Posts under ‘2009’

Many of us are already beginning our Christmas shopping. Budgets are a little tighter this year, so it’s really important to make sure that we give gifts that will be fun, useful and appreciated! Valley Babies has asked each of our retailers to suggest some gifts that fit the bill. When you shop at each [...]

By Linda Wilkinson
Most of us agree that “it takes a village to raise a child.” Children need the support of families, religious institutions, schools, community organizations, and friends. As a grandmother for the first time, I also have realized that it sometimes takes a village to support a new breastfeeding mother. My [...]

By Dale Bader
With the summer heat ending, we begin to experience cooler days as we head into the fall. My wife and I love this season because it allows us to begin to decorate with natural items such as leaves, corn stalks and pumpkins. Fall is also a wonderful time to be able to spend [...]

By Amy George
There are so many things I love about Swim for Melissa. The annual August event, which raises money for the Melissa George Neonatal Memorial Fund at Huntsville Hospital Foundation, just seems to bring out the best in kids and their parents. I love to see the children swimming their laps, some of them [...]

By Phala Rasmussen
Many people of my generation surely remember the movie “Adventures in Babysitting” starring Elisabeth Shue. While the babysitter in this movie found herself in the throws of some very strange adventures, I would suggest that there are very few adventures a babysitter could have which might prepare her for motherhood. (After all, [...]

Dr. Janet Lawley has recently joined the practice at Cornerstone Pediatrics in Madison. Recently Valley Babies was able to learn a little more about Madison’s newest pediatrician.
VB: Please give us a little background about yourself.
Dr. Lawley: I am originally from Birmingham, AL. I went to medical school at the University of South Alabama in Mobile. [...]

Madison has a fun new fitness option that is ideal for getting back into shape and staying that way. It’s called Dance Trance. Created in 1986 by Jay and Beth Handline, new locations are opening all over the country. Wendy Meyer is the owner of the Madison Dance Trance which is located on Highway 72 [...]

By Dr. Andrew Harper
Infertility is a disease of men’s and women’s reproductive systems that impairs one of the body’s most basic functions—the ability to have children. And although 6.1 million people (or approximately 10% of the reproductive-age population) in the United States are infertile, unlike lung cancer or HIV/AIDS, people are often given little information [...]

Where can you go to BEAT the HEAT with kids in the Tennessee Valley?
By Dale Bader
While being a stay at home dad during the week, I try to find new and exciting adventures for Addelynn and Alexander, our 19-month old twins. Have you been stuck indoors all summer and unsure of what to do with [...]

By Phala Rasmussen
One of the many decisions a mother-to-be must make is whether she will return to work after her baby is born, or if she will begin a new venture as a “stay-at-home-mom.” Once that decision is made, you’ve had your baby, and you’ve survived those first few hazy weeks, you might wonder….what [...]