Parenting Your Baby: 6 months to one year
How did that breath-taking newborn become such an adorable bundle of energy and fun? 
Photo: Pink Afterglow Photography
And you, how did you get to be such a confident parent, knowing -- at least most of the time -- how to comfort your baby, please her, connect with her? This intimate relationship you've created with your baby will be the foundation of a happy, cooperative child and a rewarding parent-child connection for the rest of your life.
Next on the agenda: sitting up, crawling, and walking, all in short order. Here, your game plan, helpful thoughts about sleep and sustenance, and maybe most important, guidance about your baby's emotional development and how to keep him thriving as he grows.
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Positive Parenting Your Baby: 6 to 12 months
Your growing baby's developmental tasks, your priorities, and a simple Parents' Gameplan, all set up to make your life easier when you've got only three minutes to read before he wakes up.
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How to Teach Your Baby to Put Himself to Sleep
Okay, so he's not an infant anymore, and you think he should sleep when you put him in his crib. Not unreasonable, but you may need to think about it from his point of view if you want him to get the message.
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Feeding Your Baby
Four questions to answer before you start solid food.
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Attachment Parenting: Your Insurance Policy
Attachment Parenting isn't only for newborns. In fact, even adults exhibit attachment seeking behavior when they're ill. If you haven't already read up on how attachment parenting your baby can make your life easier, click here.
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Cherishing
We begin, immediately, to orient ourselves to our special humans, we greet them with adoration, and with the expectation that we ourselves will be cherished. Humans are born ready to love, and to be loved.
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Building a Great Relationship with Your Child
It's never too early to start consciously building a good relationship with your little one.
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Babies: Ask Dr. Laura- Advice Letters & Answers
Letters relating to parenting an baby, from ASK DR. LAURA, with her trademark answers: warm, smart, and always supportive. If you don't find your question, click here to ask it.
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Blog Entries About Babies
Dr. Laura Markham's blog entries relating to babies, from increasing your oxytocin levels to babies watching TV.