Age specific questions from about 3 months to about 1 year of age. Younger: newborn. Older: toddler.
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Should we give our infant baby food to avoid feeding at night?
Our little boy is 4 and half months old. He weights around 7.5 kg. He wakes up many times at night for milk.
Shall we start giving him baby food so that he does not feel hungry at night?
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How can I encourage my 13 month old to stand?
My 13 month daughter has no interest in standing or even putting weight on her feet. We're concerned if she doesn't start trying to stand she won't start walking.
Is there anything I can do to ...
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How do I get my 6-month-old to sleep better at night?
So our 6-month-old boy still doesn't sleep through the night. He still wakes up at least once and wants to eat.
He takes 3 naps during the day, ranging from 30 minutes to 1.5 (sometimes 2) hours.
We ...
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Why does my child squirm so much while bottle feeding?
She used to be fairly intent and placated by feeding (she's 6 months now). About two weeks ago she started squirming around quite a bit while drinking from her bottle. She arches her back and moves ...
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will their constant car honking will affect my baby's(4 MONTHS) development and hearing? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How much noise does it take to negatively impact an infant’s hearing?
I have neighbors who honks their cars everyday when they want their gate opened. And there are ...
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What are some good strategies for preventing Diaper Rash?
Rather than make a question I thought a wiki would be better for this. (Hope I can convert it later).
My wife and I are more apt to try and prevent things from happening to the kids, and diaper rash ...
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How can I help my baby poop
My newborn (currently 6 weeks) sometimes goes a few days without a bowel movement. It seems like this makes her uncomfortable and she sometime looks like she's trying to get something going (she has ...
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Is it okay for an infant to sleep 10-12 hours at night?
Our 4-month-old baby regularly sleeps for 10+ hours at night. I know this isn't normal (and we feel pretty blessed for it), but is it okay? Are there any health problems or downsides to this?
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How do you establish good sleeping habits after dealing with colic?
My parenting vocabulary is quite limited, and Google Translate can help that much. Hope you understand me anyway.
Our son had colic for four months, he is ten months now. The colic resulted in bad ...
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Kids Website, is it a good idea?
My daughter is just 4 months old. Being a software developer, I register two domains on her name, as soon as her name is finalized.
Now I was looking for some really eye catching kid website ...
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When you don't think (grand)children are getting the care they need
My neigbor is now a grandmother of two little girls about whom she is very concerned.
Relevant backstory:
The grandmother/neighbor was an adict to multiple things while she raised the mother of the ...
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How can I encourage my 4 month old to roll over from tummy to back?
I believe my child has the mental knowledge necessary to roll over. My child can do a mini-pushup where head and chest are lifted and the upper body is supported by the forearms. She also "swims" ...
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Is it okay to let a baby cry at bedtime?
My 4-month-old has a set bedtime routine and will generally go happily to sleep - but occasionally (for no particular reason) he'll work himself up into a fit and cry for long periods of time, ...
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Are there any rules of thumb on fitting cloth diapers with snaps?
We are using the Bum Genius Elemental with snaps (not Velcro) and have been having a tough time finding the correct snaps to use as our son (currently 6mo, 23 lbs, 22") grows. We like the snaps as ...
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When should I stop swaddling my baby?
I swaddled my baby in a swaddling blanket for a short time after he was born, and then moved on to a Halo combination sleep sack and swaddle blanket. He is now nearly 3 months old, and I'm still using ...
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How do you know if you're ready to be a parent?
It's hard to imagine a more difficult life decision than deciding to be a parent.
How do you know if you're ready to be a parent?
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Why has my infant suddenly changed her sleep patterns? Is she teething?
My daughter normally goes down for the night around 7.30pm. After that she sleeps soundly (with a feed at 10pm) until 3-4am, where she'll grizzle a few times but go back to sleep without needing to be ...
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Is it better to get an infant car seat or a convertible?
Is it better to get an infant car seat or a seat that converts from one stage to the next? Is there any benefit to the infant car seat that justifies paying for an infant car seat and a toddler car ...
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When I should, and should not use manual pump for breast feeding?
Just curious:
- Can I start using it from the first day onwards?
- Can I continue using it for a very long time? Any side effects?
- Any advantages to mother and child when using breast milk stored in ...
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Should we freeze some breastmilk for later use even if there's no excess supply?
My wife is currently pumping just enough milk to keep up with "demand". Since she'll be going to back to work and won't be able to pump as often as she does now, her milk supply will likely run out ...
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Why not let a toddler share a bedroom with a baby?
We have a 2 year old daughter and now we expect a baby in November. After the initial few months, when the newborn will be sleeping in our bedroom, we could put both children in one room together. ...
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How much sun is too much for a child?
My three months old son really likes to sit or lie in the spots where the sun shines through our windows unto the floor. I guess he likes the additional warmth.
Currently it's winter in Germany (from ...
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What should we pack when going camping with an infant?
My family and I are going camping in a couple of weeks and were wondering if anyone had any tips or just precautions we should take. I have been camping only a couple of times in my life; however, my ...
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How does having a second child change your life?
Most parents would probably agree that having a child will deeply change your life. But how does having a second child change your life?
Second-time parents won't be much surprised about the smell ...
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new tooth has a black color (baby 8mo old)
My 8mo baby has his upper front teeth on the way. Today, I noticed that one of them was black and blue in color. This is scary to me. It looks like one of the teeth is black, but it might be that the ...
