Baby Center Review

I know it sounds counterintuitive for a grandmother to find the need to check out a parenting website, but trust me it does make sense.  Like most grandmothers, I often have pearls of child rearing wisdom to impart on my daughter, based on my own experiences in raising her.  However, there are times when grandma simply doesn't know best nor does she have any idea what to do about a situation. 

Believe it or not, my own daughter never had a single temper tantrum as a toddler, so it was never an issue for me.  Aside from suggesting a visit from the "Supernanny," I had no idea what would work best for the "tantrum phase" my grandson briefly went through when he hit the terrible twos last year.  Luckily, the good folks at BabyCenter.com have created an enormous library of articles, with a wide-ranging community of parents and professionals to create one of the best parenting resources on the Web.

Baby Center.com has it all - from pregnancy to birth, to infancy, preschool, and beyond - this website probably can help you.  The articles are written in an easy and straightforward manner and generally provide various points of view.  As in life, there are rarely one-size-fits-all answers to parenting situations and this website reflects that reality.  Rather than forcing one point of view as the only correct way to handle a situation, BabyCenter.com offers several appropriate suggestions, and members contribute ideas that have worked for them. 

In addition to helping get your child successfully through a phase, BabyCenter.com offers a weekly development update based on your child's age.  For example, the weekly email, Your Preschooler This Week, describes milestones my grandson should have reached (he has!) as well as suggestions for ways to keep him progressing in social, physical, emotional, and educational ways.