As a new mother, I would have done anything to get out of the house and away from my temperamental infant son. He had a tendency to scream maniacally for hours at a stretch, and I desperately wanted a break. A more experienced mother suggested I pay a sweet, gentle teenage boy she knew to hold ...

Introducing solid foods to your baby can be an exciting adventure.  I know that it was for me, the spit out food, screwed up faces, and the eventual gusto with which my son ate. When to introduce solids appears to be very important, according to a recent study in the journal Pediatrics that