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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 ...

Vaccination Schedule

Dose 5: Between ages 4 years and 6 years. Extra dose recommended for children under age 9 the first year they receive this vaccine. Catch-up series...

Understanding Newborn Jaundice -- The Basics

Jaundice typically occurs because newborns normally produce increased levels of bilirubin which is referred to as 'physiologic jaundice.' Bilirubin...

Diaper Rash Treatments

Most babies do. Luckily, there are creams and ointments to take care of the problem and diapering know-how that can help prevent it before it strikes.

Understanding Colic -- The Basics

Colic is a term used to describe the condition babies who cry and cry and can't be comforted have. Colic isn't an illness, although some babies do ...

Teething

Teething is when your baby’s teeth start to come through their gum line. Another reason to be aware of the material used to make the teethers: Some...

What is Spina Bifida?

Meningocele: This rare type of spina bifida happens when a sac of spinal fluid (but not the spinal cord) pushes through an opening in the baby's ba...