You’ve left the hospital and traveled home with the baby, who is now dependent on you for everything - food, feeding, and love. Prior to giving birth you likely read tons of articles and books on how to care for a newborn and how to be the perfect new parent, but the reality is far different from the planning process. No new parent is a perfect parent from the start. Take your time and adjust to parenthood just as your newborn is adjusting to you.
How To Change A Baby Boy's Diaper
Learning how to correctly change a baby boy's diaper can greatly reduce the chance of a mess as boys have a tendency to pee as soon as you remove their diaper!
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How-to Guide for Newborns
Taking care of a newborn baby is not always easy so let us guide you through it!
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When Your Baby Is Born With Birthmarks
They usually have no effects on the baby’s health.
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Why Do Babies Have Swollen Genitals At Birth?
Babies of either gender may have swollen genitals at birth.
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What Is Lanugo?
Wondering why your baby was born with very fine body hair?
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Jaundice in Newborns
Jaundice, a yellowing of the skin, eyes and mucus membranes, is actually quite common in newborns.
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That Delightful Newborn Baby Smell: Why We Can't Get Enough
Ahhh, is there anything quite like the smell of a newborn baby’s head? But why are we so obsessed with the smell of a newborn baby? It all comes down to science.
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Umbilical Cord Information and Anomalies
The umbilical cord transports blood and nutrients between the placenta and the fetus and back.
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Newborn and Baby: Month 4
You've settled into parenthood by now and with the help of a feeding and sleeping schedule, you have mastered motherhood. As baby sleeps longerstretches, you are finally catching up on sleep so fatigue is less of aproblem.
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Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR) Vaccination
MMR, or measles, mumps and rubella, is a vaccination against three diseases once common in children. Despite the vaccination programs in place, all three diseases still exist in the United States.
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Newborn and Baby: Month 2
Those first few weeks of motherhood fly by and you were expecting to be happy about your newly arrived bundle of joy, but instead, you feel sad and down.
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What is the Timeline for Feeding Baby?
Feeding baby does not have to be a trying experience, just follow this simple timeline and tweak for your baby as needed.
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How to Deal With a Newborn Baby's Cold
While it is always hoped that a newborn baby will not ever get sick, this is rarely the reality. Newborn babies are susceptible to colds and other illnesses because their immune system is not yet fully developed.
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Planning for Baby: Choosing a Pediatrician
Choosing a pediatrician for your new baby is one of the biggest jobs during pregnancy. You need to take several factors into consideration when choosing a pediatrician, including parenting values and beliefs, communication, insurance, and availability.
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Newborn and Baby: Month 6
Intimacy is an important part of the parent relationship, but your life
has been all about baby for the last six months. That needs to change.
Intimacy is difficult with work, life, baby and home, but you can make
time with a little planning.
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Newborn and Baby: Month 7
The thrills of being a parent are a daily benefit of caring for baby, but that care takes energy and nearly all of your time.
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Newborn and Baby: Month 8
By the eighth month, baby is mobile and active and all those lost hours
of sleep have been replaced with busy days chasing him around trying to
keep him safe and out of trouble.
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Newborn and Baby: Month 9
As the honeymoon phase of parenting ends you may notice a drastic change
in the relationship you have with your partner. The last eight months
have been all about baby and your relationship may have suffered for it.
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Newborn and Baby: Month 10
You're busy, baby's busy ' everyone is busy which means everyone needs a little extra energy. Planning for a trip to the store may seem like anamazing adventure at this point because it feels like baby needs asuitcase full of supplies.
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Newborn and Baby: Month 11
Every time you turn around there is something else you need to do or
another late night call from baby. Fatigue is part of the first year of
life, but there are some tricks to help you feel better throughout the
day.
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Newborn and Baby: Month 12
This month you will spend quite a bit of time planning baby's firstbirthday party. Take some time to look back on the past 12 months. Youbrought a tiny human being home from the hospital ' completely dependent on you for everything.
