Age specific questions from birth through about 3 months. Younger: pregnancy. Older: infant.

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What are good things to look for in formulas for newborns who need to supplement?

What sort of formula should I look for for a very new newborn that doesn't promote constipation?
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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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How to comfort a new born with gum's ache whose teeth are about to grow?

I like to know how to comfort and relax a new born whose primary teeth (or milk teeth) are about to grow. What about soothing the gums with a Teether? What i have read about Teether s is that they are ...
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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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What are the next steps after a twin mix-up has been discovered after several years?

If twins are mixed up while they are newborns, but the mix-up isn't discovered until years later. What do you do? Or should you do anything? Realizing of course, that eventually parents can tell them ...
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Do you use number of weeks or day of the month to determine an infant's birthday?

If a child was born today, which is July 18th and the third Monday of July, would he or she become one month old on August 18th or the third Monday in August (August 22)? Thanks
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Can a newborn feel pain in the umbilical stump?

I accidentally tugged on the umbilical stump of my newborn baby while changing his diaper, and now he's crying and it's bleeding a little. Have I hurt my baby? I'm adding this question (and an ...
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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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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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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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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 CMS for parenting purpose? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Kids Website, is it a good idea? I'm about to be a mother soon (yay) and I would like to share with people my new mom's experience. I'm not a big fan of social networks ...
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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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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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Does gluten pass through into breast milk?

We're pretty sure that our 2 month old baby suffers from a gluten intolerance but when we spoke to our doctor she claimed that it was impossible for babies to get gluten from the mother's breast milk. ...
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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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