How to Use Dr. Brown's Bottle Sterilizer

Dr. Brown's bottles feature a unique venting system that creates a pressure flow similar to breastfeeding. The makers of Dr. Brown's bottles claim this system prevents your baby from ingesting the air bubbles that cause gas and colic. The Dr.

Sommer Leigh
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How to Wash Baby Clothes With Baking Soda

Baking soda is a natural product with uses that extend beyond the kitchen. If you’re looking for a way to cheaply and naturally wash baby clothes, baking soda is the only product you need.

Kimbry Parker
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How to Get an Odor Out of a Car Seat

You can’t prevent your car seat from getting dirty because daily use can be hard on it. Children’s food, drink and leaky diapers will eventually come into contact the car seat fabric. To keep odors from occurring, clean spills as soon as possible because decaying food will eventually cause odors.

Tammy Dray
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How to Use Avent Bottle Sterilizer

A bottle sterilizer uses steam, instead of the traditional method of boiling water, to sterilize your baby bottles and accessories. The sterilization process helps to prevent the spread of bacteria or germs when feeding your baby, since she has not developed her immune system.

Carolyn Russell-DeLucas
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How to Convert a Dresser to a Changing Table

A changing table allows you to change your baby's diaper without having to bend over at an uncomfortable angle. Most changing tables include shelves to hold diapers, wipes, powder and other supplies you need. But once your baby outgrows diapers, you're left with a piece of furniture you can't really use.

Cynthia Myers
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Things That Can Make a Baby Grunt

Babies make all kinds of noises, from contented sighs that melt your heart to high-pitched wails that pierce your eardrums. Grunting is part of each baby's audio repertoire, a sound that can mean anything from a cheerful desire for communication to a sign of serious illness.

Jake Wayne
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Swaddlers Vs. Baby Dry

Swaddlers and Baby Dry are both varieties of diapers sold by Pampers, which is owned by Procter & Gamble. Both types are quite absorbent and will keep your infant dry and comfortable. Young infants, however, are more prone to diaper leaks than older babies.

Eileen Breeze
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How to Keep Baby Pools Clean

Pools less than 3 feet deep carry the "kiddie pool" or "baby pool" label. The other defining characteristic of these pools is their lack of filtration systems.

Lillian Downey
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Things You Should Buy New for a Second Baby

Many parents reuse baby items after giving birth to a second baby. While this practice is economical, there are some items that need to be purchased new. Safety related recalls of baby gear happen often and reusing recalled items pose a danger to your new baby.

Natasha Puryear
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How to Boil Baby Bottle Nipples

Glass or plastic baby bottles can hold expressed breast milk, formula, fruit juice or water to refresh and nourish your child. Bottles make it convenient to feed your baby on the go and allow your child’s siblings, grandparents and caregivers to share the feeding duties.

Drea Christopher
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How to Keep Your Baby From Spitting Out a Pacifier

A pacifier can be an important part of a new parent's arsenal. It helps soothe your baby, and a study by the American Academy of Pediatrics and published in a 2005 issue of "Pediatrics" found that pacifiers may significantly reduced the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) in infants.

Kay Ireland
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