
The Painful Reason why I Stopped Doing Good
After breastfeeding my 3-month-old daughter, I sang all the songs in the world, while patting

If your Child has Erb’s Palsy, do These Amazing Things
Erb’s palsy belongs to the group of conditions called Obstetrical Brachial Plexus Injury. Most of these injuries can be effectively treated, but …

The Most Important Things to do After a Miscarriage
For many women, becoming a mother is an important part of their identity. When the path to motherhood is blocked by a miscarriage….

Do These Simple Best Practices for your Sick Child
Sometimes you are not satisfied with your encounter with the healthcare provider. This may be because your child does not recover as…

How to Make a Fail-Proof Baby Routine
Being organised and knowing what to do after the other saves time and reduces stress. In the same way, it would really help for your baby to…

How to Drink the Correct Amount of Alcohol While Breastfeeding
Have you been tempted to take a glass of wine, or some other alcoholic beverage while breastfeeding? Here is what…

Exclusive Breastfeeding-Why I Almost Stopped It
My baby cried a lot. He was born at term and had a good weight. I did my best to make him…

The Surprising Reason your Toddler should Walk Barefoot
Ever seen a beautiful baby toddling away in some cute shoes? Isn’t it just a sight for sore eyes!..

Resolve Sibling Disagreements with Love
As a parent, you desire to see your children playing happily and cooperating in everything. Sorry to disappoint you.

How to Make your Child Exercise for Good Health
Exercising in childhood helps in building strong bones, flexible joints, toned, strong muscles and healthy lungs.

6 Easy Ways to Childproof your Home
Childproofing a home means making a home safe for a child, such that he is not likely to injure himself as he goes about playing, exploring and learning.

Parenting Taught me 3 Amazing Things
Being a parent to two boys and a girl has been an exciting and humbling experience. These children all exhibited different unique characteristics right from the pregnancy stage.

How to Prepare for your Pregnancy
Have you been trying to conceive for some years now? Do you have children already and have decided to get one more?

The Best Sex Education Guide for Toddlers
In several cultures, sex education conjures unpleasant images of children involved in sexual activity, leading to…

How to Stop Yourself and Your Child from Shouting
Have you ever been in a shouting match with your child? He screams and you scream back? Did your shouts change…

How to Stop Your Child From Telling Lies
Children lie for a variety of reasons. Lying may be a symptom of an underlying problem, or it may just be part of a child’s growing up process.

Fun Ways to Make your Child School-Ready
School readiness refers to a child’s attainment of the skills that make them ready to engage in and benefit from early learning experiences. It involves preparation for…

Colostrum, Nature’s Free Gift to your Baby
Colostrum is the thick deep yellowish to clear fluid coming out of the breasts of a pregnant woman or a woman who has

Cerebral Palsy: Will my Baby Ever Walk?
Cerebral Palsy (CP) is one of the most common childhood disabilities. It results from an injury to the developing…..

The Truth Behind why your Toddler Hits Others
A toddler says no and follows it with a tiny fist landing on another child, or a bite. Then follows some shrieks, cries and tears, and…

Get your Toddler to Share the Most Effortless Way
Have you ever gone to a relative or friend who has a toddler, or had them come over to your place, and then your little one got into

The Reliable Way to Keep your Breastfed Baby Fuller for Longer
Many mothers become tired and switch to replacement feeding not because they had set out to, but because the demands of…

Look: What does Pointing Mean?
Your child sees a bird flying, and wants to share in his excitement with you, because you are one of his best friends.

How to Raise a Musical Child
Music boosts the language skills of children. This is so even if they are not..

