Age specific questions from about 3 months to about 1 year of age. Younger: newborn. Older: toddler.
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How can I keep my 1yr old from gagging and throwing up when eating solids?
My 1yr old son is still taking formula and 2nd foods because when we try most kinds of blended foods (foods with texture), he gags and throws up all over himself.
I've read quite a bit that this gag ...
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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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Is it really that bad to get water in an infant's ear?
My baby girl loves taking baths but, of course, we get conflicting information about how often and how careful we should be of water in her ears. The peditrition said every other day and didn't say ...
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Should I be worried about my baby's eyesight?
My baby is 7 weeks old, and we have some concerns about his eyesight. When he was first born we were nervous because he would often bulge both eyes out - looked like he was kind of straining and his ...
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neighbour's Marijuana effects on infant
I live in a flat. The flat next door (we share 2 walls) has an old man who smokes 5-6 times a day. Sometimes alone, sometimes with 2-3 friends (guessing never been inside but see people come in)
I ...
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How do we prepare for a long car journey with a 2 month old?
Is there anything specific to think about when planning a long car journey (12 hours with an overnight stop) with a 2-month old? I guess one of the issues is whether one of the adults stays in the ...
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Why has my infant stopped eating?
My 10 month old has been a very good eater since we started feeding her solids at 6 months. She has been eating all sorts of things - she has 8 teeth, so has no trouble eating most table foods. She'd ...
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Can I use a stroller for my infant in Chicago's public transportation?
My family will be visiting Chicago next month and we'll be using the metro and buses.
My question is, how do infants (son is a 7 month old baby) usually travel in public transporation? Does one have ...
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Should we feed the 3MO on demand at night with more frequent wakes?
As is common with 3-4 month olds, we've gone from a very good sleep schedule to more frequent wakes.
Depending on fussiness she will get to sleep between 630 and 730, and she used to sleep for 3-4 ...
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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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What is Heuristic play?
I've been looking at lots of different nurseries (day care) for my one year old child.
Most of them are proud to offer something they call "heuristic play".
What is heuristic play? Why is it so ...
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Diaper rash: if properly treated how long will it last?
Our 3-month old son has bad diaper rash. We're putting a lot of the cream on each time we change his diaper. How long will it take before this goes away?
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What is the recommended age for an infant to start sleeping in his own room?
Our 8½-month infant sleeps in his own crib inside our room. He was born 2 months early, so his adjusted age (equivalent age for a full-term baby) is about 6½ months and his development is ...
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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 should I prepare myself, my husband, and my daughter for my return to work?
I was laid off shortly after having our daughter. I have never been so happy to be laid off from work because I found that I love being home with her. She is almost 5 months old. I did work for about ...
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Why does a pacifier trigger my baby's gag reflex?
My baby doesn't often take a pacifier, but occasionally he will. I've noticed lately that once in a while, putting in the pacifier will trigger his gag reflex and will sometimes even cause him to spit ...
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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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Should I be concerned that my infant holds her sneeze in?
My ten-month-old daughter just got stick (seems like cold/flu). What's really strange for me is that she holds her sneezes in. In fact, sometimes she's almost shaking from the exertion of holding her ...
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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 qualities should be looked in a bedding for an infant to prevent the crib deaths?
That's the question.
What qualities should be looked in a bedding for an infant to prevent the crib deaths?
Does sealing the bedding with a strong polythene sheet provide any benefits or risks?
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Should I stop my infant from sucking his thumb?
My 2-month-old has recently discovered his thumb. He used to often suck his hands, normal baby behavior, and occasionally would "find" his thumb and happily suck for a while - usually when he was ...
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Is Woodward's Gripe water safe?
We've been given a bottle of Woodward's gripe water? Is it safe? I see a long list of ingredients, such as Sarjkakshara and Bronopol and Methlyparaben
Additionaly, is it useful?
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How do we stop our daughter rolling over and waking herself up?
Our 5 month old generally gets her head down somewhere in the early evening. We lie the sleeping lump on the bed face up, and she snoozes. Then she rolls over onto her tummy and wakes up. She's at the ...
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How to encourage a 4 month old to swim
For the last 2 months, we have been taking our daughter, now 4 months old, to the baby swimming twice a week. She enjoys it however she doesn't really swim. She just sits, floats and lounges: allowing ...
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How old does a child have to be to start using a pacifier?
I guess I'd have to say I'm still struggling with this question, which is why I'm throwing it out here for others to answer: what is your feeling on giving pacifiers to young children, and how old ...
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Do I need infant cloth diaper covers with a cut-out for the umbilical cord?
