Age specific questions from birth through about 3 months. Younger: pregnancy. Older: infant.
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Does feedback from a baby monitor result in hearing loss?
I plan on making an appointment with my baby's pediatrician but before I do, I wanted to get some feedback on my concern.
Earlier this evening, while at home, our baby monitor was too loud resulting ...
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6answers
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Calming Baby after bath
I guess that I am lucky in some ways. My son, three months old. Loves being in the bath. He is not scared of water and loves to splash.
However, taking him out of the bath is a different matter, ...
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3answers
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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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Do we need an electronic breast pump?
Since we plan that my wife is going to be a full-time/stay at home mom, do you think she will need an electronic breast pump?
We are first time parents. We do not sure if we need the electric one or ...
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How to cut infants nails
My two month old daughter has sharp nails. Please suggest some safe way of cutting her nails so that she doesnt scratch herself. We bought a supposedly baby nail clipper but it is no different from a ...
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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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Is an “Amber Necklace” effective for helping with teething?
My daughter seems to be starting to teethe. She's 7 weeks old and hasn't quite figured out teething toys and we don't want to start with drugs or other medications. We've had numerous friends suggest ...
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What are the biggest expenses for a new baby?
My wife is expecting, and as we plan, I want to know if there is anything that people were surprised by how expensive it is, or didn't realize they would need to pay for?
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How many hours baby sleep in a day?
Recently, I noticed that my 2-months-old baby sleep almost a day include naps (maybe 3-5 hours awake). Should I do anything about this? Such as just wake him up or it is normal.
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Ok to mix breast milk with water?
Our 2 month old breast feeds 90% of the time, but if my wife is away we will use pumped breast milk from a bottle. The other day my wife was out and we only had 1.5 oz of defrosted breast milk. Our ...
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What can be done if a breastfed newborn baby drinks too slowly?
Our newborn baby (7 weeks old, ca. 4 kg) wants to drink at the breast nearly the whole day:
He drinks very slowly (one "meal" can take 30..60 minutes), makes a lot of breaks during drinking and mostly ...
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Do dummies (“pacifiers”) hinder speech development?
I have always frowned on the use of dummies, because my mother (who ran a nursery for 25 years) was adamant that they can hinder a child's speech development.
Our new baby is very unsettled and very ...
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When is the best time to pump breastmilk, and for how long should I pump?
I have a baby who's just a few weeks old. I try to pump bottles occasionally, so that my baby will be used to the bottle, and also so that I have some mobility if it's really necessary. I'm having a ...
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Does/can it have a negative effect, if newborns/infants are exposed to background noise (TV, …) while awake or sleeping?
A midwife once said that babies might sleep camly in the loudest environment (radio or tv sound, party, etc.), but later they are "reprocessing" all this input and will be unsettled or even won't ...
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5answers
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How can Dads Cope When Going Back to the House Alone?
My partner was in hospital for a week after the birth, and was quite distressed. Obviously, at some point during the night, the hospital will need you to leave, and you'll have to go back to your ...
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How to keep Glasses on when Breastfeeding/Feeding
When my partner is feeding the baby, her glasses slip down because she's looking down at the baby, and she has both hands full, so she can't push them up. I'm happy to push them back on when I'm ...
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2answers
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Is it bad to use a pacifier?
I've been using it when she gets fussy and she seems to love it. Is this a bad habit to get into? I've heard there are potential dental/breastfeeding/dependency issues. Is there any truth to this?
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How do you know when a baby needs to be burped?
My daughter just turned two, and over the last two years, I've learned a lot. Most parenting skills were easy to learn, but I never figured out burping when she was in the infant stage. In retrospect, ...
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Light Day-Hiking with Newborn— baby carrier or offroad stroller?
Baby is due in late June, and we hope to continue our normal habit of light day hikes (<4 miles, no major elevation changes) with her later in the summer and into early fall. Does it make sense to ...
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How concerned should we be about Mice coming into the baby's room?
Our first child is due any day now, and we've got a mouse infestation. We noticed it for the first time at my girlfriend's baby shower (lots of cakes and crumbs out), and since then we've started ...
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6answers
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Can we afford to have a baby?
I'm not a parent (yet!), but the wife and I are seriously thinking about starting a family. We both really want kids, but I'm just worried about the financial strain a baby could have on us.
Am I ...
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How to reverse a new born's sleeping schedule? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can we get our newborn to sleep at night as soundly as he does in the day?
My wife and I had our first child three nights ago. The last two days she has been ...
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What types of developmental milestones should we be concerned about? [closed]
A lot of the developmental questions on this site are about Language, but I'm less anxious about missing language milestones than I am about other potential developmental milestones that I may be ...
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What milestones should we be aware of when planning for our child? [closed]
I want to get an idea of the big picture timeline that we should be prepared for, especially over the early, pre-nursery years.
For example, when should we expect teething, when should we arrange ...
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How often should I bathe my newborn?
He's starting to get pimples. We had thought that we only needed to bathe him once a week, though I can't remember where we read that.
