Baby's First Holiday
Having a new baby in the family can bring extra special meaning to the holidays, but it can also create extra tension as everyone jostles for your little one's attention. With careful planning, lots of communication and a willingness to put your new family first, your holiday can be just the way you want it.
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Hunger Pangs
Until your baby starts talking, you may often wonder what she’s trying to tell you. If your newborn is fussy, puts her hands to her mouth, smacks her lips or turns her head toward your hand when you caress her cheek (a newborn reflex called rooting that causes her to turn toward a food source1), she may be hungry.2
Too Tired to Sleep
If you think keeping your toddler up later will make him sleepier at bedtime, you might want to think again. Ironically, kids who are overtired may have even more trouble falling asleep. To help him develop better sleep habits, pay attention to the time he starts showing signs of sleepiness and make this his regular bedtime. A routine involving a bath, a story or soft music may help him calm down and fall asleep more easily.
A Letter from Linda
I used to think I could accomplish anything. Then, I had a child.
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Who is Linda Ciampa?
A practicing registered nurse with specialties in pediatrics, maternity and surgery.
Linda Ciampa, RN and Broadcast Journalist
Linda Ciampa is an award-winning journalist with a wide range of experience in all formats of media. She also is a practicing registered nurse with specialties in pediatrics, maternity and surgery.
Born near Boston, Massachusetts, Ciampa began her television career as a reporter in Sioux City, Iowa. There she covered the Iowa presidential caucuses and later New Hampshire Presidential Primaries.
Ciampa worked as a local news reporter, writer and producer at several stations before joining Cable News Network in 1992. During her 17 years at CNN, Ciampa worked as a writer, producer and correspondent for both the nutrition and medical units. She produced and reported breaking news for CNN, CNN Headline News, CNN Radio and CNN.com.
In 2001, Ciampa received her nursing degree and an academic excellence award from Georgia Perimeter College while still a CNN correspondent. That year, Ciampa began part-time work as a pediatric nurse at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. Ciampa now excels in numerous nursing specialties, including medical/surgical, orthopedics and maternal/newborn health nursing. Currently, she works at the maternity unit at Milford Regional Medical Center in Massachusetts.
In 2002, Ciampa produced Healthy Choices, Healthy Children for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The 20-minute video and supporting tip sheet is designed for pediatric medical offices to help change eating and activity patterns of children.
She also produced award-winning broadcast series, including Wake Up America and How Safe is Our Food? Ciampa has interviewed top nutrition and medical experts. Additionally, she wrote health segments for Ladies Home Journal and appeared on the award-winning weekly nutrition program, On The Menu. Ciampa continues as a contributor to CNN’s Accent Health and also serves as Health Editor for Travelgirl Magazine.
Ciampa holds a B.A. in Economics from Tufts University, an M.S. in broadcast journalism from Boston University and an A.S. in Nursing from Georgia Perimeter College. She participated in a fellowship for biomedical research at the Case Western School of Medicine in 1997.
She lives near Boston, Massachusetts, with her husband Jim Morelli and son Will.
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