Sleep Position/Environment and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) SIDS is the leading cause of infant death beyond the neonatal period. Since 1992 when the American Academy of Pediatrics recommended that babies be positioned on their backs while sleeping, the SIDS rate in the United States has decreased by greater than forty percent. The AAP [...]
Starting from six weeks to three months, you should begin to create a bedtime routine, which will signal to your baby that it is time to go to sleep. A routine can include any and all of the following: Taking a bath Changing the diaper and changing into pajamas Hearing a story or singing [...]
Weird Stools Your baby’s stools will probably change in color, softness, and frequency from time to time. Also, different babies have different bowel habits. Some have a stool with every feeding; others may have one stool every few days. The consistency and color varies from day to day. When you come home from the [...]
Influenza (flu) usually comes on suddenly. In many cases you can pinpoint the hour when symptoms started. Symptoms develop 1 to 4 days after your child is infected. Classic flu involves fever for about 3 days, followed by a gradual decrease in other symptoms. Fever is usually slightly lower on the 2nd & 3rd [...]
We have a Fever video available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D96e6XI7ouY Call our office or page operator (after hours) if your baby is younger than three months of age and develops a fever (rectal temperature of more than 100.4°F). Do not give Tylenol to a baby less than three months old without talking to us first. The [...]
Occasional colds are unavoidable in babies and children. The average baby will contract eight to twelve colds per year! Colds which involve no more than a runny nose and a mild cough and even fever can be handled at home. If your baby has other worrisome symptoms, however, we’d like for you to call [...]
Crossed Eyes Many babies look cross-eyed now and then. Usually this is caused by muscles that are temporarily out of balance. Also, the wide skin area that babies have across the nose can make the eyes look crossed when in fact they are not. If your child is crossing their eyes past three months [...]
Fontanelle and Skull Sutures The soft spot on your baby’s head (fontanelle) is an area where the skull bones haven’t yet joined. The soft spot is covered by thick, tough tissue that protects the brain tissue underneath, so you needn’t worry about hurting it. If you sometimes notice slight pulsation of the soft spot, [...]
Jaundice The majority of babies will display some yellowness (or jaundice) in the first few days of life (especially breastfed babies). This is because the baby’s liver is not yet fully mature and cannot process a normal human waste product called bilirubin. Most infants’ jaundice will improve without any intervention. However, some children will [...]
Care of the Genitals for Males For the first few days after having a circumcision you will need to regularly apply Vaseline over the circumcision. This should be done with each diaper change. After about a week, the skin should be healed well enough, and this practice can be discontinued. For a circumcised child, [...]
