Caring For Your Newborn’s Umbilical Cord

Caring For Your Newborn's Umbilical CordNewborn umbilical cord care is one of the most important tasks you must learn once you bring your baby home. If you’re a new or expecting parent, knowing how to keep a baby’s umbilical cord clean and free from infection is a very valuable skill in keeping them healthy during the first few days of their life.

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Coffee And Breastfeeding: Everything You Need To Know

Coffee And Breastfeeding: Everything You Need To Know

With all the sleepless nights and new challenges of being a new parent, you might be one of the many mothers who need a cup of coffee to sustain their energy. However, knowing that coffee has a caffeine content, you might wonder- is it okay to drink coffee while breastfeeding? Here’s what experts say about drinking coffee or caffeine and breastfeeding.

For our coffee-lover moms, here’s the good news! Coffee is generally safe to take in moderation while breastfeeding. This would mean that you can have a sip of your much-desired latte from time to time to help boost your energy for the day.

However, taking too much of caffeinated drinks like coffee may have certain effects to your baby. Thus, it is worthwhile to know a bit more about how much caffeine can you have while breastfeeding, along with some essential tips to minimize its effects to your baby.

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Breastfeeding With Thrush: Everything You Need To Know

Breastfeeding With Thrush: Everything You Need To Know

Thrush is a fungal infection that can infect both the breastfeeding mother and her baby. It is already known that with thrush breastfeeding can be affected due to the discomfort that it may bring, but a lot of mothers worry if they can continue nursing while they are having this condition. So for mothers who have the same concern, here are some essential things to know and consider about thrush and breastfeeding.

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Why Babies Cry Immediately After Birth

Why Babies Cry Immediately After Birth

Crying is a form of communication among babies. While they are still learning how to communicate verbally, babies cry to get what they need and tell others that they feel uncomfortable. This makes us wonder, is it also the same reason why a baby cries after birth? If not, could there be a more serious reason behind this crying?

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A Sweet Debate: Is Honey A Safe Home Remedy For Sick Babies?

A Sweet Debate: Is Honey A Safe Home Remedy For Sick Babies?

Officially declared unsafe for babies under one-year-old, we’ll help you understand honey’s medicinal benefits and if it’s an ideal home remedy if your baby catches the common cold, cough, tummy ache and other general ailments.

Due to the ongoing pandemic and everyone advised to stay home unless absolutely necessary, parents may be hesitant to take their sick babies to their doctor’s clinics for routine check-ups and might resort to more natural, home remedies like honey.

But is honey actually safe for your baby?

We’ll investigate honey’s medicinal attributes and let you in on the facts.

Speaking of facts… did you know that honey is actually really interesting? More than just the sweet nectar created by bees and Winnie The Pooh’s favorite snack, here are 10 fun, buzzworthy facts about honey:

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Is Melatonin Safe For Babies?

Is Melatonin Safe For Babies?

For parents who are struggling to get their baby to sleep, any miracle solution would be a life-saver. But what if it comes in a form of melatonin drops? Can babies take melatonin? This article will inform you about melatonin and its safety considerations when used with babies and young children.

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How Parentese Helps Speed Up Your Baby’s Language Development

How Parentese Helps Speed Up Your Baby’s Language Development

More than just baby talk, Parentese is a special kind of language used by moms, dads and loved ones to speak with their little ones! Read on and learn how it can boost both language and brain development.

Hello, everyone! We’d like to introduce you to someone very special.

This is baby Allen. Don’t be shy. Say “Hello!”. Allen is very sociable and loves nothing more than talking and interacting with all those around him:

One of Allen’s most favorite thing to do is babble happily as he listens to his mom and dad talk to him in silly ways with funny expressions on their faces. Allen simply lights up with joy when his mom describes a toy to him in her high-pitched sing-song voice, “Looook at thiisss babyyy!! Iiiit’s aaaaa yeeelloww duucckyyy!”. Sometimes Grandma Gigi or his favorite Uncle Charlie comes over and they talk to him the same way too, “Hellloooooo liiiitttlle Alleeen! Whoooo’ss a cleeeverrr booooyy?” and Allen can’t help but giggle, laugh and babble back right at them.

But not everyone talks to him this way. One of Little Allen’s aunts, Gem, is a little quiet. She loves to play with him but Allen just gets a little restless around her. Aunt Gem just doesn’t talk the way Mom, Dad, Granny Gigi or Uncle Charlie talks to him. She doesn’t sound funny, she doesn’t make silly faces, she just talks, well, in normal way. No, no. Baby Allen prefers a singsong voice. That’s okay though, Aunt Gemmy, Allen seems to say as looks at her lovingly; we will be best buddies soon – just not today. Allen squirms from his Aunt Gemmy’s arms and reaches out for his Mom.

Why does Allen seem to specifically prefer one way of his family’s talking to him over another? Much like all other babies, Allen naturally responds and shows more active, alert interest to a parent-to-baby language called “Parentese”. Yes – that high-pitched voice you use when you’re interacting with your baby actually has a name and it’s been studied by experts for the past 30 years.

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Q&A: COVID-19, And Your Baby

Coronavirus And Babies

A new strain of coronavirus is taking its toll on families across the world. Knowing the overwhelming effects on this virus, many parents can’t help but be worried about their babies’ health. So how can you protect your baby from coronavirus?

Let’s learn a bit more about this disease-causing microorganism to find ways on protecting your whole family from its dreaded effects.

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