Breastfeeding

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

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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 ...

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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...

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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 ...

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