Please try not to attribute persistent crying to Colic. Colic is common and harmless but has certain features which have to be borne in mind in order to be able to differentiate it from other causes of crying in a baby.
Earlier this week, the Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Committee sent a letter to Margaret Hamburg, Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, asking the agency to review its report from August which said that bisphenol A or BPA was safe at levels commonly used in the making of plastic containers and baby [...]
PARIS : Parents should keep their children in rear-facing car seats at least until the age of four, according to a British study released Friday.
Currently it is common practice in many countries to switch babies to front-facing seats when a child is about nine kilos (20 pounds), the average weight of an eight months old [...]
While every mother wants what is best for their infant, those moms with multiple sclerosis (MS) have difficult choices to make. Breastfeeding, which is the best option for a baby, may not be possible due to medications taken to control the symptoms of MS. However, it has been shown that exclusive breastfeeding may help protect [...]
Survival chances have greatly improved for premature babies, even those born extremely early, work reveals.
About 70% of babies born alive between 22 and 26 weeks gestation in Sweden now survive past the age of one, largely thanks to medical intervention.
Tossing and turning may be popularized in an old song but is not a good example of healthy sleep. Uninterrupted sleep patterns result in moodiness, aching bodies, and according to a recent study, childhood battles with weight problems. Here are some non-prescription ways to get a better night’s sleep…one that lasts the entire night.
Rearrange your [...]
I spend a significant amount of time seeing healthy young children whose parents are convinced that their child has an eating disorder.
Some parents think that their baby has an inability to swallow solids, others think that their child will fade away unless they are offered the few foods which they like and some parents say [...]
SINGAPORE – You’ve been planning your family vacation for months. You may have even elbowed your way through the massive crowds to get the best deals at the last travel fair, or bought new suitcases for your family trip.
With influenza A (H1N1) showing no signs of letting up, should you or should you not forgo [...]
The number of under-fives in Europe with type 1 diabetes is set to double between 2005 and 2020, say experts. The researchers, from Ireland and Hungary, warn cases in older children will also rise substantially.
Writing in The Lancet, they say genetics alone cannot account for the rapid rise, and suggest lifestyle factors are likely to [...]
Whooping cough, known medically as pertussis, is a highly contagious infection of the respiratory system that is marked by severe coughing spells that end in a “whooping” sound when the person breathes in. Before a vaccine was available, whooping cough was a major cause of childhood illness and death in the U.S., but with the [...]
