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Pregnancy & Newborns


All About Breastfeeding

Breastfeeding FAQs: Getting Started
Breastfeeding FAQs: How Much and How Often
Breastfeeding FAQs: Out and About
Breastfeeding FAQs: Pain and Discomfort
Breastfeeding FAQs: Pumping
Breastfeeding FAQs: Safely Storing Breast Milk
Breastfeeding FAQs: Sleep - Yours and Your Baby's
Breastfeeding FAQs: Solids and Supplementing
Breastfeeding FAQs: Some Common Concerns
Breastfeeding FAQs: Supply and Demand
Breastfeeding FAQs: Your Eating and Drinking Habits
I May Have H1N1 Influenza. Can I Still Breastfeed My Baby?

All About Formula Feeding

Formula Feeding FAQs: Getting Started
Formula Feeding FAQs: How Much and How Often
Formula Feeding FAQs: Preparation and Storage
Formula Feeding FAQs: Some Common Concerns
Formula Feeding FAQs: Starting Solids and Milk
Formula Feeding FAQs: Supplementing

Baby Basics

A Guide for First-Time Parents
Burping Your Baby
Choking
Diaper Rash
Diapering Your Baby
Laundering Your Baby's Clothes
Trimming Your Baby's Nails
Your Child's First Checkup: The Hospital

Birth Stories

Barbara's Story
Lena's Story
Samala's Story

Common Conditions & Your Baby

Birthmarks
Constipation
Diaper Rash
Erythema Toxicum
Jaundice in Healthy Newborns
Looking at Your Newborn: What's Normal
Neonatal Infections
Oral Thrush
Positional Plagiocephaly (Flattened Head)
Teething Tots
The Facts on Undescended Testicles
Your Colicky Baby

Communicating With Your Baby

Bonding With Your Baby
Communication and Your 1- to 2-Year-Old
Communication and Your 1- to 3-Month-Old
Communication and Your 4- to 7-Month-Old
Communication and Your 8- to 12-Month-Old
Communication and Your Newborn

Feeding Your Baby

Breastfeeding vs. Formula Feeding
Burping Your Baby
Feeding Your 1- to 2-Year-Old
Feeding Your 1- to 3-Month-Old
Feeding Your 4- to 7-Month-Old
Feeding Your 8- to 12-Month-Old
Feeding Your Newborn
How Can I Overcome Breastfeeding Difficulties?
Hunger and Malnutrition
Milk Allergy in Infants
Nursing Positions
Stopping the Bottle
Weaning Your Child

Growth & Your Baby

Failure to Thrive
Growth and Your 1- to 2-Year-Old
Growth and Your 1- to 3-Month-Old
Growth and Your 4- to 7-Month-Old
Growth and Your 8- to 12-Month-Old
Growth and Your Newborn
Growth Charts

Home & Family Issues

A Guide for First-Time Parents
Auto Safety
Bonding With Your Baby
Bringing Your Baby Home
Childproofing and Preventing Household Accidents
Choosing Safe Baby Products
Choosing Safe Baby Products: Backpacks and Soft Carriers
Choosing Safe Baby Products: Bathtubs
Choosing Safe Baby Products: Changing Tables
Choosing Safe Baby Products: Cribs
Choosing Safe Baby Products: Gates
Choosing Safe Baby Products: Infant Seats & Child Safety Seats
Choosing Safe Baby Products: Playpens
Choosing Safe Baby Products: Strollers
Choosing Safe Baby Products: The Dangers of Walkers
Choosing Safe Baby Products: Toys
Cosleeping and Your Baby
How Becoming Parents Can Affect Your Relationship
Parenting Multiples
Postpartum Depression
Preparing Your Child for a New Sibling
Recovering From Delivery
Separation Anxiety
When Can I Take My Newborn Out in Public?

Learning, Play & Your Baby

Bonding With Your Baby
Choosing Safe Baby Products
Choosing Safe Baby Products: Backpacks and Soft Carriers
Choosing Safe Baby Products: Bathtubs
Choosing Safe Baby Products: Changing Tables
Choosing Safe Baby Products: Cribs
Choosing Safe Baby Products: Gates
Choosing Safe Baby Products: Infant Seats & Child Safety Seats
Choosing Safe Baby Products: Playpens
Choosing Safe Baby Products: Strollers
Choosing Safe Baby Products: The Dangers of Walkers
Choosing Safe Baby Products: Toys
Learning, Play, and Your 8- to 12-Month-Old
Learning, Play, and Your 1- to 2-Year-Old
Learning, Play, and Your 1- to 3-Month-Old
Learning, Play, and Your 4- to 7-Month-Old
Learning, Play, and Your Newborn

Medical Care & Your Baby

Birthing Centers and Hospital Maternity Services
Circumcision
Common Diagnoses in the NICU
Finding a Doctor for Your Child
Finding Your Way in the Health Care System
Frequently Asked Questions About Immunizations
How to Talk to Your Child's Doctor
Immunization Schedule
Medical Care and Your 1- to 2-Year-Old
Medical Care and Your 1- to 3-Month-Old
Medical Care and Your 4- to 7-Month-Old
Medical Care and Your 8- to 12-Month-Old
Medical Care and Your Newborn
Newborn Screening Tests
Rh Incompatibility
Taking Your Preemie Home
What Is the Apgar Score?
What Is the Multiple Marker Test?
When Your Baby's in the NICU
Your Child's Checkup: 12 Months (1 Year)
Your Child's Checkup: 18 Months ( 1-1/2 Years)
Your Child's Checkup: 2 Months
Your Child's Checkup: 2 to 4 Weeks
Your Child's Checkup: 2 Years
Your Child's Checkup: 3 Years
Your Child's Checkup: 4 Years
Your Child's Checkup: 5 Years
Your Child's Checkup: 6 Months
Your Child's Checkup: 9 Months
Your Child's First Checkup: The Hospital
Your Child's Immunizations

