Marilyn Padget

Marilyn’s Q & A for Infants

By Marilyn Padget, Certified Parent Educator Ask Marilyn: Answers to Your Most Common Infant Questions KidsDirect’s Infant Questions and Answers is a free question and answer collection from Marilyn Padget, a Certified Parent Educator. The idea behind it is simple, give parents real answers to the questions that come up most with a new baby, drawn from years of parent education experience. common infant questions answered Why is it unsafe to place my baby on his stomach to sleep? Research has consistently shown a higher risk of SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) when a baby sleeps on their stomach. What

Mission Statement It’s easy to feel like childhood itself has gotten harder to hold onto, with kids exposed to more, sooner, than any generation before them. A lot of that shift comes down to something simpler than it looks: the family unit under more strain than it used to be. Marilyn believes it’s worth actively working to rebuild that foundation, one family at a time. Families come in every shape and size, and what actually makes a family isn’t its makeup, it’s the foundation parents give their children: unconditional love, nurturing, respect, protection, and a genuinely positive self image. How