Cottage cheese like curds coat the inside of your baby’s tongue and inner cheeks. What is this white stuff that won’t wipe off? Not breast milk, not formula, it’s thrush. Thrush, fancy medical…
Newborns
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I often pass a parent on her way out of my office carrying an infant in an infant car seat. As I stop to elicit a goodbye smile from the baby, I…
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Graco was founded nearly 70 years ago, and Evenflo and Child Craft have been around even longer. In fact, most of the prominent baby supply manufacturers have been in the baby business…
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Today our dear friend, pediatrician, and mom, Wendy Lee shares insights and personal experience on how to tell your child he is adopted. My husband and I had waited three long years…
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Breastfeeding moms often ask us what medications they can take and not adversely effect the baby. The most complete database we have found is LactMed . Hope you won’t have the need to…
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A few days ago, I spoke with the faculty of a local early childhood education center about flu vaccine myths. See how you do on the true and false quiz I gave…
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Picture this: you are going back to work after a too-short maternity leave. Briefcase? Check. Lunch? Check. Breast pump? Check. Photo of your baby to put on your pump for inspiration? Check.…
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A concerned parent wrote to us: Can you please read this and comment?www.thinktwice. com. I’m terrified to vaccinate due to sites like these. There seems to be many horrifying stories out there to…
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Why do babies cry? This may seem like a silly question, but sometimes you really want to know why your infant is crying. Remember, newborns cannot talk. They can’t even smile back…
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Ok, so now you are in charge of caring for a newly circumcised penis. As a mom who’s never had a penis or as a dad who has no memory of his…