Whether you’re expecting or already toting a little one around; when you cruise the grocery store aisles, it’s important to remember a few nutrition basics.

Read the ingredients list. Foods that have the nutrition facts panel also provide the ingredients list. Organized by order of weight, this list will help you determine whether a food product is nutritious enough to be placed in your shopping cart. If you shun trans fat—and everyone should—then you want to avoid foods with the word hydrogenated in them. If you try to limit your consumption of sugars, make sure that sugar—in one of its many forms—is not listed as one of the ....

Many women find losing their pregnancy weight after they have a baby difficult without having to arrange for childcare. Fortunately, it is not as hard as many women think to exercise with their babies. Before you know it you can be back in good shape, while creating a greater bond with your newborn baby. When exercising with your baby, you can make getting back in shape more fun and feel better about not leaving your new baby away.

Walking with your baby is great exercise and is a nice, low-impact way to increase your activity level. Walking will help to increase your heart rate, stamina as well as help you to burn some of that excess pregnancy body fat. When your baby is a newborn, you can use an infant car....