Parenting: Health & Nutrition

Health and Nutrition
Parenting is filled with worries. Parents are concerned with the health and well-being of their children from the prenatal period through adulthood. The infancy period - 0 to 12 months of age - is per ...
Breastfeeding vs. Bottle Feeding
Most infants will have their first feeding within 24 hours after birth. This makes breastfeeding versus bottle feeding an issue of immediate relevance. New mothers often question what advantages and d ...
Finding a Doctor
Along with the already long list of difficult considerations and decisions that must be made regarding pregnancy, birth, and the care of newborns, is selecting a doctor that will look after the baby w ...
Common Illnesses and Conditions
Infants become sick much faster than adults. An otherwise healthy infant, can be perfectly fine when waking in the morning, and be sick before noon. Compounding the difficulty that such quick illness ...
Vitamins and Minerals
Just as people of all other ages, infants require vitamins and minerals. Conveniently enough, breast milk contains all of the vitamins and minerals that infants need. Of course, in order for the breas ...
When to Call a Doctor
Sooner or later, all new parents will have to deal with a sick child. Knowing when to contact a doctor can be a difficult task, especially for first time parents. This brief section will provide paren ...
Immunizations
At birth the baby is immune to some common childhood diseases. He has contracted immunity from the mother because her blood contains antibodies which fight these common diseases. This immunity is, how ...
Infant Medical Checkups
Each physician will have a different approach and schedule for regular checkups, and will further vary with each individual child's needs. Routine infant checkups, often referred to as well baby visit ...