The latest culinary trend, organic, has trickled down to baby food,
made fresh and shipped right to your door or available at select
retailers. Developed by moms, these infant and toddler edibles have
higher price tags, but they tout convenience and better nutrition. A
sampler:

Relax!—Some Stress Is Good Stress

A little tension in the life of a pregnant working mom might be a good
thing—even for the baby. In a reversal of some research suggesting a
link between prenatal stress and preterm births and lower birth
weights, a new study from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore reveals
that pregnant women who experienced mild to moderate levels of
stress—the kind we experience every day as we balance home, family and
work—had babies who at age 2 were somewhat more advanced
developmentally than tots of moms who reported that they were less
stressed during pregnancy.

Researchers measured the stress levels of women—mostly working
moms-to-be—at various intervals during their pregnancies. Two years
after delivery, the women's children were tested for skills like
walking, doing puzzles and talking. The toddlers whose moms reported
higher levels of prenatal stress and anxiety scored higher on the
developmental tests, says Janet DiPietro, PhD, lead study author and a
professor in the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
"While high anxiety and stress can be detrimental to pregnant women and
their babies, moderate amounts may help boost a baby's development
because cortisol, a stress hormone, is also responsible for organ
maturation," says Dr. DiPietro. "In other words, you can stop worrying
about worrying."