Much of yesterday’s baby wisdom has been proven to be outdated today. Some are even harmful. Get the scoop on which old-school parenting facts don’t hold true anymore. The arrival of your newborn ushers in celebration and a lot of best wishes from friends, family members and well-wishers. Along with all of this comes a […]
Once you’ve arrived home with your premature baby, feedings will be as challenging and time-consuming as they were in the hospital. You’ll need to experiment with different teats, bottles, nursing positions, and so on. As a general rule, premature babies need to be fed smaller amounts and more often than full-termers. They feed slowly and […]
Your baby won’t remember much, if anything, about the first three years of life, but according to researchers, have a huge impact on the quality of your child’s life – in some ways more than any of the others that follow. What makes those first three years – years filled primarily with eating, sleeping, crying […]
This problem is rare in breastfed babies (even if they move their bowels infrequently and their movements seems difficult to expel), because their moments are never hard. In a breastfed newborn, infrequent movements – no matter how soft – can be a sign that baby isn’t getting enough to eat. Constipation can, however, plague formula-fed […]
The decision to breastfeed a preterm baby is not always an easy one, even for women who planned on nursing at term. A major attraction of breastfeeding, close mother-child contact, is usually absent, at least at first. Instead, a cold impersonal pump stands in the way of an intimate experience, making nursing a mother-machine-child affair. […]
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