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Common Newborn Questions and Answers

Review questions and answers about common newborn issues, like breastfeeding, formula feeding, safety, baby names, cord blood banking and newborn screening tests.
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Frequent Feedings and Fussy Babies

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.

Normal Newborn Weight Gain

Review how much weight a newborn baby should gain during their first few weeks of life.

Baby Gender Prediction

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

Travel Cribs

Learn about travel cribs and playards and whether or not they are safe for your baby to sleep in when you are traveling with your newborn and infant.

First Visit to the Doctor

I just brough my baby home from the hospital. When should she have her first visit with her pediatrician?

Brachial Plexus Injuries

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

Rib Fractures

Review what may cause a baby to have rib fractures, including birth trauma, child abuse, rickets, osteogenesis imperfecta, and accidental injuries.

ABO Incompatibility

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

Ask the Pediatrician

Ask our Expert Pediatrician, Dr. Vincent Iannelli, a question about your new baby through this online submission form.

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