Raise with Care:
A Parenting Blog
Raise with Care:
A Parenting Blog
What Is Baby Formula Made Of? A Parent's Ingredient Guide
Baby formula is made of a milk base, most often cow’s milk, plus added fats, carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals, and nutrients chosen to bring it closer to breastmilk.* The cow’s milk gets modified first, because on its own it is too hard for a newborn to digest. And every formula sold in the US has to […]
21 Jul 2026
11 min read
The 5 Real Stages of Breastfeeding
The “Will It Be This Hard Forever?” Stage In the beginning, it’s SO difficult because both you and baby are learning how to breastfeed. This may feel like the longest stage of breastfeeding for you. You probably don’t know what to expect, and neither does baby. Baby doesn’t have the neck support it takes to make her way […]
7 Feb 2018
3 min read
4 Words of Wisdom for New Parents
It’s been said that when you have kids, everything changes. Before I had kids, this statement didn’t fully register with me. I mean, of course, things will change, they always do. What I didn’t realize was that having kids wouldn’t just change my circumstances and environment, it would change my entire being, forever. The person […]
2 Feb 2018
5 min read
Breastfeeding Tips While Traveling
Renee Beebe of The Second Nine Months shares Tips and Tricks for Traveling Without Your Breastfeeding Baby You’re back at work and you have a big conference coming up, so you’re being asked to travel. But you have a dilemma, you’re a breastfeeding mom. Renee Beebe ofThe Second Nine Months is sharing her tips and tricks […]
26 Jan 2018
4 min read
How to Find the Best Sippy Cup for Any Age
You’re in search of the best sippy cup in the sea of sippy cups… anyone who does a quick Google search will quickly find the overwhelming options out there with a whole slew of styles of cups. But how do you know what the best sippy cup option is? We know this is new territory […]
24 Jan 2018
6 min read
4 Dreamy Nursery Themes We Love | Baby Room Themes
New Year, new baby? We’ve kicked off 2018 and we know lots of baby announcements will be coming soon! If you’re in the planning stages for your baby’s arrival you’re in luck because we’ve just released our redesigned set of gender-neutral nursery essentials that we know would fit right in with these dreamy nurseries. There’s […]
18 Jan 2018
4 min read
National Rubber Ducky Day
Did you know the earliest patent for a rubber duck toy was in 1928 and that the rubber ducky became a Toy Hall of Fame inducteein 2013? Here at Munchkin we love the rubber duck–it’s iconic, fun, and universally loved by parents and babies. In celebration of National Rubber Ducky Day, we’ve rounded up some […]
13 Jan 2018
1 min read