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It is important to sterilize your baby’s bottles before using them for the first time. Sterilizing all infant feeding items helps prevent germs from contaminating the milk you feed your baby. Do you need to sterilize new baby bottles? Germs can grow quickly if breast milk or formula is added to a partially used bottle …
While strict and responsive parenting style (authoritative) produces the best outcomes in children, strict and unresponsive parenting style (authoritarian) produces adverse outcomes including behavior problems, low self-esteem, self-control issues, and mental health problems. Why being a strict parent is good? Because strict parents set boundaries and enforce limits, children learn self-control. These kids are less …
If your baby is under 6 months old, they only need to drink breastmilk or infant formula. From 6 months of age, you can give your baby small amounts of water, if needed, in addition to their breastmilk or formula feeds. Why can’t babies drink water? You probably know this, but you might not know …
Should a 2 month old be able to hold his head up? By 2 months old, baby head control increases, and baby can hold his or her head at a 45-degree angle. At 3 months, you’ll see those adorable mini push-ups as baby rises to a 90-degree angle in preparation for crawling. And by 6 …
A high-risk pregnancy is a pregnancy that involves increased health risks for the pregnant person, unborn baby or both. Certain health conditions and your age (being over 35 or under 17 when pregnant) can make a pregnancy high risk. These pregnancies require close monitoring to reduce the chance of complications. What puts you in the …
You should feel your baby’s first movements, called “quickening,” between weeks 16 and 25 of your pregnancy. If this is your first pregnancy, you may not feel your baby move until closer to 25 weeks. By the second pregnancy, some women start to feel movements as early as 13 weeks. Can you feel flutters at …
What can I do to help my baby with gas? Make sure your baby has a good latch so he doesn’t swallow too much air. Burp him throughout the feedings to help get rid of the gas. Try not to let your baby overfeed or feed too quickly. Keep track of when your baby is …
What to do if rolling over wakes them up putting the infant to sleep in a cool, dark, quiet room. using a white noise machine or shushing the infant back to sleep. establishing a predictable bedtime routine. putting the infant to bed at the same time each night. 25.02.2021 Why does my baby keep rolling …
Raisins and other dried fruits can be a choking hazard for babies, so it’s best to wait until your child is a more experienced eater – usually around 18 months old – before serving them. Dried fruit is sticky and hard for babies to chew, so it can get stuck in their throat. Are raisins …
In this method, Marc Weissbluth, MD, explains that babies may still wake up to two times a night at 8 months old. However, he says parents should start predictable bedtime routines — letting babies cry 10 to 20 minutes to sleep —- with infants as young as 5 to 6 weeks of age. Can I …