Gabriel Hurles' sixth birthday party wasn't a surprise, but his present sure was. The kindergartner was so engrossed in the cupcakes his mother brought to his class on Wednesday that he didn't notice the enormous wrapped box off to the side. "That's one big, giant present," ... http://www.babynamesindia.com/mrmom/2009/01/31/boys-big-wrapped-birthday-present/ Or was it really 7? Dr. Harold Henry and his colleagues had followed their patient for 10 weeks, and knew just what to expect. The woman was carrying seven babies. Multiple ultrasounds confirmed it every time: 7 heads, 7 spines and 28 limbs, all packed into a space typically only several ... http://www.babynamesindia.com/mrmom/2009/01/30/46-medical-staff-one-woman-7-babies/ The source of my most recent humbling is a pledge made several years ago that I would never hyper-parent my children. Hyper-parenting, you may recall, is the term coined years ago by a psychiatrist describing parents who over-schedule their children in an attempt to enrich their lives. They drag them from ... http://www.babynamesindia.com/mrmom/2009/01/29/hyper-parenting-and-the-taste-of-crow/ Nancy Shute, expert writer on all things parenting for US News and World Report, has just described the current salmonella outbreak as the ’scariest’ she’s ever seen. Her fears don’t stem from the number of people sickened (491 and counting) or killed (seven so far) or the widespread geographical ... http://www.babynamesindia.com/mrmom/2009/01/27/salmonella-outbreak-worrisome/ The rate of accidental suffocation deaths among babies increased fourfold over the past two decades, according to a new study, despite a national campaign to encourage safe infant sleeping. Authors of the study, which appears today in the journal Pediatrics, say the nationwide increase probably is the result of more thorough ... http://www.babynamesindia.com/mrmom/2009/01/26/sharing-bed-with-infants-a-bad-idea/ Today more than 70 diseases are being treated using stem cells and the possibilities for these remarkable cells keep growing. I’m not alone when I tell you that in the future stem cells will be used to cure and treat diseases now fatal or disabling. Stem cell discoveries in the ... http://www.babynamesindia.com/mrmom/2009/01/26/donating-umbilical-cord-blood/