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Do baby massages improve motor skills and emotional development?
I find a lot of parents take their baby to get baby massages. I have heard that babies who receive periodic baby massages (such as once a week) are showing rapid development in their motor skills and ...
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How to set appropriate height for a baby saucer?
I want to make sure that I do not set it too high or too low.
If it sets too high a baby can have a bad walking habit because he walks on his toe. But if it's too low, it can cause his legs support ...
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Programming with a baby
I'm wondering what parents programmers (or really any working-at-a-computer job) have to say about staying at home with an infant while trying to get some work done; is it at all feasible? How much ...
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Is it ok for my baby to sleep in his swing?
I have a Fisher-Price baby swing that my 7-week-old is spending a lot of time in :) I've found that I often put him in wide awake, and a short while later he's soundly sleeping. Is it ok to leave him ...
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How much should I interact with my newborn?
I have a 2 month old baby. My wife and I take care of him collectively. As he is growing, his sleep time is reducing. Sometimes, due to our schedules, we want him to sleep, but the baby is still ...
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One room for each son, or one bedroom and one play room?
My family just +1'd itself. The newborn sleeps with us in the master bedroom for now, but we will move him when he's a few months old and no longer requires attention several times each night.
Our ...
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How can I prevent my 9 month old from eating anything and everything?
Generally, babies, particularly newborns, have a tendency to eat or munch anything they get their hands on. This can be very hazardous or sometimes fatal if the matter is toxic.
Can someone give me ...
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How do you know when it is time to take a child to the Doctor?
Our children have recently been sick and I am wondering when is the right time to take them to the doctor. They both have had runny noses with coughs, diarrhea, and fevers off and on for a week, ...
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What is the best way to give medicine to baby?
My 3 and half monthChild is having cold and refuse to take medicine. We force her to take medicine with dropper after holding her head and hand. Even if she take her medicine she simply do not swallow ...
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Does teaching your child sign language improve his emotional health?
We're expecting our first child and trying to make decisions about what parenting trends to follow. I've been reading about teaching sign language to babies. It seems like the jury is out on whether ...
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How young is too young to take a child overseas?
My wife and I are expecting a child at the end of February. My sister-in-law is planning on getting married in early May in Macedonia (we live in the US). This is our first child and we're more than a ...
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My baby is having cough and making wheezing sound
My baby is 3 and half months old and she is having cough and making wheezing sound while breathing. She had attack of Pneumonia 20 days back and had to be admitted to hospital, her Ped says that she ...
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How much upright time is acceptable for a newborn?
I have read many recommendations about not keeping newborns upright due to skeletal development to support the head.
However, I also have (and use) a papoose style carrier in the ErgoBaby (with ...
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Is a fetus's level of activity a good way to predict their personality?
Right now, my wife is having a 7 month pregnancy. :D
Everytime we see our baby through USG when we visit our doctor, our baby looks very calm. He only made a simple movement such as chewing.
Will my ...
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What works to get a distracted nurser to eat during the day?
I have a 7 month old baby who has been a distracted nurser since about 3 months. She continues to gain weight appropriately, so she does get enough to eat, but getting her to eat what she needs is a ...
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7 month old will no longer play on her stomach
My 7 month old is capable of rolling both front-to-back and back-to-front. She can also sit fairly well when place in the sitting position, although she cannot get to that position on her own. ...
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How worried should I be about head bumps as my infant learns to get around?
We have hardwood floors in the house, and have made a little "play area" out of foam interlocking "tiles" for our 9 MO to play on. Of course, he's not content to restrict his explorations to the ...
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Why is my 3 month old waking up 10+ times a night?
My 3 month old went from starting on a good sleep trajectory (a five hour and 3 hour stretch at 8 weeks regularly) to waking between every 15 minutes and every 2 hours. What I'm trying to figure out ...
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Co-sleeping with a crawler
We co-sleep with our little one and it has generally been very successful. Now she is on the brink of learning how to crawl, and we are worried that she might crawl off the bottom of the bed while we ...
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scientific parenting book for newborns thru pre-school [closed]
I am looking for a particular kind of parenting book.
The focus should be on newborn to pre-school. The book would offer parenting advice grounded in scientific studies.
For example, there is a ...
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How do we discourage our infant from pulling hair?
My 4.5 month old son has recently started to grab hold of hair. It seems to be out of comfort or for stability rather than for 'fun', but we would like to discourage this behavior.
Is there a way to ...
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Ideas for infant bedding
We have an active 10 month old, who sleeps soundly, but tends to roll a lot thereby hitting his head against the crib railings. Having a small apartment, we don't have much place for a mattress on ...
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How do we stop our child screeching?
Our 3 1/2 month old has just learned how to make an ear-piercing screech, which appears to either mean "happy" or "tired and grumpy".
How can we dissuade her from making this noise, without ...
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Can we switch Vaccine from one manufacturer to other? [closed]
My four-month-old son received a shot for DTaP-IPV/Hib vaccine (Pentacel®). Due to my family emergency, my infant needs to be out of the States for up-to a year. We want to make sure that he gets ...
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What should I consider when flying with an infant?
My wife and I will be traveling to the US next month and we're going to take two flights, probably one of 2 hrs and the other 4.
Although my 7-months-old son already sits by himself, I'm not sure I ...