We are in the process of purchasing our first round of cloth diapers for our soon to be born son. We are planning to go with prefolds and covers and I have noticed that some of the companies sell ...
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Baby gift suggestion for third boy?
What is a good idea for a baby gift for someone who has just had their third boy? They do not want to see one more blue stretchie :) - or even any piece of boy's clothing. They have toys and books, ...
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Should we cut our infant's hair?
I've heard it more than once that one shouldn't cut baby's hair in the first year. The explanation when I ask why seems flimsy to me; along the lines of the hair structure not being settled yet.
My ...
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Is my pediatrician missing something about my 3 month old's gas pain?
My 3 month old has cried out at between 4:00 and 6:00 a.m. for hours in gas pain almost every night for the past 6 weeks or so. There have been 2 or 3 nights in this time where she did not have an ...
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How to improve the introduction of solid food?
My wife and I have six month old twin daughters whom we have just begun to feed solid foods. Per our doctor's instructions we have begun feeding the girls Beech-Nut Rice Cereal. In an effort to ...
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Are calcium supplements helpful for a teething infant?
My 9-mo has been chewing on anything that comes his way for the past 2 months now. We initially thought this was because he would be teething soon. But nothing has come up yet.
Should I be giving him ...
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Are there any non-soy, non-dairy infant formulas?
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For a child who is allergic to dairy, there are soy-based formulas. However, soy has phytoestrogens, estrogen-like hormones, to which infants are sensitive*, **.
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Are there any ...
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How to read an English story book to the kid when we don't talk in English at home?
I am not a native English speaker nor is the country I live in. However since English is given a higher preference here over the native language I would like my kid to learn English from an early age.
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At what speed do kids normally teeth?
This is a follow-up question to my other question here
My son finally started teething and his first bud appeared around a week after the question was posted :)
But now the teething has again ...
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How can I strengthen my baby's arms?
Our 11-month-old hasn't been too interested in learning to crawl. I think she got tired of failing. She pushes her self backwards but can't push herself forwards. While searching for activities that ...
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Should we roll our baby back onto his back so he can sleep?
Our baby's new trick is rolling onto his tummy. Unfortunately, he hasn't quite figured out how to get back to his back. He remains beached until we flip him.
The problem is, he doesn't nap because ...
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Can I save rice cereal for short periods of time?
We've started feeding our baby rice cereal. I try to make small amounts and make more if he needs it, but sometimes I make too much. I understand that once you've prepared rice cereal (mixed it with ...
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Toys for a 1 year old [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to better engage myself with my 15 month old
This is my first child, and she is getting now 1 year old.
What type of type of toys can a father or mother to play to ...
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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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5 month old won't fall asleep because she always turns herself onto her stomach
This question is related to How do dealing with infant flipping over during sleep training?, but not exactly the same.
Our 5 month old daughter flips onto her stomach constantly. When you put her ...
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Cleaning up from Gentian Violet
Does anyone know of any way to get Gentian Violet off of a babies mouth/lips? We have to give him 2 more doses I believe and he is already a purple mess after the first dose. I realize that the mouth, ...
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Torticollis: what should we expect?
We have been instructed to take our 4 month old to a physical therapist to address torticollis and flat head. In past visits to our pediatrician we were given stretches to do and have attempted to ...
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According to the following symptoms, is our son ready for mash?
It seems as if our six months old son has difficulties digesting his first lunch mash. We are using mash as it was described in several books:
carrots mash
carrots + potato mash
carrots + lamb meat ...
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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 it recommended to use warm water for bathing my baby?
I don't know whether this is a good habit or not for my baby.
But my wife is always taking our baby a bath using warm water.So when the time we would to take our baby to swim in the pool, our baby ...
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How do we break nursing associations at naptime?
We've recently tried Ferber's method of progressive waiting to help our 4-month-old sleep better.
At nights, it's worked extremely well... after his bath in the evening he now falls asleep within ...
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How can I get my infant to stop biting his lower lip?
The myth in our neck of the woods goes that it makes the lip bulge out and reduces chin size.
I dont know how true it is, but the only time our 3 month old doesnt bite his lip is when he's chewing ...
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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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Are the “gentlease” and “sensitive” infant formulas anything more than sugar water?
The primary ingredient for the regular infant formula is "nonfat milk". The primary ingredient for the "gentlease" and "sensitive" formulas is "corn syrup". Seems to me we should be going with the ...
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What symptoms call for an immediate trip to the doctor? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do you know when it is time to take a child to the Doctor?
As a new mother, I tend to be very worried. I'm always afraid I might be missing something, or not ...
