Katie's Baby

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Water baby: Summer safety tips for the ocean and the pool

The importance of appreciating the special women in our lives all year long

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The importance of playtime: Activities to boost your little one's development

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The great outdoors: How to enjoy outside adventures with your baby

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Adventures in baby-proofing: Tips for keeping your baby safe

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Monday morning hilarity – Holley, Jerrick, ham it up with Katie Gagnon on 'Good Day'

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My strategies for successful naps and sleeping through the night

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Katie on FOX: why it's OK to get away without your toddler

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Teething trouble: Fussiness, sleepless nights and (worst of all) a baby in pain

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Leaving the baby for the first time: The vacation I almost skipped

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Safe sleeping and SIDS fears

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Three things you should do to support your bestie when she is pregnant

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Making sure our son's Irish eyes will be smiling on his first St. Patrick's Day

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The importance of storytime: Why I read to my son every day

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Ten baby products I can’t live without

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When I found out I was going to have a son, I was thrilled ... and a little nervous!

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Valentine’s Day party of three: Keeping the romance alive when you become a parent

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Starting on solids: Introducing my 4-month-old baby to food

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How to decide when to have a second child

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Life with Lucy: How my declawed cat has adjusted to living with a newborn

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Breastfeeding in public: Unimaginable, until my baby became hungry in a Jiffy Lube waiting room

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More women are smoking marijuana during pregnancy, but is it safe?

What you'll need when you bring baby home from the hospital

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Mission impossible: Motherhood

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Katie's gift guide: Essential picks for babies and parents

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Losing the baby weight: Working out and shedding 45 pounds after delivery

Setting boundaries with family and friends: Tips for managing the holiday season with a newborn

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Preventative, practical and precious: Rooming-in with my son

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A vote for the future: I'm with her, for him

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Four things I learned from breastfeeding my son

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The joys of breastfeeding: How my son gave me one of the greatest gifts of motherhood

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A few things this first-time mother discovered during 30 hours of labor and delivery

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A thank-you note to my newborn son

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Katie's Baby: He's here!

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Packing for the hospital: what to bring for labor and delivery

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The waiting game: Frustration and anticipation when baby does not arrive on the due date

Last-minute decisions before the baby arrives: Cord blood banking, SIDS monitors and circumcision

Five things I wish I knew before my pregnancy

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Exercise and pregnancy: Overcoming fatigue and satisfying the desire to stay active

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Writing your own birth plan: laissez-faire or overprepared?

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Delivery room drama: party or private?

Pregnancy and iron deficiency

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#BumpDay: Raising awareness about the need for worldwide maternal health care

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