All Entries in the "Health & Safety" Category
8 Eco-Friendly Serving Dishes & Utensils For Kids And Babies (Healthier, Too!)
Guard your baby’s health with these 8 practical, nontoxic baby dishes and utensils.
The Newborn Heel Prick – Is It Going To Be History?
The Newborn heel prick test that is routinely conducted on infants is now facing an ethics risk.
Hitherto, this test is routinely administered and the blood sample is used for a number of genetic tests such as Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) to detect hypothyroidism and hence prevent cretinism, Trypsin to detect cystic fibrosis, for detection of [...]
Newborn Sneezing And Coughing – What Does It Mean?
When one is a new parent, it is scary to thrust the complete responsibility of a tiny, completely helpless new life, and in particular when it is a first child, parents struggle to make sense of every little thing that a baby does, or that happens to baby.
If a baby cries you [...]
Age Of Mother As Well As Father Linked To Autism Risk
According to a new study, it is not just the age of the mother, but also the age of the father than contributes to autism risk.
As older mothers are more likely to have babies with autism, so also are older fathers likely to contribute to the risk, even in those cases where the mothers may [...]
Gastroschisis – A Congenital Abnormality Among Newborns
Gastroschisis is a congenital defect seen among newborn babies who are born with their organs outside the body. This can be as commonly occurring as 1 in 2000 births.
This is a defect that occurs when the abdominal wall has not developed and closed fully over the digestive organs which then stay outside the body.
At times, [...]
The Alleged MMR-Autism Link Explained
Now that the alleged link between the MMR Vaccine and autism related disorders has been debunked, experts are examining the possible harm that could have been caused by such a belief:
For one, parents were scared into avoiding the MMR vaccine for their children in the mistaken belief that it would cause autism. Due to this, [...]
Is Your Baby Constipated? What To Do?
One of our earlier posts about stool disorders in an infant attracted a rather anguished comment from a parent whose child would have a bowel movement only once in seven days.
Apparently the child was having painful bowel movements and required regular medical treatment for his situation.
The point of this [...]
Baby Poop Color – What Does It Indicate?
A baby’s bowel movement, its frequency, its appearance, the consistency, the color and yes even the smell of baby poop is an excellent indicator that all is well with your little bundle of joy.
Once the dark, tarry meconium is done with, this is what the color of [...]
