Why We Shouldn’t Demonize Formula Feeding
Harvard Health Blog Breast is best. We pediatricians say this all the time, because it’s true. Breast milk was uniquely designed for human babies, and many studies have shown its health benefits. In our quest to increase breastfeeding rates, which are not as high as we want them to be here in the U.S., we […]
Dealing with a baby’s first cold
With the “sick season” upon us, I’m starting to see more babies with cold symptoms and their concerned parents are wondering what then can do to help their precious bundle of joy. In pediatrics, we often say “children are not little adults” but in the case of the common cold, they really are. They have […]
Breastfeeding gets a lift from advocacy, education campaigns
The Kid’s Doctor An editorial concerning breastfeeding was published last year in The New York Times. It was written by Courtney Jung, who is a professor of political science at the University of Toronto, and it was quite interesting to me as she wrote that “the moral fervor surrounding breast-feeding (sic) continues unabated, with a […]
Should You Swaddle Your Baby?
By Claire McCarthy, M.D. Harvard Health Blog When I was in medical school, the nurses in the newborn nursery taught me how to swaddle babies. They taught me how to lay the blanket down and how to tuck the edges around the baby so that he became a little “papoose.” Sometimes it worked like absolute […]
Knowing when infant tummy troubles may be serious
Source: Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Spitting up and occasional constipation are unfortunate — yet normal — facts of life for most infants. “All babies experience reflux to at least some degree,” said Dorothy Rocourt, M.D., a pediatric surgeon at Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital. “Same with a couple days of constipation here […]
