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Articles
- Baby bath basics: A parent's guide
- Baby naps: Daytime sleep tips
- Baby's head shape: What's normal?
- Breast milk storage: Do's and don'ts
- Breast-feeding and medications: What's safe?
- Breast-feeding and pumping: 7 tips for success
- Breast-feeding beyond infancy: What you need to know
- Breast-feeding nutrition: Tips for moms
- Breast-feeding tips: What new moms need to know
- Breast-feeding twins: Making feedings manageable
- Breast-feeding vs. formula-feeding: What's best?
- Breast-feeding: Choosing a breast pump
- Breast-feeding: How to gauge success
- Burn safety: Protect your child from burns
- Car seat safety: Avoid 9 common mistakes
- Child development: Know what's ahead
- Childhood vaccines: Tough questions, straight answers
- Crying baby: What to do when your newborn cries
- Crying baby? How to keep your cool
- Don't let your tots burn
- Eye injury: Tips to protect vision
- Fall safety for kids: How to prevent falls
- Feeding your newborn: Tips for new parents
- Helping baby sleep through the night
- Infant choking: How to keep your baby safe
- Infant development: Birth to 3 months
- Infant development: Milestones from 10 to 12 months
- Infant development: Milestones from 4 to 6 months
- Infant development: Milestones from 7 to 9 months
- Infant formula: 7 steps to prepare it safely
- Infant formula: Your questions answered
- Infant massage: Understand this soothing therapy
- Kids' swimming: Keep health risks at bay
- Language development: Speech milestones for babies
- New dad: Tips to help manage stress
- New parents: Getting the sleep you need
- Newborn care: 10 tips for stressed-out parents
- Pacifiers: Are they good for your baby?
- Parenting tips: How to improve toddler behavior
- Potty training: How to get the job done
- Premature baby? Understand your preemie's special needs
- Sick baby? When to seek medical attention
- Solid foods: How to get your baby started
- Spitting up in babies: What's normal, what's not
- Stroller safety: Tips for parents
- Teething: Tips for soothing sore gums
- Temper tantrums in toddlers: How to keep the peace
- Thermometer basics: Taking your child's temperature
- Umbilical cord care: Do's and don'ts for parents
- Vaccines: Keep your child's shots on track
- Water safety: Protect your child from drowning
- Weaning: Tips for breast-feeding mothers
- Well-baby exam: What to expect during routine checkups
Conditions
- Ambiguous genitalia
- Bladder exstrophy
- Childhood apraxia of speech
- Cleft lip and cleft palate
- Clubfoot
- Colic
- Common cold in babies
- DiGeorge syndrome (22q11.2 deletion syndrome)
- Diaper rash
- Double-outlet right ventricle
- Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA)
- Premature birth
- Pulmonary atresia
- Pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum
- Pulmonary atresia with ventricular septum defect
- Ringworm (scalp)
- Spina bifida
- Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)
- Toe walking in children
- Tongue-tie (ankyloglossia)
- Undescended testicle
- Ventricular septal defect (VSD)
FAQs
- Air travel with infant: Is it safe?
- Autism spectrum disorder and digestive symptoms
- Baby Einstein videos: Good for infant development?
- Baby fat: When is it cause for concern?
- Baby poop: What's normal?
- Baby sign language: A good idea?
- Baby sling: Is it safe?
- Baby sunscreen: What's recommended?
- Baby walkers: Are they safe?
- Breast milk sharing: How does it work?
- Breast-feeding and alcohol: Is it OK to drink?
- Breast-feeding and weight loss: What really happens?
- Breast-feeding strike: Why do babies refuse to nurse?
- Can baby eczema be prevented?
- Can vaginal seeding after a C-section benefit your baby?
- Corn syrup for constipation: OK for babies?
- Discolored baby teeth: A cause for concern?
- Flu shots for kids: Does my child need a flu shot?
- High cholesterol in children: How is it treated?
- How much tummy time does your baby need?
- Hyperlactation: What causes it?
- Induced lactation: Can I breast-feed my adopted baby?
- Infant botulism: Can it be prevented?
- Infant constipation: How is it treated?
- Infant formula: Is tap or bottled water better?
- Infant growth: What's normal?
- Infant swimming: Do indoor pools increase asthma risk?
- Lactation suppression: Can medication help?
- Low milk supply: What causes it?
- Newborn sleep: Should I wake my baby for feedings?
- Organic baby food: Better for baby?
- Poinsettia plants: Are they poisonous?
- Starting solids: When is the right time?
- Strep throat in infants: A common diagnosis?
- Terrible twos: Why are 2-year-olds so difficult?
- Toddler speech development: What's typical for a 2-year-old?
- Uncircumcised penis: Is special care needed?
- Vaccination schedule: Why so many so fast?
- Vitamin D for babies: Are supplements needed?
- What is ROP and how is it treated?
- What's causing my infant's diarrhea?
- Wheezing in children: Could it be asthma?