Breast Milk May Prevent Deadly Intestinal Problem in Preemies
Digestion issues are not uncommon for infants because they are very new to the whole eating process after all. However, there are some times when digestion and intestinal issues can become deadly serious.
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When is Bad Baby Breath a Bad Sign?
However, your baby’s bad breath might be a cause for concern if it is persistent and lasts more than just a day or so. It could be caused by a more serious problem.
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The Dangers of Introducing Solid Foods Too Soon
Whenever I babysat for my sisters when my nieces were still infants, I was always glad that the only feeding I had to do was through a bottle or with liquid food of some kind because I was terrified that they would choke and I wouldn’t know what to do.
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Study Indicates Massage Therapy Could Benefit Preterm Infants
A study published in the journal Early Human Development and conducted by the University Of Louisville School Of Nursing showed that massage therapy may help reduce stress for preterm infants.
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Breastfeeding and Antidepressants
Many women stop taking antidepressants when they become pregnant or when they begin breastfeeding, with the understanding that it's better for the baby to go without these drugs. But is this true?
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Sharing a Bed With Newborn and SIDS Risk
It’s understandable that new parents are enraptured by their infants and want to be near them, but research indicates that parents who share a bed with their newborn may actually be putting them at risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).
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Preventing Emergency Care Visits for Infants
Some new moms are even more prone to visit the emergency room for any and every little thing, which can get expensive fast. Another option is to have a nurse on call for home visits, but this is also expensive.
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Disfigurement in Infancy is Often Temporary
There is one story my mom always tells when the subject of childhood safety scares comes up during family discussions. She was very careful to make sure nothing bad happened to me as, but one slip-up gave her a story she will never forget.
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How to Decorate the Baby Room During Pregnancy in 12 Steps
Getting the baby's room ready is a time-honored tradition and can be done safely if you read our 12-step program.
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What Not to Do When Your Baby Swallows Something Harmful
You may have heard that it’s a good idea to keep ipecac in your medicine cabinet in case your baby swallows anything he shouldn’t. Ipecac is a medication that induces vomiting, so it seems to make sense as a treatment in that case.
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Do Not Trust Mr. Yuk
Before a toddler knows what’s poisonous and what’s not, there needs to
be a way to warn them easily. That’s when Mr. Yuk was
designed.
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When the Gag Reflex Interferes with Eating
The gag reflex shows up around six months, and it is meant to help
prevent babies from choking on their food by causing an upward motion of
the tongue.
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Is It Safe To Play Tennis During Pregnancy?
Conflicting reports about playing games such as tennis can be confusing, but here are some guidelines that will help you to decide if playing tennis during your pregnancy is safe.
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Should Baby be a Part of the Juicing Fad?
I don’t know about your town, but my town is going absolutely
juice-crazy. Every day a new juice place pops up that offers fresh
squeezed vegetable and fruit juices straight from an industrial strength
juicer. I’m definitely not complaining.
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Is My Baby too Young for Food Allergy Testing?
As the parent of a child with life-threatening food allergies I
immediately thought the child was having an allergic response to food,
but could the parents order food allergy testing at nine months old?
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Should Your Baby Have the Flu Shot?
Flu season
is right around the corner. With flu season comes the influx of flu
vaccination offers. The CDC reports
around 20,000 children require hospital care each year from the flu,
but how young is too young to get the flu vaccine?
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Did I Cause My Son's Food Allergy?
When I was
raising my twins, I remember the pediatrician telling me to hold off on
introducing common food allergens until they were 12 months
old. I followed the guidance
of my pediatrician, but with the first introduction of peanuts my son
suffered an allergic reaction.
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Is Your Child Losing the Baby Weight?
We’ve all heard mom’s talking about their struggle with losing their
baby weight. What most moms don’t consider though is whether or not
their baby is losing weight too. It’s actually quite common to see a
drop in weight for babies in the days after birth.
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What You Need to Know about Foreign Travel with Baby
Before taking your baby outside of the country, you should first
understand the risks and problems associated with foreign travel for
infants.
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No Peeking! Are Ultrasounds Really Safe for Babies?
I’m always amazed at the way expectant mothers are able to interpret the
images of their ultrasounds. What look essentially like grey and black
blobs to me suddenly become hands, fingers, faces and knees to these
excited women.
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Top 5 Toddler Food Choking Hazards
It’s pretty exciting when your toddler begins to eat solid food, but
eating solid foods also comes with new trials like picky eating and
unfortunately, choking hazards.
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iAlert, the First Smartphone Monitored Car Seat
At the first glance, the car seat looks like any other well-made product. It’s a comfortable and easy-to-use car seat that features a removable headrest for better rear-facing installation and it comfortably sits any infant or toddler up to 35 pounds.
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When Do Babies Learn to Fear Heights?
Falling from something tall can hurt an awful lot. That’s why
researchers find it slightly odd that infants don’t start to fear height
until they are about nine months old.
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Baby Can Learn to Swim Earlier Than You Might Think
Have you ever seen one of those horrifying yet intriguing videos online
where they throw a newborn baby into the water? Supposedly, babies can
swim instinctively, or at least float in a way that allows them to
survive until someone helps them.
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When Can You Teach Your Baby to Swim?
It might surprise you to know that children can start learning how to
swim as young as six months old. However, they don’t actually start
swimming until they are about three years old.
