Tag: babies
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August 03, 2007 04:25 PM EDT --
This blog is dedicated to those “Yikes—what is happening to me?!?” symptoms that often occur after the delivery of a baby. My patients have been shocked to find themselves battling . . .
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May 22, 2007 12:42 PM EDT --
As a pediatrician, I am a big fan of breastfeeding. There is overwhelming data to show that not only is it great for the health of babies, it’s great for the health of moms -- and that’s on . . .
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June 15, 2009 01:55 PM EDT --
Parents are often distressed when the full head of hair on their cute newborn suddenly melts away. In fact, many babies begin to look like their dads! A study done several years ago showed that many . . .
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October 27, 2008 03:28 PM EDT --
Is that cute, little baby overtly defying you? There will come a time when your baby will begin testing you. Usually this starts in the second year — suddenly your baby has opinions! It may start by . . .
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May 22, 2007 12:18 PM EDT --
One of the first and most important decisions that new mothers make is whether to breast-feed or bottle-feed their babies. In fact, you should make this decision before giving birth, because the first . . .
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January 26, 2009 05:58 PM EST --
Should babies be drinking? Just kidding—that answer is obviously no. But have you examined the role of alcohol in your household? Many mothers, upon discovering they are pregnant, give up alcohol for . . .
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June 29, 2007 11:34 AM EDT --
I heard the words that no woman wants to hear -- “I can’t find a fetal heart rate.” Then, it hit me. I was having a miscarriage.
When I told family and friends about our loss, I was . . .
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February 10, 2009 11:20 AM EST --
Few families today have nine children (although apparently having fourteen is back in fashion), but I sometimes evoke what I call the “Rule of Nine” when families are having trouble setting limits on . . .
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May 15, 2007 09:23 AM EDT --
The first couple of weeks of your pregnancy probably happen without you knowing about it. Your baby begins his journey as a single cell called a zygote, which means “yoked together” in Greek. . . .
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May 22, 2007 12:20 PM EDT --
Your body’s ability to produce and provide milk to your baby is controlled by hormones in your body, primarily one called prolactin. Levels of this hormone rise after delivery, enabling you to feed . . .
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May 22, 2007 12:27 PM EDT --
There is much controversy as to whether the foods a woman eats while nursing can cause allergies, asthma, or intestinal discomfort in her baby. The idea that foods you eat may cause sensitivities or fussiness . . .
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March 02, 2009 11:17 AM EST --
Fever—especially a high fever in a young baby—can be worrisome for parents and doctors alike. Pediatricians consider 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit or above to be a fever. Fever is an elevation of body temperature . . .
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April 27, 2009 11:12 AM EDT --
The Academy of Pediatrics recently recommended that parents give pacifiers to infants when they are going to sleep. After years of telling parents that pacifiers cause, misaligned teeth, speech impediments, . . .
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June 21, 2007 05:58 PM EDT --
When you’re in a stressful situation, anxiety and tension have an immediate effect on your body. Your heart rate and breathing speed up, the shoulder muscles tense, your stomach may turn, and you . . .
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August 03, 2007 09:13 AM EDT --
In a 2006 study, researchers from Brown Medical School and the Rhode Island Department of Health found a strong association between mothers with symptoms of postpartum depression and those with colicky . . .
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March 16, 2009 01:33 PM EDT --
It is possible to “potty train” a cat by holding the animal over the toilet every time it is urinating or having a bowel movement, so that eventually behavior modification kicks in and the cat knows to . . .
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November 10, 2008 05:16 PM EST --
The longer I practice pediatrics (30 years now) the more I am convinced that babies are born with their personality type. Dr. T. Berry Brazelton published a book, Infants and Children , many years . . .
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November 03, 2008 04:01 PM EST --
Who is that writhing creature on the living room floor? Surely, that is not the little angel whom I vowed to adore until my dying days?
If the writhing creature is two years old or approaching the . . .
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May 15, 2007 09:20 AM EDT --
Pregnancy is surely the most astounding process that the human body can undergo. That a woman’s body can support the development of another human being from a single cell to a newborn is truly a . . .
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August 03, 2007 09:21 AM EDT --
As much as you want to see it happen, losing weight after having a baby can seem impossible. Research from the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology demonstrated that women retain an average of . . .
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