Angelcare recalled movement and sound baby monitors as a result of two infant deaths from strangulation hazard. The hazard stems from a cord that is placed under the crib mattress and has the potential to be pulled out by the infant. The model numbers included in this recall include: AC1100, AC201, AC300, AC401, AC601 and […]
“Nursing” Baby to Sleep at Child Care
Ensure “Nursing” Baby to Sleep While You Aren’t There My 15- month-old daughter will be entering childcare part-time and I’m concerned about naptime. At home she either nurses herself to sleep or I take her for a drive. How can I teach her another way to go to sleep? Talk to your childcare provider about […]
Slings for Caregiving and Breastfeeding Baby
BABY SLINGS Dr. Sears’ Original Baby Slings can be ordered through Dr. Sears’ store or at Baby’s R Us. See also Babywearing
Baby Constipation: Stool-Softening Techniques
Tips to Ease Baby Constipation What can I do to help my baby’s constipation? He also has silent reflux. I have tried pears and prunes, and they seem to make the reflux worse. Constipation is painful for children to have and painful for mothers to watch. As I have said many times in my Mondays […]
Going Back to Work After Baby
Going Back to Work After Baby: How to Make a Smooth Transition with High-Needs Baby “I have a “high need baby.” After reading your article about high-need babies, and felt like you were writing about her. She is 6 weeks old, and I have 12 weeks of maternity leave. Naturally, I am thinking about caregiver […]
Raising a High Needs Baby
How to Raise a High Needs Baby Our first three children were relatively “easy” infants. They slept well and had predictable feeding routines. Their needs were easy to identify and satisfy. In fact, I began to suspect that parents in my pediatric practice who complained about their fussy babies were exaggerating. “What’s all the fuss […]
My Baby is Constipated – What to Do?
“I started giving my six-month-old some baby foods a few weeks ago. Now, my baby is constipated. What should I do?” Many babies become constipated when foods are first added to their diet. The main reason for this is that the standard recommended starting foods are all constipating – rice cereal, bananas, squash, and applesauce. […]
Nighttime Baby Formula vs. Nighttime Breastfeeding
Dr. Bill’s Outlook on Nighttime Baby Formula Will nighttime baby formula help my baby sleep longer stretches? Dr. Bill gets this question a lot in his Pediatric practice, so I am passing this question along to him: Most of our learning as parents, and most of our books, were literally learned and written on the […]
Parenting a Baby with Special Needs
Tips on Parenting a Baby with Special Needs Weighing how your baby looks and acts in relation to other babies will tear you apart. As I was coming to terms with parenting a special-needs baby, every time I examined a baby in my office I would think, “Our baby doesn’t look or feel like that.” […]
31 Ways to Get Baby to Sleep
Ways to Get Your Baby to Sleep and Stay Asleep Over the years of putting our own children to sleep, keeping them asleep, and counseling thousands of other moms and dads on various styles of nighttime parenting, here are some time-tested, proven attitudes and techniques for getting baby to sleep. Most of these are applicable […]
6 Ways to Getting Baby to Sleep Through the Night
Getting Baby to Sleep Through the Night High need babies not only need help to fall asleep, they often need help staying asleep. Here are ways for getting baby to sleep through the night so that you can stay asleep, too. 1. Sleep Where Baby Sleeps Best Every mom, dad, and baby must work out […]
Attachment Parenting and High-needs Baby: Cause or Effect?
Does Attachment Parenting Result in a High-needs Baby? Do we do attachment parenting because our babies are high need? Or are our babies high need because we do attachment parenting, so we let them be themselves and showing all their needs? So many times, I hear “easy baby” stories. I wonder whether I had chosen […]