Babies and Toddlers

What My Daughter Owes Me
Callie's Tally: An Accounting of Baby's First Year
by Betsy Howie
I am not one of those women who has always known. In fact, they amaze me-those women. They fell in love with the idea of babies back when they were barely more than babies themselves.

Infant Formula : Iron, Cooking Lessons
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
The infant formulas currently available in the United States are either 'iron-fortified' - with approximately 12 milligrams of iron per liter - or 'low iron' - with approximately 2 milligrams of iron per liter.

Day Care as Germ Factory
by Mary Eberstadt
The reason for beginning with institutional care, as opposed to other forms of substitute care, is simple: That is the chosen battleground of advocates who have argued over the years that such care is as good as or even better than maternal care

Infant Apnea Monitors Help Parents Breathe Easy
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
All infants sometimes pause when they breathe, but some infants pause longer than others. When newborns go more than 20 seconds without breathing, their lives may be in danger. Home monitors are helping parents detect these too-long apneas.

The Truth about Crying Babies
Colic Solved: The Essential Guide to Infant Reflux and the Care of Your Crying, Difficult to Soothe Baby
by Bryan Vartabedian M.D.
For generations, doctors have been diagnosing babies with colic, offering little comfort and few solutions to worried, weary parents. But recent medical advances made through cutting-edge technology now reveal that many if not most cases of colic

Newborn Hearing Screening and Testing
by CDC
All infants should be screened for hearing loss before 1 month of age, preferably before leaving the birth hospital. The age of a child when a hearing loss is diagnosed is important to the development of the child's speech, language, cognitive

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Facts
by National Institute of Health
Always place your baby on his or her back to sleep. Make sure that all caregivers place your baby to sleep on his or her back. This is the single most important thing you can do to reduce the risk of SIDS.

What's wrong with the idea of readiness?
Diaper-Free Before 3: The Healthier Way to Toilet Train and Help Your Child Out of Diapers Sooner
by Jill Lekovic, M.D.
The parents of a healthy one-year-old boy, Jake, bring him in for his regular checkup. His growth is normal and his parents report that he started taking a few steps on his own over the last few weeks.

Preterm Babies Get a Double Breath of Life
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
A lifesaving drug has cut in half deaths from respiratory distress syndrome in low-birthweight babies born prematurely. New, high frequency ventilators are also being used to help such preemies.

Adventures in Parenting : 0 -3 Years: Responding to Your Child, Risky Behaviors
by National Institute of Health
Abby spends the day at a day care center while Caroline is at work; Caroline drops her off at 7:30 a.m. and returns for her at 5:30 p.m. When they get home in the evening, Caroline gets dinner ready while Abby sits in her high chair.

Choose a Name
The Experts' Guide to the Baby Years: 100 Things Every Parent Should Know
by Samantha Ettus
So, have you settled on a name yet? As the clock winds down many parents find themselves surprisingly stumped, still searching for the perfect name to express their tastes-and satisfy the whole family.