It’s time to introduce your baby to solid food. Get your camera ready to capture those first reactions to the tastes of something other than breast milk or formula.
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Swaddling can help calm a fussy baby. And after years of taking care of babies and raising 3 of my own, I’m pretty good at getting just the right snug wrap! But done the wrong way, swaddling can be harmful. Let’s take a look at why and how to do it right.
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My first baby cried day and night. No matter what I did – walk, sing, carry, soothe – he cried. And cried loudly!
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My meal was being stalked and the stalker was my 4-month-old son! He was telling me he was ready for some solid food – "Maybe not ice cream but surely some pureed carrots, Mom?"
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Parents often have so many questions about helping babies sleep that they didn’t fit in one post! Here are additional questions I hear the most with answers from me, my fellow pediatricians, and pediatric health educators.
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When other moms in a mother’s support group recently told my friend her use of formula to supplement her breast milk was like “feeding him fast food when you should be feeding organic,” I was shocked. Maybe I shouldn’t have been – because parents receive unsolicited advice and criticism from all sides.
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