Category: Newborns

Picking Up and Carrying a Crying Baby Lowers Infant’s Heart Rate Immediately!

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A study in Japan has shown that a crying baby’s heart rate drops very quickly if the infant is picked up and carried by a familiar caregiver. Just holding the baby won’t do; the infant has to be picked up and carried.

Lead researcher and neurobiologist Dr. Kumi Kuroda, of the Riken Brain Science Institute, theorized that this is the same response that we see in other mammals, including puppies, kittens and lion cubs, all of which relax and go limp when picked up and carried with their mothers’ mouths.

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Infant Asthma

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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), asthma is the most common chronic condition affecting children in the United States. In 2009, an estimated 10.2 million U.S. children — almost 10 percent of Americans under 18 years of age — have been diagnosed with asthma.

And it is increasing at an alarming rate; up 75 percent from 1980. A rise in asthma cases among infants and toddlers accounts for a large part of the overall increase. One of the difficulties of diagnosing asthma in this group is that it is difficult to safely measure lung function at that age.

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Choking Hazards for Infants and How to Prevent Infant Suffocation

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Statistics from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that the leading cause of injury death for infants under 1 year old is suffocation, accounting for three-quarters of all infant injury deaths — thousands every year. Many of these senseless deaths could have been avoided by taking appropriate cautionary measures.

Below are objects in and outside the home, with which parents need to use precautions, to avoid choking hazards.

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Communicating with Your Newborn

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From the day that a baby is born, her cries are virtually the only way she has, to communicate her needs to you. Through cries, she lets you know whether she is hungry, she needs a new diaper, she is sleepy, she needs to be held … or she is overwhelmed by all the activity around her and needs some space and quiet!

After a little while, you’ll be able to distinguish her different cries and be able to respond to them accordingly.

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The Benefits of Neonatal Circumcision

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There is a mountain of decisions to be made before a mother gives birth to her baby — and whether or not to circumcise a baby boy is an important decision that expecting parents need to address before the due date. Circumcision, the surgical removal of the foreskin that covers the head of the penis, was until relatively recently a traditional procedure performed on Read More

Newborn Care: 3 Things to Know About the Umbilical Cord Stump

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Before birth, babies receive all their nourishment through the umbilical cord, a tube that runs from the placenta, on the inner wall of the uterus, to the baby’s navel. This is how the baby gets all her food, liquids, and oxygen, and it remains quite literally her lifeline until she enters the world. Cutting the umbilical cord is one of the first things that happens after birth, and clamping it shut—which, along with the cutting, is painless as there are no nerves in the cord—happens soon thereafter, leaving the baby with a Read More

The 5 Most Important Decisions to make About Your Baby

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For first-time parents, the decision to have a child is sometimes much easier than the choices that come later. After all, we are biologically programmed to have, love, and raise children, so this choice is very often a no-brainer. But as the pregnancy starts to progress and the reality of your situation begins to settle in, you will discover that there are a slew of other decisions you have to make, beginning with Read More

Preparing your Toddler for a New Sibling

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For many parents, having a second child is in many ways surprisingly different from having a first. For one thing, you know roughly what to expect from the pregnancy, childbirth, and early months, you feel more confident about your ability to handle a baby. You also know what sorts of advice to ignore, how much money you really need to spend, and what sort of feeding routine works for your family. But perhaps the most important difference between the first and the second is the simple Read More

Baby Showers — Where Do You Shop for a Gift?

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Life With Baby: How to Get Everything Done

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During the first year or two of being a parent, you will likely have many moments where you feel you just cannot do everything you need to do. In addition to all your old responsibilities, including work duties, chores, and family obligations, you now have to tend to a helpless child’s every need, which can be a full-time job in itself.  But if you take advice from people who have been through it before and also find your own ways of coping, you will find that balancing parenting with everything else, while difficult, is not impossible. Life can be manageable. If you feel unsure how to cope with Read More