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On the Road with Your Little One

Spring season is the time for family road trips and travelling with your little one can be disastrous if you’re not prepared! Taking on the open road with your newborn can be such an amazing experience and can provide you with so many amazing photo ops!

Breastfeeding your baby on the road can be challenging, but if you’ve prepared enough there’s no problem you can’t solve.  Here are a few great tips from the mommy bloggers at The Stir.  Everything ranging from keeping a nursing schedule to booking the right hotel; we’ve got you covered!

 

Stress During Pregnancy Linked to Asthma in Kids

We don't want to stress you out by telling you this, but stress during pregnancy can have long-term impacts on the health of your child. Researchers have now linked that stress to kids having more asthma or eczema.

Children whose mother's reported stressful pregnancies were evaluated for asthma, eczema and other allergy-related conditions at ages 6 and 14. Kids were about twice as likely to have asthma as 14-year-olds if their mothers had been through a single stressful life event.

To learn more about the study, check out the full story from Health 24.