Car Safety Seat Guidelines Age Type of Seat General Guideline Infants Infant-only and rear-facing convertible All infants should always ride in a rear-facing seat until they reach the highest weight or height allowed by their care safety seat manufacturer. Most convertible seats have limits that will allow children to ride rear facing for 2 years [...]
Teething Most babies start teething at six to seven months. A few early birds begin at three to four months, and a few babies will begin at ten to twelve months. Do not worry if the teeth come in late. While the majority of babies aren’t troubled by the teething process, some get irritable, [...]
Improper swaddling may lead to hip dysplasia or developmental dysplasia of the hip. When in the womb the baby’s legs are in a fetal position with the legs bent up and across each other. Sudden straightening of the legs to a standing position can loosen the joints and damage the soft cartilage of the [...]
Crying Ways that tiny babies can communicate are limited. Crying is one of them. Crying is how your baby makes their needs known and their displeasure felt. Most parents quickly learn to identify whether their baby is crying from hunger, restlessness, pain, anger, or some other reason. Many babies go through unexplainable fussy periods [...]
Newborn babies sleep quite a bit, usually waking up every two to four hours for feedings. At about two months of age, they generally start sleeping through the night, although a few cooperative babies may start sooner. You may have heard that starting solid foods (e.g. cereal) will make a baby sleep through the [...]
We have a Starting Solid Foods video available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWYYob9L7Ps&list=PLzAg77gR8SWv6RwGk1LFGvmzQVyhHI6F8&index=7 Feeding our children is as much an art as it is a science. There may be many different methods, books, or suggestions that you will encounter, but ultimately each child is an individual who may not go “by the book”. The following bullet [...]
If you’re bottle feeding your baby, infant formula or expressed breast milk should be the only form of milk your baby gets during the first year of life. When your baby comes home from the hospital, they will probably take 1.5 - 3 ounces of prepared formula at each feeding. When the baby is [...]
The first few weeks of nursing will be a time of learning for you and your baby. They might be tough, but if you make it through the first few weeks, it WILL get easier! Neither of you may accomplish a lot on your first few tries, but that is all right. Breast milk [...]
What to Feed Breast milk is the best food for babies during the first year of life. The American Academy of Pediatrics encourages breastfeeding until one year of age. If one year seems excessive, pick an alternative goal that is more realistic for you, such as six months. Breast milk provides just the right [...]
For one to two months, limit the number of your baby’s visitors, especially children. Your baby needs a little time to build resistance to common infections and develop reliable cues as to when they are seriously ill. Should a very young infant get a fever, quite often many tests (including blood, urine, and a [...]
