Certain parenting skills (like cradling and playing Peekaboo) come naturally to most moms. Others (like separation and discipline), not so much. We have found the child development experts at Seedlings Group to be an amazing resource for the less instinctive aspects of parenting. Their tip sheets are great quick-reference guides for everything from potty training to time outs.  But for a deeper probe into the hot issues facing new moms, Seedlings Group recommends the following books for . . . 

“Green” baby showers have officially replaced diaper cakes as the trendlet du jour. And that’s a good thing (on many levels). But to be perfectly honest, too much eco-friendly this and naturally that can be oppressive. So we asked our “sexy, sustainable style” experts over at Ecofabulous for some ideas on how to incorporate touches of Green into a shower without making it feel like part of a Greenpeace campaign.

Now that summer has officially kicked off, city moms begin their mad hunt for pool access—renewing club memberships, mooching off friends—whatever it takes to find some splash time for the little ones. But before you toss baby in the float, consider these tips from MD Moms on keeping tender baby skin safe (and soft) through a summer drenched with chlorine and sunshine.

This whole Swine Flu situation has been making us nuts. But when we heard that the first person in the U.S. to die from Swine Flu was a toddler, we really lost it. And we figured you were probably losing it, too. So we asked our pediatric experts—JJ Levenstein and Diane Truong of MD MOMS—to give us some tips and help us put things in perspective.