The Best Way to Exercise after Child Birth
The benefits of physical activity for women after delivery include promoting mental and physical…

How to Feed your Baby like a Pro
Early infant feeding lays the foundation for eating habits throughout life. Eating habits play a role in the development of diseases like…

The Ultimate Guide to Hugging Your Child
Apart from adequate nutrition, children need emotional stimulation to develop well. Babies who are emotionally deprived experience…

How to Deal with Leaking Breastmilk
You see a baby crying and milk rushes into and out of your breasts. What an inconvenience. Leaking breasts are…

How to Track your Baby’s Movements – 4 to 6 Months old (3 mins read)
By age 4 months, some patterns of movement have emerged but your baby is still working hard on his motor skills.

Make Tummy Time Exciting for your Baby
Tummy time describes the time a baby is allowed to spend on his belly while awake and under supervision.

How to Track your Baby’s Movements – 0-3 Months old
Your little one needs to develop normal patterns of movement to be able to engage in everyday activities such as feeding, playing and moving around.

How to Stop Breastfeeding with Ease
Breast is best, but from age 6 months, breastmilk alone can no longer support a baby’s growth adequately.

Is it Better for your Child to be Left-handed?
When it comes to which hand a child prefers to use, there are right-handed, left-handed, mixed-handed and ambidextrous children.

The Best Play for your Child
Play is a range of activities done for amusement, refreshment and enjoyment. Apart from being fun, play has emotional, social, physical and cognitive benefits for children.

All in the Head-Your Child’s Imaginary Friends
There’s this other person or thing that lives in your home. You set a place for him at the dining table, wait for him to get dressed and listen as your child tells you how this stranger has had a bad day, or how happy he is that the stranger is happy. Wondering what this is about? It’s about your child’s imaginary friends.

How to Keep your Child safe in a Car
Worldwide, car crashes are a leading cause of death among children. When a car crashes,

How to Deal with Bad Language from your Child
All of a sudden, you hear your little angel say ‘that’s stupid’, or ‘I hate you’. You wonder where those words came from. What is the appropriate reaction? Believe it or not, it is not to immediately get upset or yell.

How to avoid Postpartum Depression
The birth of a new baby evokes several emotions for the parents. These are usually joyful emotions, which is what society expects. However, there may also be anxiety and feelings of being overwhelmed. Find out more about postpartum depression in this blog post.

How to make the most out of your visit to the paediatrician
Visiting a paediatrician is one of those things you will have to do as a parent.It need not be an anxiety-provoking exercise. On the contrary, it is an opportunity to …more

All you Need to Know about Sugar for your Child
Sugar gives energy to our children. However, in its pure form, it has no other nutritional value apart from calories. Our bodies store extra calories as fat.

The Secrets of Formula-Feeding your Baby Like an Expert
You may decide to feed your baby formula in addition to breastmilk. You may also

Amazing Reasons why Everything Goes into your Baby’s Mouth
Mouthing is your baby putting everything into his mouth. From age 3-4 months onwards, your baby is now able to grasp things.

How to Care Properly for your Baby’s Teeth
Your baby’s teeth, when they begin to show, will fill you with joy, because they are a reminder that your little one is growing. However, these pearly-whites also need a lot of tender loving care, to ensure the total health of your child.

The Wonderful Benefits of Reading to Your Child
Reading is one of the most beneficial things you can do with your child. You can begin to read to your child from as early as when he is in the …more

Easy Ways to Help your Child Stop Stuttering
Speech is one of the most difficult skills a child has to master. Being able to speak fluently is a confidence-booster.

Simple Ways to Raise a Resilient Child
The onset of Covid-19 has shifted the foundations of our way of living as a society.

Easy Ways to Get your Child to Stop Thumb Sucking
Babies love to suck. It’s a natural reflex, starting as early as in the womb. For young children, thumb sucking is a useful pastime.

Exercising to Beat Chest Infections: How Far Can You Blow?
Usually when we think of exercising and the reasons for engaging in them, we think of losing weight or…

How to Choose the Best Daycare
Choosing a daycare for your little one can be overwhelming. The birth of a new baby, job expectations or the need for increased social…

The Many Secrets of Mango
One cup of sliced mangoes has about 99 calories. Though not considered a high calorie food, it can support the healthy growth of your baby..