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Is it okay for my newborn to sleep in a travel bed instead of his crib?
My "Pack n Play" is easy to move around the house and it contains things I need such as changing pad or diapers.
Is there any disadvantage for letting my newborn sleep in this for a long period of ...
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What to read or learn before expecting?
We want to be prepare for our 9 months period as a couple and be sure to give a proper environment for our baby. What should we read before and during the 9 month period?
Please note: answers should ...
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How long should a feeding be attempted?
My son has had a couple of consecutive, partial feedings (he is preemie: 5 months old, 1 month adjusted). At the hospital, one partial feeding wasn't a cause for alarm and they simply attempt to feed ...
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What are questions to ask when interviewing a midwife?
We're leaning toward homebirth and we're interviewing midwives. What questions should we ask her? What factors matter?
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Bottle warmer with thermostat [closed]
Do you know a bottle warmer that has a thermostat and is truly temperature controlled - the temperature is not estimated by a timer.
Any ideas?
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Should we use special detergent/washing powder for the laundry of baby clothes? (UK)
Any suggestions/experiences of the best characteristics for a baby clothes detergent would be appreciated. We are in the UK, in case that influences the options we should look for.
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Air in the stomach [closed]
We got premature twins that have a tube connected to their stomach. We use the tube to control the digestion and sometimes to feed them. When we suck the food from the stomach to see how much did they ...
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How can I keep my infant from sleeping while bottle feeding?
We've been trying to get our infant on a schedule, but he tends to fall asleep before he's done eating, which makes it challenging, because he doesn't finish, and wakes up hungry too early. It also ...
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What are the risks of putting a newborn baby to sleep on their front?
For our first baby, we were told by various midwives in no uncertain terms, that babies must always be placed on their backs to sleep (no explanation ever given- just instructions!). This was all very ...
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What exercises should be done post-op for a tongue tied 2 week old? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Are there things to watch out for after a tongue-tie operation?
My 2 week old daughter got the clipping procedure to fix her tongue-tie.
What exercises need to be done ...
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Recommended method for checking a baby is not too cold
At our antenatal classes we were told that it can be misleading to feel a baby's hands to check if they are too cold, because the extremities can get cold even when the baby is ok. A better method is ...
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Is it required or advised to sterilize bottles?
So we've been sterilizing our bottles with a microwave steam bottle sterilizer. Is this at all required? What risks might exist if we don't bother?
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Can scented products irritate a newborn?
I suspect my three month old baby is agitated by the strong scents such as soap, moisturizer, fabric softener etc. It is ironic since so many people recommend a massage with moisturizer for a good ...
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How to prevent “open air incidents”?
We have a newborn who seems to like to pee when we change his diapers. Any tips on how prevent this?
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Should I respond to “fussing” the same as crying in an infant?
During the night my 7-week-old will fuss in his sleep (grunt, flail, etc...). This fussing rarely proceeds to crying but he usually will not settle on his own. When I pick him up he will usually ...
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Is there any benefit to not responding immediately to a crying infant?
Crying is a newborn's favorite activity. They cry whenever they feel hungry, unsafe, or uncomfortable.
But sometimes I prefer to not respond to crying as quickly as possible, in order to teach my ...
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Recommended reading for first-time father? [closed]
My wife and I are having a baby! I haven't been around babies very much, so I'm a little nervous I won't know what to do. What books/resources are available to help someone like me (the Dad) feel more ...
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Can pacifier-use interfere with breastfeeding?
I don't really want my newborn to use the pacifier because I'm afraid it will interfere with breastfeeding. The first week I'd nurse her for an hour to an hour and a half - basically until she was ...
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What are the square cotton wipes that NICUs/nurseries use called?
Discharge is soon and we're looking a few odds and ends for our little one, but I'm at a loss for vocabulary and I'm not finding what I need with google and amazon searches. Every time I search, I ...
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1answer
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Switching a newborn to the correct timezone
We live in London, but our new-born son (3 days old) seems to operate in the US west coast timezone, so he is mainly active during the night. What is the best way to switch him to the local timezone? ...
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How do I make sure I don't mix up identical twin newborns?
I think all babies look alike, even when they are not identical. I need to come up with a strategy over the next few months.
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Why is my newborn crying constantly?
my 4 week old daughter will not stop crying. We've tried everything from sucking, both on pacifiers and fingers to breastfeeding, white noise, movement, diaper is clean she doesn't seem to have a ...
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When and how is circumcision done?
I am not looking for judgment or opinion. I am looking for information.
When is circumcision done? Do we need to set it up in advance, does it happen at the hospital after birth, who does it at the ...
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What could be causing this unusual pain during breast feeding?
My fiancee and I just had our child yesterday, August 17th. This is her second child, and my first. With her first pregnancy, anytime she tried to feed her daughter, she got very strange pain ...
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How do you choose a first pediatrician?
While it would be great to be able to just use the doctor we were raised with...
assuming that's not possible:
How does one not merely locate a good first pediatrician, but evaluate them? What are ...