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The Risks of Co-Sleeping
Like most bad habits, co-sleeping with your baby is easy to start but
very hard to stop. When you feel excited about finally having your
little one home with you after nine long months of waiting, the time
apart at night will be difficult.
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Cool Babies are Safe Babies
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome,
or SIDS, is something every mother fears. Many find themselves uneasy
for the first year of their baby’s life, constantly wanting to check to
make sure their little one is breathing.
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Breastfed Babies are Less Likely to Get Salmonella
It’s obviously extremely important that you prevent your baby from
getting salmonella, but sometimes it isn’t as easy as keeping the
utensils clean and cooking food thoroughly.
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Does Your Baby Have Eczema?
You’ll probably freak out about any rashes you find on your baby’s body.
You’ll always be checking your baby’s skin for any issues, and when you
notice redness or dryness you’ll be tempted to call the pediatrician’s
emergency line.
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Even Packaged Meat Could Harm Your Baby
Many of us fondly remember the days of grocery shopping with our moms as
children. She would strap us into the car seat and drive us to the
nearest supermarket to get all of her weekly purchases out of the way.
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Handling Baby Eczema
I had heard of eczema, but never on little babies. What is baby eczema
and how could mothers take care of it so they aren’t stuck with baby
albums full of splotchy red babies?
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Are There Prenatal Gymnastics Classes?
What happens, though, when babies just don’t turn around? What if they
turn around and then change their minds and turn back? I know breech
births exist, but what do they really mean and can they be avoided?
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Is the Air Clean Enough for Your Infant?
Do you live in a place that’s known for clean air? If not, you could
inadvertently be hurting your infant. There are enough factors to worry
about that you actually can control when it comes to a new baby, much
less things like pollution that you can’t.
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Can Your Baby Really Learn from an iPad?
Today I watched a video of a baby touching her first magazine. The title
of the video was, “A Magazine is an iPad that Doesn’t Work.” The baby
was extremely confused as she tried touching the static images to make
them move.
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When You Find Baby Making a Salad out of Your Poinsettias
I did research about plants and babies to find out which are poisonous, and research shows that few plants are actually fatal.
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Before Baby Arrives, Take Polly to the Vet
There are countless benefits to having pets. Especially when you have
young kids in the house, pets can be an endless source of entertainment
and love.
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What You Need to Know about Infant Ear Piercing
Whether you’re following tradition or simply enjoy the aesthetic, you
might decide to pierce your baby’s ears. Many parents feel that, since
their little girl will have her ears pierced eventually, it is better to
do it when they won’t remember the pain.
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Are Infant Simulators a Good Idea for Women?
These infant simulators may be good practice for women who want a little
more experience before having children. Several of my friends are only
children and have no younger cousins. This means that they often have no
experience around babies and toddlers.
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Is BPA Making Children Obese?
A few years ago, my husband bought us new metal water bottles because we
tend to just reuse plastic bottles we buy at the store, and he was
worried about ingesting too much BPA. I didn’t actually know anything
about BPA in water bottles, so I looked it up.
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Why You Should be Sharing Their Pacifier
Some members of my family wash their infant’s pacifiers with
hospital-like sterilization processes every time it hits the ground,
while others simply pick it up and pop it in their own mouth for a quick
cleaning.
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Should You Use a Bath Seat for Your Baby?
Sitting up is one of the first major milestones in your baby’s life. Once he or she can sit up and look around, your baby will have the opportunity to get a good look at the world around them.
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Should You Skip the Sling?
Baby slings are one of those new inventions that truly complete the
modern-mom look. They come in stylish colors in patterns, and every
mom-on-the-go in New York City and beyond can be seen toting their baby
in a casual sling that compliments their outfit.
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Don’t Be Too Frugal with Baby’s Formula
One subject that always caused disagreement in the house when I was
there was whether or not they should refrigerate the baby’s leftover
formula.
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Hairspray Is Especially Dangerous for Baby Boys
A few months back, I researched the side effects of cosmetic products on
pregnant women. If you work in a salon, you need to be careful which
types of products you handle because many contain toxins that are
dangerous to a developing fetus.
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Why Your Infant is Too Sweet for Honey
When I opened my daycare a few years back, the regulations stated that I
could not serve honey. I was puzzled by this. Why in the world would
honey be bad for babies? Honey is all natural, if you buy it organic,
and it’s one food that will never go bad.
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Mommy, Read Me that Story You Did When You Were Pregnant
Everyone knows I love to give books as baby gifts. It’s just what I do.
What I didn’t realize until recently is that mothers love receiving
these books, and not just because they are a great start to a library
for their future little ones.
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How Much Exercise Should Babies and Toddlers Get?
Make sure you don’t neglect your children’s physical health as well.
Babies and toddler need structured physical activity in order for them
to thrive and develop healthily.
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Aluminum in Infant Formula
Though most doctors agree that breastfeeding is the best choice after
pregnancy, many doctors also agree that sometimes it’s just not the best
option. If breastfeeding negatively impacts the health of the mother
and infant, then formula is recommended.
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How Depression Can Hurt Your Baby before Birth
Experts urge pregnant women to relax during their pregnancy and avoid
situations or events that are particularly stressful, because babies
born under those conditions tend to be less healthy in general.
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Why Baby Foods Aren’t Suitable for Weaning
Many babies go safely from breast milk straight to solid foods with no
trouble. A recent study supports this method and suggests that parents
should try a strict milk-based diet until their little ones are ready
for solid food.
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