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Breastfeeding

Breastfeeding is when you feed your baby breast milk, usually directly from your breast. Breast milk contains antibodies that help your baby fight ...

Prenatal Antibody Testing

So they'll make antibodies to attack any Rh- positive blood cells that get into their body. If you're Rh-negative and your baby is Rh-positive, you...

Choosing Child Care

Often, the person running a home-based day care has children of their own whom they care for at the same time. There are many more of these centers...

How to Care for Your Baby Boys Penis

This will keep their healing penis from sticking to their diaper. Change their diaper often, and use a mild soap and water to clean off any poop th...

Breastfeeding Vs. Formula Feeding

A big decision new moms must make for their little one’s nutrition is breast vs. Formula feeding is also a healthy choice for babies. If you use a ...

What is Torticollis?

Torticollis is a problem involving the muscles of the neck that causes the head to tilt down. When your baby has torticollis, this ropy muscle is s...

Tay-Sachs Disease

Tay-Sachs disease is a rare, fatal disorder most commonly diagnosed in babies around 6 months of age. Defects in a gene called HEXA cause Tay-Sachs...

What is SIDS?

A baby’s odds are high if a sibling or cousin passed away from SIDS. Put your baby on their back to sleep. Until then, remember this phrase: “back ...

What is Necrotizing Enterocolitis?

Necrotizing enterocolitis, or NEC, is a serious disease that affects the intestines of premature infants. If it’s NEC, the X- ray will show gas or ...

What is Mastitis?

Breastfeeding women aren't the only ones who get mastitis. If you're not breastfeeding, a cracked nipple or nipple piercing can cause the breast in...

What is An Undescended Testicle?

The main sign: You can’t see or feel the testicle in the scrotum. The difference is that an undescended testicle stays up -- it doesn’t move back a...

Umbilical Hernia

Forget what you may have heard: The way the doctor cuts or clamps the cord when your child is born doesn’t affect whether an umbilical hernia will ...