Age specific questions from birth through about 3 months. Younger: pregnancy. Older: infant.
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Not teaching a child how to speak
Although I realize that this question may not be fit for Parenting StackExchange, yet I'm curious to understand - if you don't teach a child how to speak then will the child develop a new language to ...
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newborn / 1mo : funny milk smell in the head?
My newborn girl has a funny smell in the top of her head: it's like milk or strawberry yogurt. Very soft, very light, I have to come really close to feel it. But it's something I notice...
She takes ...
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How soon until I can take my newborn to take a walk outside?
I understand that newborn's immune system is still weak and crowds/strangers are to be avoided. Knowing this, how soon can I take my newborn outside, for example to take ~1 hours walk in a non-crowded ...
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What stroller features are essential for regular use on the subway?
With subways being crowded spaces, with gaps to get over, escalators and steps etc., what types of stroller, and what functionality in a stroller should I be looking at for my newborn/infant?
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How can we make our newborn breastfeed less frequently?
We have a new baby (almost two weeks old). For the past 8-9 days she's had a habit of Breastfeeding every hour during the afternoons. She can spend 30mins feeding, then 30mins active and gurgling, ...
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Should you give honey to a newborn?
I visited a friend-of-the-family in hospital soon after they'd had their new baby. I was surprised to see a jar of honey by the bedside. I thought it was for the parents to have in Tea or on toast, ...
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Why does my baby moan every 3-5min during sleeping?
My baby girl is 2 weeks old. She starts making squeaks, moans, yawns during sleeping every 3-5min. She did that as well before, but not as often as these two days. She also gets more difficult to ...
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How should I schedule the sleep and feeding pattern of my infant so that he gets enough feed when I am at home?
I am a working person.
After my child is 3 months old, I will continue to go to my job from morning 7:00 till evening 18:00.
I will be coming home at around 14:00 to breastfeed for about half an ...
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Are clothes needed for a newborn?
Provided that I have a warm enough home, can a newborn live there with only diapers, or does he still need clothes on? If so, why?
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How to prepare to homeschool for our new baby
We are expecting a baby this July was wondering how to prepare for his coming with the intention of homeschooling the child. Do we need to take some courses, read books, prepare a plan to start ...
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Why skin dryness occurs in infants or new born babies and how to get rid of skin dryness and dandruff?
I have a one and a half month old baby daughter. She is having dry skin and dandruff. We have used olive oil to massage her skin and also Johnson's baby lotion but still there is a lot of improvement ...
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How to handle my baby boy urinating in bath?
I bathe my two weeks old baby boy every evening. Very often he will urinate as soon as he touch the water, obviously because of the temperature change.
So far I just ignored it, letting him pee into ...
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What can help prepare a 15 month old for the birth of a sibling?
My son is 15 months old and we are expecting a girl in 7-8 weeks. We have started talking about "baby sister" and we talk about baby sister's chair, car seat, room, etc. I know he doesn't understand ...
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How do you cope in the first few months?
How do you cope with the sleeplessness, the stress, the fear in the first few months?
Our baby just came home yesterday. He was five weeks premature, so he was in the NICU for two weeks. The stress ...
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What is “Tummy Time”
In a pediatric visit for my 1 month old son. The doctor suggested that we do a "Tummy Time" practice several times a day. She explained to us how to do it. But I could not understood what are the ...
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Do I really need to wake my newborn to feed him?
We have a two week old child. He's eating well during the day, eating at least 8 times a day, and is breast feeding. His weight gain has been 'normal' so far, and he regained his original birth weight ...
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What should I expect regarding development of baby born severely underweight with Symmetrical IUGR?
My baby was born at week 38, weighting 4.5 lbs.
According to the ultrasounds, he stopped growing on week 34 and he was diagnosed at birth with Symmetrical IUGR. Before week 34, everything seemed ...
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Baby breastfeeds for only 5 mins before sleeping again
My daughter is 2 months old and is exclusively breastfed. After drinking for only 5 mins she falls asleep again and wakes up crying again after 30 mins. We have tried different things like tickling ...
