All Entries in the "Health & Safety" Category
101 on Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate in a Newborn Baby
Clefting is a congenital deformity that occurs due to abnormal facial development of a baby when in its mothers’ womb. The natural structures of the baby’s lip or palate (or both) do not fuse together properly before birth, and this results in a cleft palate or a cleft lip (also known as a harelip) in [...]
Infant Allergies – What You Should Know
It can be worrying and frustrating for a new parent to deal with recurrent troublesome symptoms in their baby, not knowing exactly what the matter is. If there are continuing or recurrent symptoms of digestive or respiratory tract disturbances you may want to consider that infant allergies could be at the bottom of your baby’s [...]
Can My Baby See Properly – How to Tell
The first months of an infant’s life probably mean that new parents are fraught with anxiety about their baby’s proper development – can he hear properly? Can she see clearly? Is he gaining as much weight as he should be? And is she doing everything as and when she is supposed to? So how can [...]
The Baby Colic Challenge for the New Moms
What is colic? It could be characterized by long period of crying at a baby younger than 5 months of age that is healthy and well fed. In case your baby cries more than three hours continuously for more than three days a week, it is very likely for the little one to be colicky. [...]
Infant Car Seat Safety – Things You Should Know
One of the things that you will need practically as soon as a baby is born is a car seat (you will need one even to bring baby home from the hospital) and so this is one thing that you should get before baby’s birth. When buying an infant car seat keep the following in [...]
5 Biggest Pollutants in Your Baby’s Food
Conventional baby foods can be laden with toxins that can damage a small body. Here’s what you should look for in healthier alternatives.
What You Should Know About Fontanel – The Soft Spot on Baby’s Head
When you first see and feel that soft spot on a baby’s head, the fontanelle or the fontanel, it can be easy to think that something went wrong that caused this spot to appear in the center of the baby’s skull. What is a fontanel or soft spot on a baby’s head? The fact of [...]
Parents Fighting Can Affect Even Newborn Babies
Though in the first months of life, babies seem to be functioning as per their own rhythms, seemingly oblivious to what goes on around them, they can absorb an amazing amount of information from around them. In fact recent research has shown that if there is discord in the house, this can negatively affect a [...]
