Common Infant Questions and Answers

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Review when you can stop burping your baby and the different positions that you can use to burp a baby.

Review what might cause a baby to scream when she starts to drink a bottle of baby formula.

When can I start giving my baby juice?

Review when you can introduce your baby to yogurt and other milk based products.

Review whether or not an 11 month old infant can eat scrambled eggs.

Review what might cause a five month old baby to start drinking less baby formula.

Review the ages, stages, and steps, at which your baby can eat each type of baby food.

A discussion of a child who has lost her first baby tooth.

Review what might cause a baby to have what appears to be blood in her diaper.

Review what to do about a 7 week old infant who needs a suppository to have a bowel movement and how to treat constipation in this baby who is breastfeeding and being supplemented with formula.

Review whether you should give an infant diet soda or chocolate flavored milk.

Review whether or not a baby needs antibiotics when they have the flu and green mucus.

Review some reasons why a baby might need to take an iron supplement for anemia.

Review how much formula your baby should be eating at each feeding.

Learn more about Mongolian Spots, a birthmark that looks like a bruise.

Review what might cause four month old infant to have diarrhea for several weeks.

Learn how to treat labial adhesions in prepubertal girls.

Review these infant feeding guidelines so that you know how much formula and solid foods your baby should be eating and drinking.

Review the case of an infant with difficulty passing stools and possible Hirschsprung's Disease.

Learn more about the diagnosis and evaluation for a child with possible seizures or infantile spasms.

Review the causes and treatments for baby acne.

Learn more about Brachial Plexus Injuries and how they are treated.

Review why an infant's skin might be yellow, such as by eating too many fruits and vegetables that are high in carotene.

Learn about the management and treatment of babies with cryptorchidism or undescended testicles.

Learn what might cause a baby's forehead to bulge or for his head to be misshapened.

Review some of the reasons for why an infant might not be making tears yet.

Learn about the proper care of an uncircumcised or intact penis, including when the foreskin should be retracted and about proper hygeine.

Learn about what happens when a mother and baby have different bloods or an ABO Incompatibility.

Learn how you can predict the gender of your baby and tell if you are having a boy or girl.

Learn what you should do if you have a baby that never gets to sleep, seems like he can't get enough to eat, and is never satisfied.

Review the symptoms of a food allergy in a breastfeeding infant that is being supplemented with baby formula.

Review what might be causing excessive sweating in a young child.

Which baby formula for your infant will meet all of his nutritional requirements?

We just came back from Guatemala with our adopted daughter who is 6 months old. They were giving her Nestle NAN infant formula. Does Nestle have NAN formula in the US?

Read about what might be causing a white bump on an infant's gums.

Review whether a normally growing child should take growth hormone to make him even taller.

Review whether a healthy 11 month old should get a flu shot, even if she stays home, isn't in daycare, and has no chronic medical problems.

Review why an infant might be sucking on her fists and fingers even though she was getting enough to eat.

Review the symptoms of hand foot mouth disease.

Learn about how to change your child from an infant formula to whole cow's milk so that she continues to get enough calcium in her diet.

Review when you can stop warming your baby's infant formula bottles and why you shouldn't use a microwave oven to heat your baby's bottles.

Learn more about the early signs of autism and what you should do when you have concerns about your child's development.

Review what you should do if your infant is spitting up his formula and has gastroesophageal reflux.

Review why babies don't need to drink extra water and how advice can change from when someone took care of their daughter to now taking care of their granddaughter.

A discussion of an infant who makes herself gag and vomit and what you can do to help her stop or at least not reinforce it to continue.

When can kids start eating honey and not have to worry about being at risk for botulism?

How do I know if my child is growing normally? Regular measurements of your child's height, weight and head circumference and plotting them on a growth chart are a good way to see if your child is growing normally.

My 9 month old has been on Omnicef for an ear infection for 4 days. She is much better, but she now has red stools. Is it blood? Should I stop the antibiotic?

I think I have a bad cold virus. How do I keep my wife and new baby from getting sick too?

When can I start using sunscreen on my baby to protect her from the sun?

My 5 month old was just diagnosed with a sinus infection and put on antibiotics, but my friends all tell me that my baby doesn't even have sinuses yet. Does she?

Discussion of a five month old with a hard mass in his neck, limited motion, and a likely diagnosis of torticollis.

Review a 'problem' of a breastfed infant who is only having bowel movements every five or six days.

A discussion of a baby who may be allergic to milk because of a diaper rash and several instances of vomiting after drinking a cow's milk based formula.

If you have to give an infant CPR, is it best to call 911 first or start CPR immediately and call 911 later?

Learn what to do when you are concerned about your child's development or if you think that they have a developmental delay.

Learn about how to change your child from an infant formula to whole cow's milk so that she continues to get enough calcium in her diet.

Review what you should do if you stop breastfeeding your infant before they are twelve months old.

Learn what medicine you can give an infant with a cough.

Review when infants should start crying real tears.

Answers to frequently asked questions about nutrition and feeding. In this answer, find out about heating baby food versus serving it cold.

Review treatment advice for cradle cap in infants.