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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.

How to Prevent Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

SIDS is the sudden death of infants who are 1 month to 1 year old. There is no explanation of what causes the deaths. Also, there are no specific symptoms to indicate the condition. SIDS is diagnosed only when all other possible causes of death have been ruled out by a detailed evaluation of the...

by User avatar Lori2592

Rubella Vaccination

What kind of vaccine is the rubella vaccine? Is it enough to get just MMR vaccine? My baby is 11 months old. Is it too early for him to get vaccine? It seems that other moms give their neither kids nor MMR.

by User avatar gallant1789

How much sleep should three month preemie should be getting?

Hi, Our daughter was born at me being 32 weeks pregnant, thankfully, she was small but no major health issues. She was even having my milk her last week at the ICU. She is almost 3 months old now and for the last few days there is a very noticeable change in the time she spends sleeping. It almost...

by User avatar Guest

My husband is afraid that he could do some harm to our baby!

Hello everyone! I have a 2 month old baby and I adore her. She is very quiet, cries only when she is colicky and almost never wakes up at nights. But I have a big problem with my husband. My husband is afraid that he could do some harm to our baby! He is too afraid to hold her, he panics whenever...

by User avatar sean20392228

Viagra May Protect Babies with Heart Defects

Scientists may have found another life-saving function of erectile dysfunction drug Viagra. This time it may not be saving sexual male lives but lives of babies with congenital heart disease. The drug was found to be effective in preventing a common life-threatening complication called rebound...

by User avatar Mick

Homeopathy for treating babies

Hi, folks. My wife and I just got our first baby. We have never experienced such luck before. Our baby is perfectly fine, but we would like to know something more about homeopathy and how it can be applied for treating babies. Can anyone tell us something more about this? We will appreciate it....

by User avatar christos116879242

Scientists allowed to create baby with two genetic mothers

Mitochondria disease is passed on from a mother's egg. Mitochondrial disorders cause serious health problems in children, and many of them die prematurely because of the inability to produce the energy for growth. There is no effective treatment for mitochondrial disease at the moment. However,...

by User avatar simone2593

Infant with Serratia Marcescens

Hi, my baby is diagnosed to have Serratia Marcescens infection manifesting as meningitis. I suspect that the baby was infected in hospital, because I’ve heard of other cases of this infection. What are other possible complications?

by User avatar Guest

A Potential Biological Cause for SIDS

SIDS has been a mystery for such a long time. Sudden infant death syndrome is diagnosis of death of babies within their first year of life that doctors find no particular cause of. There have been some speculations about possible risk factors like putting babies to sleep on their stomachs or...

by User avatar Mick

No bowel movement

My so is a month old and he is not using the bathroom regularly I have have him enemas and everything and he just won't go what should I do

by User avatar Mommy v