Medical Problems & Your Baby

A Primer on Preemies
Abusive Head Trauma (Shaken Baby Syndrome)
All About Genetics
Apnea of Prematurity
Birth Defects
Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (BPD)
Cleft Lip and Palate
Common Diagnoses in the NICU
Could That Lump Be a Hernia?
Failure to Thrive
Febrile Seizures
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Folic Acid and Pregnancy
Genetic Counseling
Hemangiomas: Suzanne's Story
How Can I Tell if My Baby Is Constipated?
If Your Child Has a Heart Defect
Intestinal Malrotation
Intussusception
Lead Poisoning
Meconium Aspiration
Medical Issues in Adoption
Milk Allergy in Infants
Necrotizing Enterocolitis
Neonatal Infections
Positional Plagiocephaly (Flattened Head)
Pyloric Stenosis
Retinopathy of Prematurity
Rh Incompatibility
Sepsis
Spina Bifida
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
Taking Your Preemie Home
Tay-Sachs Disease
Transient Tachypnea of the Newborn (TTN)
What Is the Multiple Marker Test?
When Your Baby Has a Birth Defect
When Your Baby Is Born With a Health Problem
When Your Baby's in the NICU

Movement, Coordination & Your Baby

Gait Abnormalities During the Toddler Years
Movement, Coordination, and Your 1- to 2-Year-Old
Movement, Coordination, and Your 1- to 3-Month-Old
Movement, Coordination, and Your 4- to 7-Month-Old
Movement, Coordination, and Your 8- to 12-Month-Old
Movement, Coordination, and Your Newborn

Pregnancy & Childbirth

10 Things That Might Surprise You About Being Pregnant
A Guide for First-Time Parents
All About Genetics
Are Ultrasound "Snapshots" of Your Unborn Baby a Good Idea?
Banking Your Newborn's Cord Blood
Becoming a Father
Birth of a Second Child
Birth Plans
Birthing Centers and Hospital Maternity Services
Birthing Classes
Cesarean Sections (C-Sections)
Dealing With Pain During Childbirth
Eating During Pregnancy
Ectopic Pregnancy
Epidurals
Exercising During Pregnancy
Folic Acid and Pregnancy
Inducing Labor
Looking at Your Newborn: What's Normal
Medical Care During Pregnancy
Midwives
Miscarriages
Natural Childbirth
Pica
Postpartum Depression
Pregnancy Myths and Tales
Pregnancy Precautions: FAQs
Prenatal Tests
Preparing for Multiple Births
Recovering From Delivery
Rh Incompatibility
Sex During Pregnancy
Sleeping During Pregnancy
Staying Healthy During Pregnancy
Surviving Bed Rest
The First Day of Life
Transient Tachypnea of the Newborn (TTN)
What Does "High-Risk" Pregnancy Mean?
What Is Gestational Diabetes?
What Is the Apgar Score?
What Is the Multiple Marker Test?
When Your Baby Has a Birth Defect
When Your Teen Is Having a Baby
Your Child's First Checkup: The Hospital

Pregnancy Calendar

A Week-by-Week Pregnancy Calendar

Recipes for Pregnant and Breastfeeding Women

"Baked" Candied Sweet Potato
5-Minute Rice and Beans
Apple French Toast
Bean Burrito to Go
Caesar Salad
Carrot-Ginger Soup
Chicken Salad With Apples
Chocolate Pudding
Chocolate-Banana-Peanut Butter Smoothie
Coq au Vin
Creamy Broccoli Soup
Denver Omelet Sandwich
Easy Turkey Lasagna
Fortified Mashed Potatoes
Garlic-Rosemary Oven Fries
Greek Salad
Lemon Chicken
Lentil Rice Salad
Mediterranean Turkey Burger
Melon-Cucumber Smoothie
Microwave Chicken Melt
No-Fuss Chicken Quesadilla
Pasta and Cheese
Quick and Easy Burrito
Quick Baked Apple
Soy Berry Smoothie
Spinach Salad
Spinach, Pear, and Gruyere Salad with Sweet Dressing
Tropical Smoothie
Turkey Pepperoni and Mushroom Calzones
Whole-Grain Chicken-Broccoli Pockets
Yogurt Parfait

Sleep & Your Baby

Cosleeping and Your Baby
Positional Plagiocephaly (Flattened Head)
Sleep and Newborns
Sleep and Your 1- to 2-Year-Old
Sleep and Your 1- to 3-Month-Old
Sleep and Your 4- to 7-Month-Old
Sleep and Your 8- to 12-Month-Old

The Senses & Your Baby

The Senses and Your 1- to 2-Year-Old
The Senses and Your 1- to 3-Month-Old
The Senses and Your 4- to 7-Month-Old
The Senses and Your 8- to 12-Month-Old
The Senses and Your Newborn