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Tests and checks for newborns babies
Immediately after your baby is born, a series of checks will be performed on him, just to make sure everything is working properly.
When each test is being performed on your newborn, ask what the te . . .
Understanding sleep and your baby
Although
we’re unaware of it, sleep occurs in cycles. The first phase is known as ‘light
sleep’ and it takes us into REM (rapid eye movement) or ‘dream sleep’. This
stage is so-called because . . .
Age gaps between babies
What is the perfect age gap to leave between
babies? There is no right or wrong answer to this question, and it is one you will have to judge for yourself.
Are subsequent babies always bigger?
Each pregnancy for every woman will vary. However, subsequent
babies due tend to be larger and show earlier as a rule of thumb.
Reflux in babies
Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is different from the spitting up that many
babies do if they’ve taken in too much milk.
It happens more consistently and your baby is likely t . . .
Oral yeast infections in babies
Oral yeast infections are common in
babies and develop when the yeast candida albicans, which occurs naturally in the mouth, overgrows.
Babies are susceptible because their immune systems ar . . .
Diarrhea
Diarrhea is when there is an abnormal increase in the frequency or liquidity of your baby or child’s poop.
Although not dangerous in itself, it can hint at more serious problems. Dia . . .
Bird flu and babies
Newspaper headlines have been alerting us to the dangers of bird flu for some time now.
It’s a contagious disease that normally affects birds and poultry, and less commonly, pigs. In . . .
Toddlers and new babies
How to stop your toddler turning into a green-eyed monster when baby No. 2 arrives.
Before the birth
Getting off to a good start with their new sibling is crucial to developing a good rel . . .
Babies and crying
There
are few things as distressing to the human ear as the sound of your own baby
crying and once you’ve heard her cry for the first time, you’ll never again be
able to switch off when you hear it . . .