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BATHING AND CLEANLINESS DURING INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD.

BATHING AND CLEANLINESS DURING INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD.
During infancy.
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cleanliness is essential to the infant’s health. The principal points to which especial attention must be paid by the parent for this purpose are the following:
At first the infant should be washed daily with warm water; and a bath every night, for the purpose of thoroughly cleaning the [...]

Baby Crying 101

Baby Crying 101
Communication - that’s what a baby’s crying is for. This sweet thing that suddenly turn into a fit of tears is just craving for your sweeter attention. All cultures in the world nod to this pattern all infants are accustomed to.
A baby cries the most during his or her first three months. Though [...]

Bringing Home Baby: Calming Newborn Nerves

Bringing Home Baby: Calming Newborn Nerves
Your newborn goes through a lot right after he’s born. Whether the birth was natural or assisted, he experiences a great deal of stress as he copes with the abrupt change in the world as he knows it. No wonder he’s a little out of sorts those first few weeks.
The [...]

Make sense of car seat safety for your newborn

Make sense of car seat safety for your newborn
Parents go out of their way to choose the right car seat for their baby. They spend significant time and money to protect their most precious cargo. Yet, in 2005, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported that, according to a multi-year study, misuse occurred in 79.5 [...]

Protect your newborn from the flu

Protect your newborn from the flu
It’s that time of year again: flu season. Each year, millions of people hunker down in the fall to prepare for the annual onset of influenza outbreaks. With the season comes an onslaught of visits to, at best, pediatricians’ offices and, at worst, hospital emergency departments by worried parents and [...]