Newborns

The newborn board is all about baby health, growth and development. Browse these topics or ask questions to learn about hearing, reflexes, temperament, breastfeeding, choosing formula, vitamins, infant formula basics, DHA and ARA and common and less common problems like allergic colitis, jaundice, constipation, (diaper) rashes, hydrocele, birth marks, fever, spina bifida, watery eyes, upper respiratory infections, thrush, and SIDS.

Lazy eye with my month old baby?

My baby is about a month and a week and a half, I have noticed his crossed eyes that he does every once in awhile. Usually when something is close to his face, though something that worried me a lot the other day was his right eye would go towards his nose a lot, till I could see almost all the...

by Dark-rose101164 over a year ago

Cyst on my baby girls brain-19 weeks gestation

Hi everyone I just went for my u :-( ltrasound to determine the sex of the baby an to do some testing, and once I saw the doctor he told me not to "freak out" an hearing that always makes your heart drop. He then told me they found a cyst on my babies brain which could mean nothing at...

by xambs7x over a year ago

RFID Use Helps Avoid Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

Hung Cao, a graduate assistant from the University of Texas has developed a device that may be a new solution for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). The use of RFID (Radio Frequency Identification Device) could save the lives of around 2,250 babies in US alone who succumb to sudden infant death...

by simone2593 over a year ago

No corpus callosum in the brain in acrofacial dysostosis, Rodriguez type

Can I ask you a question? If a baby has been prenatally diagnosed (or received an indication that there might be) acrofacial dysostosis, Rodriguez type, does this automatically mean that there is no corpus collosum in the brain? Or do some acrofacial dysostosis, Rodriguez type patients have this...

by jo1575176851 over a year ago