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How to Create a Sleep-Conducive Environment for Your Baby
You have read about all of the things you can do to make your baby sleep
better (less night feedings, bedtime routines, noise machine, etc.),
but what about your nursery? Is it conducive to the kind of sleep your
baby needs?
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Safety First: Design Ideas for Your Baby Room
It's time to take a step back and evaluate the safety of your plan nursery.
Here are some safety tips you need to pay attention to while designing the perfect sanctuary for your little one.
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Feeding Your Low Birth Weight Infant
Low birth weight is defined as an infant weighing less than 2,500 grams
or about 5.5 pounds. Low birth weight infants can be born at any time
during gestation so not all cases involve premature delivery.
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Home Care of Small for Gestational Age Infants
When parents give birth to a small for gestational age (SGA) infant it can be a
scary experience. That tiny little bundle of joy may need additional
care in the hospital before being released and some of that care may
extend months or years into the future, but extra care is not always
needed.
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Caring for Your Large for Gestational Age Infant
A large for gestational age infant is born weighing more than 90% of all
other infants born at the same gestational age. For instance, if an
infant is born at 37 weeks weighing in excess of 10 pounds, that infant
is termed large for gestational age.
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Hepatitis A (HAV) Vaccination
Hepatitis A is a disease of the liver caused by HAV ' the Hepatitis Avirus. The HAV is found in stool, but the disease can be passed viaconsumption of infected foods and drinks. The disease tends to spreadeasily in households.
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Flu (Influenza) Vaccination
While everyone is susceptible to flu infection, young children, the
aging population and people with compromised immune systems have the
highest risk of infection and death.
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Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV)
The PCV, or pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, protects children against
the streptococcus pneumonia bacteria. Pneumococcal infections are known
to cause meningitis, blood infections and pneumonia, mostly in children.
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Newborn and Baby: Month 1
Prior to giving birth you likely read tons of articles and books on how
to care for a newborn and how to be the perfect new parent, but reality
is far different from the planning process.
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Newborn and Baby: Month 3
You are getting the hang of this parenting thing, but you can't forget your partner along the way. You have more than enough love for your partner and your baby, but you need to focus on what's best for you sometimes to be the best mom and partner you can be.
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Haemophilus Influenzae Type B (Hib) Vaccination
Hib is a bacterial disease most prominent in children under the age of five, though an infection can occur in older, unvaccinated people.
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Meningococcal Vaccine (MCV4)
MCV4 is a new vaccine against meningococcal disease. The disease is caused by bacteria that can cause meningitis and death. More than 1,000 people contract meningococcal disease every year.
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Newborn and Baby: Month 5
With all of the emotional changes and fatigue after having a baby, you may
have left behind your healthy diet and exercise routine. Now is the time to get your body back in action, but you may be surprised by the lingering effects of pregnancy.
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Polio Vaccine (IPV)
Prior to the invention of the Polio vaccine, IPV, thousands of people died from the polio virus each year and tens of thousands more were left paralyzed. Today, the number of people diagnosed with polio each year hovers near zero in the United States.
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Renters Guide to Creating the Perfect Nursery
If you want to change the paint color, put up a wall mural, or hang up
curtains or heavy wall art, you may be out of luck. If you have a
lenient landlord, count your blessings, but if you don't, it's time to
get creative.
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Your Baby's Development
Learn about feeding, sleeping habits, baby care, safety, and more.
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Serious Symptoms In Baby: When To Call Your Pediatrician
How can you tell the difference between what's serious, and requires an immediate call or visit to the hospital or pediatrician's office, and what can wait until your baby's next checkup?
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Teething and Your Baby
Teething happens when your baby's first set of teeth grow in, a condition called primary teething.
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Baby Teething Eruption Timetable
Each baby's teething eruption timetable is different, though there is a typical primary teething eruption sequence for each specific type of baby tooth.
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