Questions tagged [newborn]
Age specific questions from birth through about 3 months. Younger: pregnancy. Older: infant.
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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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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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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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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 answer)...
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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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Can I figure out what my baby wants by the sound it makes when it cries?
Can I figure out what my baby needs from its crying?
According to Dunstan Baby Language, the sound used before hysterical baby crying gives information on what the baby needs. The Dunstan website ...
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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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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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Is it okay for both parents to be asleep at the same time?
It's day 2 and we've been trying to always have 1 of us awake at all times watching the baby so that we're never both sleeping at the same time. Does a newborn need to be watched 24/7 or am I just ...
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Should I stop my 2-month-old 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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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 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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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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How can I prevent diaper leaks with my newborn?
My 2 week old son has at least 1 diaper leak per day. I am not 100% sure but the leak seems to always be along the top of the diaper, near the sides. Initial reading tells me that this is a common ...
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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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When changing diapers, how soon should we put the new diaper on?
Are we supposed to put the new diaper on immediately or give our newborn some diaper-free time? His skin under the diaper is slightly moist when changing it, should we give him some time to air out? ...
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Are cloth diapers really supposed to fit a newborn?
We decided to go with a diaper service before our son was born but when we brought him home the diapers seems way to large for him. He was small, but not insanely small (6 lbs 10 oz). Only the Newborn ...
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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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How do we get rid of our baby's thrush?
Both my partner and our baby have picked up thrush.
The doctor has given us some medicine - a gloopy lotion to rub in the babies mouth and my partner was given a single table which she has taken. ...
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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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How can we make our newborn accept the bottle?
Our baby has mainly been breast-fed so far, and, while it has worked reasonably well (she's gaining weight), it would be nice if I, as the father, could feed her once in a while to allow my wife some ...
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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 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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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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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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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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Should I clean my newborn's umbilical cord stump or leave it be?
Our pediatrician said that some doctors say to leave the umbilical cord stump alone but he likes to suggest using a cotton swab with alcohol to wipe the perimeter.
I am fine with just leaving it be ...
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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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How can I safely keep a pacifier in a 2-month-old's mouth?
Sometimes the only thing that will keep a 2-month-old baby happy is a pacifier, but at that age, baby is too young to retrieve the pacifier after it falls out.
It helps to tuck the pacifier under ...
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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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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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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 ...
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How do we introduce a newborn to the family dogs?
When our newborn arrives home, how do we introduce our two dogs to the child? We have two Shetland Sheepdogs and they are of course very friendly and loving. Despite this, it feels that in the ...
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Why does my 2-month-old consistently fuss at nightfall?
My 2-month-old daughter consistently fusses or screams around sundown/nightfall regardless of the sky being overcast, the lights in the house being on, or apparently any other factor.
Is this common, ...
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What to buy to prepare for the arrival of a new baby? [closed]
Our baby is going to be born in a few months, what should we make sure we have before she gets here?