How to Celebrate a Healthy Christmas with your Child
Yeees! Christmas is here! And Christmas is for children. So we are excited for your

Weaning as Simple as A,B,C
At 4-6 months old, your baby is ready to transition to semi-solids. Thank God. Your sleepless nights will be fewer, and you can give a trusted other…

These may Make you Stop Breastfeeding
There are problems that can frustrate you, though with patience and good support such as we are willing to give you, you should become a pro soon enough.

Feed your Child this Way for Growth
Feeding your child with foods that contain different nutrients throughout the day is important. How do you do this for your child?

How to Shop for your Baby on a Budget
Before shopping for baby, you may want to find out the sex of your baby. This sonogram is fairly accurate between gestational ages of 18-22 weeks, when an anomaly scan is also done,

Your Baby Needs a Newborn Examination
A birth is as miraculous and profound as it is supposed to be joyous. To make the aftermath as smooth as possible, it is important to have your newborn examined.

All you Need to Know about Newborn Jaundice
Jaundice is very common in the newborn. More than half of all newborns will develop some jaundice, but the degree varies. Severe jaundice is less frequent.

You Need to Know about Kangaroo Mother Care
The name is from the way a kangaroo nurses her baby, carrying him in a pouch around her bosom.

How to Prepare for your Newborn Baby
If you have not already done your preparations, please do so now. You need to get a list of items to take along to your hospital or clinic for the delivery.

Facts you Need to Know about G6PD Deficiency
G6PD deficiency is common in areas where malaria is common. Therefore, it is quite common in Ghana.

The Simple Way to Give Your Baby a Head Start
At babychildandco, we want to help you give your baby the best things in life, and that includes giving your little one a great start. It’s never too early to get him well on the way to greatness, and here are a few suggestions for you.

The Fail-Proof Way to Feed your Baby
Your little cutie has fought the huge battle of either passing through your birth canal, or being abruptly and often not-so-gently plucked out of the cozy confines of your womb through a Caesarean delivery.

All you Need to Know about your Child’s Diarrhoea.
Diarrhoeal illnesses are one of the commonest reasons parents bring their children for healthcare. Diarrhoea is passing stools that are loose. Stools may be watery, mucoid and or bloody

Eye-opening Facts about Delayed Development
Developmental problems may be caused by events that occurred while the baby was in the womb, during delivery, or after birth. In the womb, maternal infections like rubella and toxoplasmosis can cause developmental problems.

Fighting your Toddler is Banned Forever
At age 2 or thereabouts, toddlers are beginning to assert their independence. They are figuring that they are different from you. ‘No’ becomes one of their favourite words and the automatic response to….

How to Protect your Child from Covid-19
Sadly, the Covid 19 pandemic is upon us. It is a disease of all age groups, although, mercifully, studies show that children are less….

The Secret to Maintaining your Baby’s Smooth Soft Skin
You love your baby’s skin. It is velvety soft and smooth. However, it needs a lot of gentle care because it is delicate. Improper care can lead to skin diseases that could progress to severe bloodstream infections.

Avoid These Certified Breastfeeding Myths
Breastfeeding is so important, and so critical to the health of our babies, families and to the economies of our nations. No wonder we cannot help but talk about it every now and then.

The Truth about Breastfeeding and Breast Cancer
There is good news though- breastfeeding lowers your breast cancer risk. Isn’t that just wonderful? So, if you are still trying to decide whether to breastfeed, here’s a good reason to give it a shot.

How to Love your Premature Baby in Extraordinary Ways
Sometimes, a baby is born too soon. A pregnancy should last till 37 completed weeks. This does not always happen. A baby born too soon will also be too small.

Understanding your Baby’s Poopoo
The first poop your baby passes after birth (occasionally, this may be passed while still in your womb or during delivery, causing your midwife or doctor a little anxiety), is called meconium.