Sometimes infants do not gain weight at the rate they are supposed to. Find out ways to increase your baby's caloric intake in a healthy manner.
Helpful tips on holding and dressing a baby. Though they are not as fragile as they look, it is important to handle your baby gently for them to feel safe.
Discover the various stages of your baby's nutrition and how to handle issues such as spitting up.
It is important to pay attention to infant mental health, especially for babies with congenital heart disease (CHD). Learn how to read your baby's cues and how you can help your baby achieve their developmental milestones.
Supplementation is a way to give your baby extra nutrition and calories while breastfeeding. Read about what supplies are required and tips for successful feeding with a bottle.
How to effectively give a baby a bath, either in the baby tub or the "big" tub. Considerations for bathtub safety are provided.
Learn how parents can effectively participate in the care of a baby in the NICU.
If you are infected with HIV and pregnant, learn how certain medicines can lower the risk of passing HIV on to your baby.
Find out how to safely hold and support your baby or child with osteoporosis.
Read about feeding a baby with a heart condition. It is best to breastfeed, but if you cannot, you can express your breast milk to keep up your milk volume.
In bilateral choanal atresia both sides of the nasal passage are blocked by bone or soft tissue. Learn what happens during surgery and how to take care of your child at home.
How to effectively keep your newborn baby safe and comforted. Tips, such as holding them to offer proper head support, are included.
CPR is a life-saving technique that combines chest compressions and rescue breaths (mouth-to-mouth resuscitation). Along with hands-on CPR training, this information can help save your baby's life.
Learn about managing your baby's crying. Keeping calm and comforting your baby will often help soothe them.
Learn how to lower the risk of passing HIV to your baby and how the doctor can tell if your baby has HIV once they are born.
Learn the signs and symptoms to look for when your baby is teething and how you can help to soothe your baby's gums.
Fixing a cleft lip involves two operations. Learn about the operations and what you need to know before, during and after both surgeries.
How to effectively make bath time easier for your newborn. Information on giving a newborn baby a sponge bath is provided, as well as safety tips.
Learn about the possible causes of colic and ways to treat it. Colic, though upsetting for you and your baby, often goes away by three or four months of age.
Learn about what a premature baby needs to eat and how they can get proper nutrition.
Learn the difference between pasteurized and unpasteurized foods so you can safely feed your baby solids.
Learn how to care for your baby and use the Pavlik harness orthosis.
Learn about motor development in the second half of a baby's first year of life. Milestones such as sitting up, standing, and walking are discussed.
Learn how a baby's system of attachment develops over the first year of life. Attachment will solidify as a baby's memory develops.
