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Purpose of Test Certain hormones increase during pregnancy, transferring valuable nutrients from the mother to the baby so that the fetus develops and grows. Other hormones block the action of insulin, ensuring that the mother herself does not develop low blood sugar. To compensate, the mother’s insulin levels rise. If her insulin levels cannot increase sufficiently, rising blood sugar levels will eventually result in gestational diabetes. Untreated, gestational diabetes can lead to complications for both the mother and the baby....

But what happens if your baby’s head is more severely misshapen? Is this a problem? If your baby’s skull looks elongated, they may be diagnosed with a condition called dolichocephaly (also known as scaphocephaly). If that’s the case for you, you may have a lot of questions about this condition, what it means for your baby, and what treatment options are available. What Is Dolichocephaly? Dolichocephaly refers to an elongation of an infant’s head caused most often by positioning after birth....

However, due to some safety and efficacy concerns, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has limited access to the vaccine and recommends getting either the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines over the J&J except under certain circumstances. According to the CDC, the J&J vaccine should only be considered for select groups including those who had a severe reaction after an mRNA vaccine dose or have limited access to the mRNA vaccine options....

Parents who know what to expect in each grade are better equipped to support their child’s academic, social, and emotional needs as they navigate each level in school. From kindergarten to fifth grade, here’s a grade-by-grade look at what your child will learn each year. Kindergarten Entering kindergarten is an exciting milestone in a child’s life. Children get used to the routine of school, learn to follow rules, and explore the fundamentals of learning....

As frustrating as this is for you and your child’s caregiver, it is not uncommon. The exact reasons why your child refuses to use the toilet for a caregiver can be hard to figure out. It may take a while to determine what the cause is and how to resolve it. It’s also very possible that your child will just decide one day to go potty at school and you’ll never know the root of their original resistance....

Unfortunately—although it may be tempting—babies under the age of 1 should not sleep with a pillow. It may be difficult to wrap your head around this since the idea of a grown-up sleeping without a pillow sounds pretty strange. But according to the Academy of American Pediatrics (AAP), babies should sleep on a firm mattress with nothing else, including pillows. Let’s take a look at why the guidelines advise against the use of pillows for babies, what the risks are, how to keep your baby comfortable despite this restriction, and when it might be appropriate to add a pillow into your child’s sleeping space....

Please don’t hurt him if you hear one of these things! Chances are he think he’s being funny or his brain was temporarily turned off because he’s so happy. Remember how you felt when you saw the positive test—a bit happy, a bit frightened and a whole lot of other emotions. Dad experiences all that too. The only difference is that he doesn’t get the whole five minutes you had before you could read the test....

All states have a major genealogy repository, and some have several. It could be within the state library or the state archives, or there may even be a special state library specifically for genealogy. If you are a newcomer to genealogy, you will be amazed at the variety of information in a multitude of sources. Your first trip to a genealogy library will be overwhelming, as will a trip to a National Archives branch....

What Grades Reflect While we may all want our children to get good grades, we should ask ourselves what grades mean and what exactly it is that they reflect. What grades ought to reflect is how much a child has learned and in most cases, that is what they show. Looking at it another way, though, grades may just reflect what a child knows. The difference is that if grades reflect what a child knows rather than what a child has learned, a child can get straight A’s without having learned anything....

Age: Four and upTime: An hour or more Type of Activity: Arts and Crafts Do you have a stack of scrap wood piling up in your basement, garage, or garden shed? Well then, you and your kids should do something creative with it! Simply gather scrap pieces of wood, glue, screws and a screwdriver, nails and a hammer (optional), tempera paint (or other water-based paint – powdered or liquid), paintbrushes and sponges, water and water containers, empty yogurt or margarine containers, found objects like beads, buttons, and bits of wire and some paint smocks or old shirts to keep clean....

Age group: 18-40 months Duration of activity: 20 minutes Materials: 6 craft sticks White craft glue Blue and white tempera paints 2 shallow pie tins Paintbrushes Your child will be learning about shapes and geometry while she makes this well-known symbol.

Directions Trace a large clear picture of a dog onto the cardboard. This is just the basic outline, so don’t worry about it looking exactly like the picture. Draw a mouth and eyes and outline the ears and tail. Cut the yarn or wool into one or two-inch strands. Use an egg carton to separate the colors and to make selecting and handling of yarn easier. Show your child how to glue the yarn strands onto the dog outline, creating fur-like patterns....