As a parent of two young children, I know how frustrating it can be when your child is constantly crying and doesn’t seem to want to stop. Raising a child under such circumstances is very difficult, and at times can cause you to lose your nerves.
This week I review a web site, not a blog, that provides information on getting you and your baby through the difficult days. Those with infants and young children may find the site very interesting.
Web Site: Fussy Baby
Description: A site dedicated to helping parents cope with their fussy, colicky, or ‘high-needs’ infant.
Design 
The design of the website consists of a navigation menu at the top, the content on the left, and some additional links and advertising on the right. For navigating around the site you need to select an option in the top menu and then one of the additional links in the content.
I like sites that contain the links on the left or right broken down into sections. This method provides a one-stop shop for all the navigation through a site. This site, however, tends to bury the links within the individual pages. The good thing about this is that the links contain longer, descriptive text instead of short brief titles.
The fonts and sizes chosen for for the content and the sidebar is nice and large and easy to read. The colours tend to contast nicely with the background, however, the lighter green used for some links doesn’t provide enough contrast. A darker green would be more preferable.
The design overall suits the focus of the blog, but providing a more clear navigation system would help visitors find their way around.
Focus 
This web site is well-focused and a visitor won’t have difficult to figure out the content of the web site. Right on the home page is a nice description of what you can expect to find on the web site as well as links to specific topics.
Content 
There is quite a bit of content provided on the web site focused on helping parents cope with difficult times when raising a young child. The author has provided much information as well as external resources that parents may find useful.
Under the “Articles” link in the menu are many long articles (very easy to read) that include a wealth of information about symptons for crying, all nicely organized into topics. Stories of parents that have been through crying children are also provided to help others with advice through their own experiences.
As I was navigating around the site I noticed the images on many of the pages. The images are of very high quality. The one major problem with some images is the size. When I view some images individually I noticed that they are actually resized by the browser, which means that they are rather large and can take some time to download. I suggest that they be resized in an image editor and then displayed in the browser. This will reduce the overall page size and take less time to download.
There is plenty of content of those looking for some helpful advice on crying children. The only problem I saw with the content was the size of the images, which can easily be fixed with any image editor.
Spelling and Grammar
I had difficulty finding any spelling and grammar mistakes on any of the pages on the web site. Keep in mind that it is a Canadian web site so some words are spelled differently than the American spelling.
Overall
The web site has a nice design with easy to read text. The spelling and grammar is well-written and contains very few, if any, spelling mistakes. The only problem I noticed with the content were the large images that were resized by the browser. This problem can easily be corrected with an image editor.
Being a parent of two young children, I know the frustration of a child that can cry for long periods of time. For those in similar circumstances, you will definitely want to check out Fussy Baby.