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New born seems to be spitting up entire meals. Should I be worried?
We have a baby that is a little over a week old and it seems like after some feedings she is spitting up what looks like her entire meal (breast feeding). I've been weighing her and she still seems ...
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How often should my wife breastfeed our newborn?
Our newborn is one week old and a boy. When we were still in hospital, the nurse was giving formula milk to our newborn every 3 hours. But since we brought our baby home, we exclusively breastfeed our ...
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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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Should we circumcise our son?
My wife and I will be having a son in about a month and we are still deciding if we should have him circumcised.
There does not seem to be a strong medical opinion on the matter but we are ...
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Dad-to-be needs help finding a changing table
My wife and I are setting up a baby room for our first child (due in June). We've so far been very fortunate in finding great deals on a matching crib and gliding rocker/ottoman! The only major ...
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My 3 month old gets up 10-15 times a night?
My 3 month old newborn has been waking up every 15 minutes to every hour during the night for 4 weeks and we have tried everything from Baby Wise to Baby Whisperer to the No cry Sleep Solution with no ...
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What is a reasonable amount of time to wait before family visits your new baby?
My wife and I are preparing to negotiate with our families about visiting our first baby. We want to take some time to recover and feel like we have a comfortable routine before taking visitors. We ...
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How early should I start thinking about cloth diapers?
My girlfriend and I just got pregnant, she is eight weeks in. I have been reading a lot about cloth diapering, and I was wondering if it is too early to start thinking about this. Here are my ...
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What are the risks of posting baby pictures online?
We've set up a Twitter account for our daughter so that interested people (friends, relatives, old ladies) can follow her, find out what she's doing and see how adorable she is.
My sister heard this ...
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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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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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What are the basic items we should buy to receive our new baby?
We've being looking online for a to buy list of basic items we should buy before having a baby. We are planning to move so we want to buy just the basic needs.
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What to do when the pinky is the only way to soothe a newborn?
My question is: Is there any way to soothe a crying baby in the middle of the night other than inserting my pinky?
Summery:
Pinky method = only successful soothing found
Tried the following other ...
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Introducing a newborn to my 2 yr old
My wife and I have a 2 year old little girl. We in the upcoming weeks will be having a new addition (another girl) added into our home. We want our 2 year old to embrace her new little sister, love ...
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Should my wife pump after feeding to “top her off?”
My question is: Can we trust that the baby will not starve itself and will eat as much as it needs, or is it a good idea to pump and feed the pumped milk to her from the bottle after the next feeding?
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When the new baby arrives how do you help the oldest sibling adjust? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I cope with my toddler’s jealousy towards her newborn brother and sister?
Sibling rivalry will occur, but there must be preventative things that can be done to ...
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How to help my newborn pass gas
I have a newborn (10 days). She seems to struggle with a lot of gas several times a day (first question, is this too much!?). How do we help her pass the gas more quickly and easily? She does get it ...
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At what age should I enroll my child in dental and vision plans?
Background:
Most insurance coverage in the US has separate policies and payroll withholding for health, dental, and vision insurance plans. One can typically decide who's covered independently for ...
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What items should an infant first-aid kit contain?
Let's say we want to put together a little first-aid kit for home and travel for our newborn. What items would you suggest to be in there?
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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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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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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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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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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 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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How can we get our newborn to sleep at night as soundly as he does in the day?
We've just had a new arrival- a little boy, now 7 days old.
During the day he sleeps like a dream. As I write this, he has been asleep for around 4 hours without really stirring at all.
The only ...
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What kind of controlled safe scientific experiments can I do with my baby?
I have a 3 month old baby and I was wondering what kind of controlled and most importantly, safe home-made scientific experiments I can do with my baby to understand his development, his behavior and ...
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What to buy to prepare for the arrival of a new baby?
Our baby is going to be born in a few months, what should we make sure we have before she gets here?
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Will a Play Yard provide the same comfort and back support to the baby as a Crib?
We are debating if a Play Yard will be more practical than a crib. We believe that it will be safer than a crib, and also easy to carry around.
What we don't know is if the play yard mattress will ...
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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 ...
